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Collusion: How UK protest websites help business and the police

: 29th April, 2012
Online privacy and anonymity should be important for all of us. Doubly so for activists who are likely to get up the noses of capitalist business and the police. Ideally, then, the websites of protest groups ought to steer clear of technology that shares the identities of visitors with advertising companies like Google and Facebook, both of whom co-operate with the state and make available their data to marketers and paying companies. They...
http://charlieharvey.org.uk/page/protestors_help_fund_advertising_agencies
Mike Harris

A very simple PHP link shortener / simplifier

Mike Harris : 18th April, 2012

There's lots of web sites that provide link shorteners (bit.ly, tinyurl.com, imc.li, tiny.booki.cc; to name but a few).  In the past I'd always used tinyurl.com, but then I started working on a project to provide a book of useful technical tips for political activists and grassroots campaigners and some people on the project were...

http://mbharris.co.uk/content/very-simple-php-link-shortener-simplifier
ana

On #email, #software and #network23

ana : 5th March, 2012
This reply is about this… About email: I do have corporate accounts too. I use them for things like job seeking and freecyle. I have managed to have most of my other stuff on non-corporate accounts. About software: I also … Continue reading →
https://network23.org/ana/on-email-software-and-network23/

Crab2mail: Get Your Crabgrass Inbox In Your Email Inbox

: 4th March, 2012
One of the gotchas with Riseup.net’s crabgrass install is that it is very much a pull technology. You have to remember to check your Crabgrass. I am forgetful sometimes. So I made a script called crab2mail to pull your crabgrass inbox into your email Inbox. This is a first release, hosted over on my gitorious. Do let me know if you find it useful or you'd like changes. I’ve at least one improvement in mind already. Charlie...
http://charlieharvey.org.uk/writings.pl?uid=107
ana

So, you are using a corporate email provider

ana : 15th February, 2012
You are not bothered that they mine your behavior to better sell your eyeballs to advertisers. One problem, however, is that governments around the world are using these private corporations as a vast multiplier of state power. The big email … Continue reading →
https://network23.org/ana/so-you-are-using-a-corporate-email-provider/

A Short(ish) Guide to Searching the Web Securely

: 10th February, 2012
One of the things that most of us do every day is searching for stuff on the web. Modern search engines are great for finding random wikipedia entries or videos of snowboarding crows. But search engine companies aren’t entirely respectful of our right to privacy. In fact they make a living by professionally disregarding it. This is a short guide to a couple of approaches to keeping your search habits out of the hands of advertisers, search...
http://charlieharvey.org.uk/page/safe_and_secure_web_search_guide
bou

Laws and closures (#PIPA, #SOPA, #ACTA, #Megauploads))

bou : 28th January, 2012

This is little more than a collection of links, hopefully in chronological order, that can help get a rough idea of what is going on with Megauploads, SOPA, etc.

SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, are pieces of legislation currently being proposed to the USA Parliament. Videos (1, 2,...

https://network23.org/bou/laws-and-closures/

2012 Bradford Hacktionlab Gathering Drupal Session

: 21st January, 2012
This year’s winter hacktionlab happened at Bradford’s lovely 1 in 12 Club. Here is my notes/writeup of the Saturday morning Drupal session. Saturday Morning Drupal Clinic
http://charlieharvey.org.uk/page/2012_bradford_hacktionlab
admin

HacktionLab in Bradford Jan 2012 some info

admin : 13th December, 2011

The next HacktionLab gathering will be in Bradford at the 1 in 12 Club on 21-22nd January 2012.

For more information keep a look out on the following page.

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http://clearerchannel.org/wordpress/blog/2011/12/13/hacktionlab-in-bradford-jan-2012-some-info/
bou

why an aktivix address

bou : 19th November, 2011

http://aktivix.org

aktivix and its networks are committed to not holding any information
that is not necessary to run its services, and even the minimum
information that is held, will be held from corporate and state
authorities as much as possible.

As part of that, your connection to aktivix will be forced to be https
if via web, and will be required to be tls if via pop or imap, which
means...

https://network23.org/bou/why-an-aktivix-address/

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