Homeland

Cory Doctorow sequel to Little Brother http://craphound.com/homeland/

Technologies mentioned

Cold Brew Coffee

IPredator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipredator

TOR

• Tor Button: the toggle model of Torbutton is no longer recommended. Users should be using Tor Browser Bundle, not installing Torbutton themselves.
• The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use TOR on MsWindows, MacOs X, or Linux without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser to protect your anonymity, and is self-contained.
• Do not run BitTorrent over TOR!
  • cf Copyright Alert System

VPN

Dark Net

Paranoid Linux

• some folks started work on one
• then there was a Tinfoil Hat Linux distro (actually started in 2002), but that's not being maintained either.
• or you can just google for "most secure linux distributions"
• in one of the afterwords Cory says he uses Ubuntu
• Apr'2014: Cory says about TAILS: Effectively, this is the Paranoid Linux I fictionalized in my novel Little Brother.

Paranoid V M

Paranoid Android

• Cyanogen Mod
• google "secure fork of CyanogenMod"
• there's a project with this name, but it has nothing to do with security/privacy, and is just about having more control over screen resolution
• the NSA is working on a secure Android environment, but would you trust it?
• Android Privacy Guard might have some value http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Privacy_Guard
• the Guardian Project seems to bring TOR to Android..? http://guardianproject.info
  • it also has apps for secure Instant Messaging, VoIP, etc.

Lawful Interception

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawful_interception
• http://boingboing.net/tag/lawful-interception
• 2012-04-25-ZimmermannSilentCircle

Clone of Google Spreadsheet: WikiCalc/Social Calc

Sukey (anti-kettling) http://www.opensukey.org/

Software Defined Radio

• Ada Fruit http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/12/03/a-primer-on-cheap-software-defined-radios/ https://dx.com/p/mini-dvb-t-digital-tv-usb-2-0-dongle-with-fm-dab-remote-controller-844092096

cf 2012-04-25-ZimmermannSilentCircle