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1. Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:56 JST Erik Moeller

   #AaronSwartzDay 2024 is live now:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:42 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     • Qubes OS
     • Nathan Dyer

     @nathan now discussing the SecureDrop Workstation based on @QubesOS.

     "When you open a file that someone sends you, these submissions open in a burner VM. It spins up in a new virtual machine where you can look at the submission. When you're done, you just click the X button, it disappears, like it never existed in the first place."

     #AaronSwartzDay

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:44 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     • SecureDrop
     • Nathan Dyer

     "At its heart, @securedrop is a whistleblowing platform that allows journalists to receive files and messages from anonymous sources." - @nathan giving the annual "State of the Drop" update at #AaronSwartzDay.

     Watch live:
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

     Qubes OS repeated this.
   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:45 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     • Freedom of the Press
     • SecureDrop
     • Nathan Dyer

     Next up, my colleague @nathan from @freedomofpress
     giving the annual update on @securedrop:

     #AaronSwartzDay

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:46 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     Ryan Shapiro: "My real fear with #FOIA is not that it's going to go away, but that it's going to be increasingly lopsided" due to Trump-appointed judge simply denying requests that pertain to the regime.

     #AaronSwartzDay

     Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:47 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     "A failed coup is just a dry run for the next time. January 6 coup plotters have succeeded. Those who planned the January 6 coup are now preparing to assume unprecedented power. [...] My assessment of the present situation: absolutely catastrophic. [...] It's not about accountability now, it's about survival." - Ryan Shapiro

     #AaronSwartzDay

     Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:49 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     "At its core, the FBI is a political force that primarily targets the left, ignoring or outright aiding the right". - #FOIA expert Ryan Shapiro at #AaronSwartzDay

     Watch live:
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:50 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     "We were able to show that years before the JSTOR investigation and prosecution [of Aaron Swartz], the FBI had been preposterously looking at Aaron in the context of an al Qaeda anti-terrorist investigation" - Ryan Shapiro on his investigative work using the Freedom of Information Act (#FOIA)

     #AaronSwartzDay

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:51 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     "I started submitting thousands of [FOIA] requests and it started to work. Started to map out the FBI's strategies for noncompliance." - Ryan Shapiro explaining his use of Freedom of Information Act requests.

     #AaronSwartzDay

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:52 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     Ryan Shapiro recounting his early career: "The FBI tried to put us in prison as terrorists for doing things like undercover investigations of factory farms.."

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

     #AaronSwartzDay

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:53 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     Ryan Shapiro not holding back: "It's not just the malignancy and greed of these people, it's how unfettered they're going to be in enacting their odious plans."

     #AaronSwartzDay

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo

   • Erik Moeller (eloquence@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 09:52:54 JST Erik Moeller

     in reply to

     First guest: Ryan Shapiro, #FOIA expert and co-founder of the national security transparency non-profit Property of the People (https://propertyofthepeople.org/).

     #AaronSwartzDay

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-PQjP-XRo