[liberationtech] Skype Open Letter: Launch Date!

Wed Feb 13 02:56:40 PST 2013

Dear All

Just to let you know, I've just been interviewed by a man from the NYT/IHT (European office) about the Skype Open Letter - he'll be writing a piece in a week to ten days. I hope I said the right kind of thing…

Paul

Dr Paul Bernal
Lecturer
UEA Law School
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
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On 26 Jan 2013, at 09:16, francesca bosco <bosco_francesca at hotmail.com<mailto:bosco_francesca at hotmail.com>> wrote:

Well done Fabio and we, as Tech and Law Center, are very happy to help in supporting these initiatives.
Francesca

Il giorno 26/gen/2013, alle ore 09:41, "Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" <lists at infosecurity.ch<mailto:lists at infosecurity.ch>> ha scritto:

Cool, this kind of media action cooperation worked very well.

In Italy (and in Italian) we made a press-release of Hermes Center ( http://logioshermes.org<http://logioshermes.org/> ) and broadcasted it to +50 journalists working on internet-stuff and to all the major organization active on internet privacy, digital rights and consumer protection.

Now we got coverage on the following media sites, and it started a debate on the topic in several groups and areas:
* http://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/social/13_gennaio_25/skype-privacy-lettera_705a794e-6704-11e2-95de-416ea2b54ab7.shtml
* http://affaritaliani.libero.it/mediatech/skype-microsoft250113.html
* http://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/it-world/19251_skype-attivisti-in-campo-chi-accede-ai-nostri-dati.htm
* http://www.federicoguerrini.com/privacy/lettera-aperta-a-skype-quanto-sono-private-le-conversazioni/
* http://www.bitmat.it/articolo/0000095720/48/20/Skype_spia_le_nostre_conversazioni.html
* http://www.ilsoftware.it/articoli.asp?tag=Privacy-e-Skype-la-lettera-aperta-indirizzata-a-Microsoft_9567
* http://sportelloconsumatori.org/blog/2013/01/25/lettera-aperta-a-skype-quanto-sono-sicure-le-nostre-conversazioni/
* http://geeklino.com/2013/01/25/lettera-aperta-a-skype-spieghi-se-sono-sicure-le-conversazioni-degli-utenti/

Let's do it again :-)

Fabio

On 1/25/13 4:42 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
What a great success, everyone! Congratulations! :-)

More media coverage ( 31 news sources so far, discounting Reddit and Hacker News!)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57565690/activists-to-microsoft-who-is-requesting-our-skype-data/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/9827215/Microsoft-urged-to-open-up-over-privacy-of-Skype-data.html

NK

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Paul Bernal (LAW) <Paul.Bernal at uea.ac.uk<mailto:Paul.Bernal at uea.ac.uk>> wrote:
It's on the BBC website too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21194801

Dr Paul Bernal
Lecturer
UEA Law School
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norwich NR4 7TJ

email: paul.bernal at uea.ac.uk<mailto:paul.bernal at uea.ac.uk>
Web: http://www.paulbernal.co.uk/
Blog: http://paulbernal.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @paulbernalUK

On 25 Jan 2013, at 14:38, Russell Brandom <russell.brandom at gmail.com<mailto:russell.brandom at gmail.com>>
 wrote:

Also on NPR's Marketplace Tech Report: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/tweeting-videos-through-vine-should-skype-be-more-google (Starting at 1:40)

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Kelvin Quee (魏有豪) <kelvin at quee.org<mailto:kelvin at quee.org>> wrote:
Congratulations on making it to Slashdot! :)

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/01/24/231217/privacy-advocates-demand-transparency-from-skype

Kelvin Quee (魏有豪)
+65 9177 3635<tel:%2B65%209177%203635>

gpg: AB3DB8AC

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Fran Parker <lilbambi at gmail.com<mailto:lilbambi at gmail.com>> wrote:
I couldn't get there with the link provided so searched for Skype on The Verge and got this link:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3895002/an-open-letter-asks-whos-listening-in-on-skype-calls

Martin Johnson wrote:
Actually
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3895002/an-open-letter-asks-whos-listening-in-on-skype-callswas

faster.

Martin Johnson
Founder
https://GreatFire.org<https://greatfire.org/> - Monitoring Online Censorship In China.
https://FreeWeibo.com<https://freeweibo.com/> - Uncensored, Anonymous Sina Weibo Search.
https://Unblock.cn.com<https://unblock.cn.com/> - We Can Unblock Your Website In China.

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Kate Krauss<katie at critpath.org<mailto:katie at critpath.org>>  wrote:

First press hit:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/25/activists_demand_skype_transparency/

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AIDS Policy Project
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Martin Johnson<greatfire at greatfire.org<mailto:greatfire at greatfire.org>>wrote:

Thanks a lot Nadim! Great work! Now let's spread this widely and force
Microsoft to respond.

Martin Johnson
Founder
https://GreatFire.org<https://greatfire.org/> - Monitoring Online Censorship In China.
https://FreeWeibo.com<https://freeweibo.com/> - Uncensored, Anonymous Sina Weibo Search.
https://Unblock.cn.com<https://unblock.cn.com/> - We Can Unblock Your Website In China.

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Fran Parker<lilbambi at gmail.com<mailto:lilbambi at gmail.com>>  wrote:

No worries, Nadim!

What a great job as noted earlier! Thanks!

Nadim Kobeissi wrote:

My mistake! We do not have an HTTPS version.

NK

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Fran Parker<lilbambi at gmail.com<mailto:lilbambi at gmail.com>>
  wrote:

  8:36 AM EST and https://skypeopenletter.com<https://skypeopenletter.com/> will not load. Times out.
However, http://www.skypeopenletter.<http://www.skypeopenletter./>****com/<http://www.<http://www./>**
skypeopenletter.com/<http://skypeopenletter.com/><http://www.skypeopenletter.com/>>loads fine.

https not working I guess.

Nadim Kobeissi wrote:

  It's out, everyone!

NK

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Nadim Kobeissi<nadim at nadim.cc<mailto:nadim at nadim.cc>>
wrote:

   The Open Letter to Skype is launching *Thursday, January 23rd 2013
at

9:00AM Eastern Time.*

Thanks to everyone who helped, with special thanks to Eva Galperin
from
EFF. The petition will be available at:

*https://skypeopenletter.com<https://skypeopenletter.com/>*

Share widely! (Facebook and Twitter "Share" buttons will be embedded
onto
the site at launch.)

For the Internet!

NK

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