The Summit began today with lively discussion on the Twitter hashtag #AB11. Unfortunately, we didn’t have capacity for a livestream, but videos of the talks will be posted later. In the meantime, many thanks to Asteris Masouras (@asteris) in Greece for remotely compiling highlights from today’s online discussions on Storify.
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Crash Course on Mobile Security
Jacob Appelbaum and Arturo Buzzolan from Tor offered advice on mobile security on Day One of the Arab Bloggers Meeting with a presentation that shows just how easy it is for governments to track and intercept mobile and satellite phone conversations. “Think of your phone as a tracking device that also makes calls,” says Appelbaum.One comment on Twitter:
متابعة قراءة Crash Course on Mobile Security
The Spanish 15M Movement and the Arab Inspiration
Here are slides from a presentation by Spanish-Syrian blogger Leila Nachawati on Day One about how the Arab uprisings inspired and informed the people’s movement in Spain and elsewhere in Europe.
Here’s one comment from the audience:
متابعة قراءة The Spanish 15M Movement and the Arab Inspiration
Tunisia Secretly Tested Censorship Software for Western Companies
The new chairman and CEO of the Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI), Moez Chakchouk, told participants at the Arab Bloggers Meeting today that western companies offered significant discounts on use of censorship software to the Tunisian government in exchange for testing and bug-tracking. He said confidentiality contracts preclude him from naming the companies, but said the Internet Agency has extracted itself from these partnerships and thus can no longer afford to censor, even if they wished to (he says they don’t anymore).
متابعة قراءة Tunisia Secretly Tested Censorship Software for Western Companies
3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting – Tunis, 3 October, Day One: Program Overview
The 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting: This year’s event will address an exhaustive list of issues, which will be determined by the bloggers attending this bar camp event, where the agenda is set by the delegates. The fourday event will kick off with a conference on the first day, where keynote speakers will address issues like IT policies; digital activism; the role of social media in a transitional democracy; why the revolution has succeeded in Tunisia and Egypt and struggled and stalled elsewhere; and other issues.
متابعة قراءة 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting – Tunis, 3 October, Day One: Program Overview