Dispatches from
the Digital Frontier

A Blog from New America's Open Technology Institute

Samsung Blunder is Bad, but Digital Locks are Also Security Flaws

  • By
  • Brian Duggan
December 20, 2012
Samsung Galaxy S III

This weekend saw xda-developers user alephzain post a previously unknown and extremely dangerous Android vulnerability that affects most Samsung Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note II, international Galaxy S III, Nexus 4, some Sony Xperia devices, and possibly many others.

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Special Section in the International Journal of Communications on Meaningful Broadband Adoption

  • By
  • April Glaser
  • Seeta Gangadharan
  • Greta Byrum
December 19, 2012
Photo by RTlibrary, licensed by Creative Commons.

Since 2009, the federal government has funded 232 Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) digital training and access projects nationwide. New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) is a partner on two of them, in Detroit and Philadelphia. As these programs draw to a close at the end of 2012, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners are taking stock of the impact and outcomes of one of the largest and most comprehensive digital inclusion efforts ever undertaken.

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The WCIT Wake-Up Call: Time To Broaden the Discussion on Internet Governance

  • By
  • Danielle Kehl
December 6, 2012

A similar version of this blog post also appeared on Global Voices Advocacy on Friday, December 7, 2012.

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Same Technology, Different Freedoms: How U.S. Copyright Law Can Restrict Mobile Devices

  • By
  • James Losey
November 16, 2012

This piece has been cross-posted from Global Voices Advocacy

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Internet rights groups launch Open Wireless Movement

  • By
  • Seamus Tuohy
  • Danielle Kehl
November 5, 2012
I Support Open Wifi

Last week, a coalition of Internet rights groups

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News Roundup, August 24: Location Privacy Act, AT&T Blocks FaceTime, and the FCC on Broadband Progress

  • By
  • Hibah Hussain
August 24, 2012
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Welcome to our weekly series, highlighting the most newsworthy events under the Open Technology Initiative’s three key areas: Privacy and Security, Freedom of Expression, and Telecom Policy.

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Al Jazeera’s “Controlling the Web” Film Connects Internet Freedom Issues

  • By
  • Tom Risen
August 22, 2012
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This post was originally published by Tom Risen on The Netizen Project on August 14, 2012.

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News Roundup, August 17: Video Privacy, Rural Broadband, and Convention Platforms

  • By
  • Danielle Kehl
August 16, 2012
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Welcome to our weekly series, highlighting the most newsworthy events under the Open Technology Institute's three key areas: Privacy and Security, Freedom of Expression, and Telecom Policy. Contact us with story ideas at  blog@opentechinstitute.org

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News Roundup, August 10: Wiretapping, "Like" as Protected Speech, and Internet as a Human Right

  • By
  • Hibah Hussain
August 10, 2012
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Welcome to our weekly series, highlighting the most newsworthy events under the Open Technology Initiative’s three key areas: Privacy and Security, Freedom of Expression, and Telecom Policy. Contact us with story ideas at blog@opentechinstitute.org.

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KEYSPOT: 100k hours of computer training to 10k Philadelphians in last year, planning for end of federal funding

August 6, 2012
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This entry was originally published by Daniel Carvalho and Gabrielle Chepurny on Technically Philly on August 3, 2012. It was written in partnership with Temple University’s Philadelphia Neighborhoods program, the capstone class for the Temple’s Department of Journalism.

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