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- En grunn til å takke nei til usikker digital post + ONVIF IP camera management tool finally in Debian +
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+ 24th December 2022 +
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Merry Christmas to you all. Here is a small gift to all those with +IP cameras following the ONVIF +specification. There is finally a nice command line and GUI tool +in Debian to manage ONVIF IP cameras. After working with upstream for +a few months and sponsoring the upload, I am very happy to report that +the libonvif package +entered Debian Sid last night.

+ +

The package provide a C library to communicate with such cameras, a +command line tool to locate and update settings of (like password) the +cameras and a GUI tool to configure and control the units as well as +preview the video from the camera. Libonvif is available on Both +Linux and Windows and the GUI tool uses the Qt library. The main +competitors are non-free software, while libonvif is GNU GPL licensed. +I am very glad Debian users in the future can control their cameras +using a free software system provided by Debian. But the ONVIF world +is full of slightly broken firmware, where the cameras pretend to +follow the ONVIF specification but fail to set some configuration +values or refuse to provide video to more than one recipient at the +time, and the onvif project is quite young and might take a while +before it completely work with your camera. Upstream seem eager to +improve the library, so handling any broken camera might be just a bug report away.

+ +

The package just cleared NEW, and need a new source only upload +before it can enter testing. This will happen in the next few +days.

+ +

As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

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+ + + Tags: debian, english, multimedia, standard, surveillance. + + +
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+ Managing and using ONVIF IP cameras with Linux +
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+ 19th October 2022 +
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+

Recently I have been looking at how to control and collect data +from a handful IP cameras using Linux. I both wanted to change their +settings and to make their imagery available via a free software +service under my control. Here is a summary of the tools I found.

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First I had to identify the cameras and their protocols. As far as +I could tell, they were using some SOAP looking protocol and their +internal web server seem to only work with Microsoft Internet Explorer +with some proprietary binary plugin, which in these days of course is +a security disaster and also made it impossible for me to use the +camera web interface. Luckily I discovered that the SOAP looking +protocol is actually following the +ONVIF specification, which seem to be supported by a lot of IP +cameras these days.

+ +

Once the protocol was identified, I was able to find what appear to +be the most popular way to configure ONVIF cameras, the free software +Windows tool named +ONVIF Device +Manager. Lacking any other options at the time, I tried +unsuccessfully to get it running using Wine, but was missing a dotnet +40 library and I found no way around it to run it on Linux.

+ +

The next tool I found to configure the cameras were a non-free Linux Qt +client ONVIF +Device Tool. I did not like its terms of use, so did not spend +much time on it.

+ +

To collect the video and make it available in a web interface, I +found the Zoneminder tool in Debian. A recent version was able to +automatically detect and configure ONVIF devices, so I could use it to +set up motion detection in and collection of the camera output. I had +initial problems getting the ONVIF autodetection to work, as both +Firefox and Chromium refused +the inter-tab communication being used by the Zoneminder web +pages, but managed to get konqueror to work. Apparently the "Enhanced +Tracking Protection" in Firefox cause the problem. I ended up +upgrading to the Bookworm edition of Zoneminder in the process to try +to fix the issue, and believe the problem might be solved now.

+ +

In the process I came across the nice Linux GUI tool +ONVIF Viewer +allowing me to preview the camera output and validate the login +passwords required. Sadly its author has grown tired of maintaining +the software, so it might not see any future updates. Which is sad, +as the viewer is sightly unstable and the picture tend to lock up. +Note, this lockup might be due to limitations in the cameras and not +the viewer implementation. I suspect the camera is only able to +provide pictures to one client at the time, and the Zoneminder feed +might interfere with the GUI viewer. I have +asked for the tool to be +included in Debian.

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Finally, I found what appear to be very nice Linux free software +replacement for the Windows tool, named +libonvif. It +provide a C library to talk to ONVIF devices as well as a command line +and GUI tool using the library. Using the GUI tool I was able to change +the admin passwords and update other settings of the cameras. I have +asked for the package to be +included in Debian.

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As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

+ +

Update 2022-10-20: Since my initial publication of +this text, I got several suggestions for more free software Linux +tools. There is a +ONVIF python library (already +requested into Debian) and +a python 3 +fork using a different SOAP dependency. There is also +support for +ONVIF in Home Assistant, and there is an alternative to Zoneminder +called Shinobi. The latter +two are not included in Debian either. I have not tested any of these +so far.

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+ + + Tags: debian, english, multimedia, standard, surveillance. + + +
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+ Få en slutt på Digitale utslipp +
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+ 14th March 2022 +
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På onsdag sendte jeg følgende epost til Utdanningsetaten i Oslo +kommune (UDE). Fikk beskjed om at min henvendelse har saksnummer +22/7559-1 i den +offentlige +postjournalen til UDE. Jeg er spent på hva slags respons jeg får. +Mistenker jo de fleste som sprer sine nettsideleseres +personopplysninger til utlandet ikke har tenkt så nøye igjennom hva de +gjør, og at det er håp om at de tenker seg litt nøyere om hvis de blir +klar over problemstillingen. Vet du noen som burde få tilsvarede +beskjed og spørsmål? Kanskje du kan sende dem en epost. Hvis alle +bidrar blir det kanskje litt bedre.

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To: postmottak (at) osloskolen.no +
Subject: Digitale utslipp fra osloskolens nettsider

+ +

Hei.

+ +

Jeg ser at osloskolens nettsider har digitale utslipp av +personopplysninger til Google, Facebook og andre, blant annet omtalt +på <URL: https://aktuelt.osloskolen.no/personvernerklaring-for-osloskolen/informasjonskapsler/ +>.

+ +

<URL: https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/ > kan være et nyttig verktøy for å holde øye med utslippsomfanget på ulike sider.

+ +

Kanskje det er en ide å gjøre noe med det, jamfør <URL: https://www.digi.no/artikler/debatt-det-enkleste-tiltaket-er-a-skru-av-google-analytics/517378 >?

+ +

Et alternativ til Google Analytics kan være en lokalt installert +utgave av <URL: +https://matomo.org/ >. Den og flere +andre alternativer kan finnes via +<URL: https://www.digi.no/artikler/sverige-vil-skrote-amerikansk-skytjeneste-her-er-alternativene/516223?key=5QsV0wRG > +på bakgrunn av at svenske myndigheter har innsett at dagens praksis +nok er både lite lur og ulovlig. Der henger Norge litt etter, men +osloskolen har her mulighet til å være litt i forkant. :)

+ +

Fint om dere kan gi beskjed hvilket saksnummer denne henvendelsen får i +offentlig postjournal når den er mottatt.

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+ +

Flere og flere innser at slik spredning av personopplysninger er +ugreit. Det har pågått i mange år. Ser jeg blogget +første +gang om Google Analytics i 2013 og +analyserte +omfanget i 2015, men det er et langt lerret å bleke.

+ +

Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til +det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner +til min adresse +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. +Merk, betaling med bitcoin er ikke anonymt. :)

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+ + + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + + +
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+ Latest Jami back in Debian Testing, and scriptable using dbus +
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+ 12th January 2021 +
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After a lot of hard work by its maintainer Alexandre Viau and +others, the decentralized communication platform +Jami +(earlier known as Ring), managed to get +its latest version +into Debian Testing. Several of its dependencies has caused build and +propagation problems, which all seem to be solved now.

+ +

In addition to the fact that Jami is decentralized, similar to how +bittorrent is decentralized, I first of all like how it is not +connected to external IDs like phone numbers. This allow me to set up +computers to send me notifications using Jami without having to find +get a phone number for each computer. Automatic notification via Jami +is also made trivial thanks to the provided client side API (as a DBus +service). Here is my bourne shell script demonstrating how to let any +system send a message to any Jami address. It will create a new +identity before sending the message, if no Jami identity exist +already:

+ +

+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Usage: $0  
+#
+# Send  to , create local jami account if
+# missing.
+#
+# License: GPL v2 or later at your choice
+# Author: Petter Reinholdtsen
+
+
+if [ -z "$HOME" ] ; then
+    echo "error: missing \$HOME, required for dbus to work"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# First, get dbus running if not already running
+DBUSLAUNCH=/usr/bin/dbus-launch
+PIDFILE=/run/asterisk/dbus-session.pid
+if [ -e $PIDFILE ] ; then
+    . $PIDFILE
+    if ! kill -0 $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID 2>/dev/null ; then
+        unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
+    fi
+fi
+if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ] && [ -x "$DBUSLAUNCH" ]; then
+    DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=$HOME/.dbus"
+    dbus-daemon --session --address="$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" --nofork --nopidfile --syslog-only < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 3>&1 &
+    DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=$!
+    (
+        echo DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID
+        echo DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=\""$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"\"
+        echo export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
+    ) > $PIDFILE
+    . $PIDFILE
+fi &
+
+dringop() {
+    part="$1"; shift
+    op="$1"; shift
+    dbus-send --session \
+        --dest="cx.ring.Ring" /cx/ring/Ring/$part cx.ring.Ring.$part.$op $*
+}
+
+dringopreply() {
+    part="$1"; shift
+    op="$1"; shift
+    dbus-send --session --print-reply \
+        --dest="cx.ring.Ring" /cx/ring/Ring/$part cx.ring.Ring.$part.$op $*
+}
+
+firstaccount() {
+    dringopreply ConfigurationManager getAccountList | \
+      grep string | awk -F'"' '{print $2}' | head -n 1
+}
+
+account=$(firstaccount)
+
+if [ -z "$account" ] ; then
+    echo "Missing local account, trying to create it"
+    dringop ConfigurationManager addAccount \
+      dict:string:string:"Account.type","RING","Account.videoEnabled","false"
+    account=$(firstaccount)
+    if [ -z "$account" ] ; then
+        echo "unable to create local account"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Not using dringopreply to ensure $2 can contain spaces
+dbus-send --print-reply --session \
+  --dest=cx.ring.Ring \
+  /cx/ring/Ring/ConfigurationManager \
+  cx.ring.Ring.ConfigurationManager.sendTextMessage \
+  string:"$account" string:"$1" \
+  dict:string:string:"text/plain","$2" 
+

+ +

If you want to check it out yourself, visit the +the Jami system project page to learn +more, and install the latest Jami client from Debian Unstable or +Testing.

+ +

As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

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+ + + Tags: debian, english, sikkerhet, surveillance. + + +
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+ Bompenge-Norge, med noen tall fra bompengekalkulator +
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+ 1st June 2020 +
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Det er tett med sensorstasjoner langs veinettet i Norge, som +registrerer hvilke kjøretøy som passerer eller tar bilde av de som +drar forbi. I følge +Vegvesenets nasjonale +veidatabank (NVDB), er det 353 bomstasjoner langs det norske +veinettet. 21 i nordnorge, 48 i trøndelagsområdet, 13 på +nordvestlandet, 91 i bergenstraktene og 180 på østlandsområdet. I +tillegg finnes det et utall overvåkningskamera og noen titalls +RFID-avlesere for bompengebrikker som samler inn informasjon om hvilke +biler som befinner seg hvor i landet. For ikke å glemme alle +mobilbasestasjoner som registrerer hvor brukere av mobilnettverket +befinner seg. De er ikke tema i dag.

+ +

De som kjører mye har interesse av å vite hvor mye bompenger det vil +koste å kjøre fra et sted til et annet, og dette behovet har aktørene +bak Bompengekalkulatoren +tatt sikte på å tilby i markedet. Fornuftig nok har de også en +gratistjeneste, slik at de får frivillige til å gi innspill om feil i +datagrunnlaget. Jeg ble nylig nysgjerring på hvor mye det til koste å +kjøre på kryss og tvers i Norge, og valgte meg ut en teststrekning fra +Oslo til Tromsø for å se hvilke beløp som gjelder.

+ +

Bompengekalkulatoren viser frem flere rutealternativer for et gitt +reisesøk, og i dette tilfellet, for reise fra Oslo Sentralstasjon til +Tromsø sentrum, viser den tre alternativ. Merk, disse tallene gjelder +bensindrevet personbil. En kan velge takstkategori i +webgrensesnittet. Det ene rutealternativet er E6 gjennom Norge, de to +andre er E45 og E4 gjennom sverige. E45 er innlandsruten i Sverige, +motorvei gjennom store skoger som i følge kalkulatoren skal ta 22 +timer og 26 minutter med norsk bompengebeløp på 164 kroner. Jeg har +mine tvil til om datasettet til Bompengekalkulatoren har svenske +bomstasjoner, så ta dette beløpet med en klype salt. E4 er veien +langs Bottenviken og mer befolket område, og skal ta 22 timer og 50 +minutter til en norsk bompengebeløp på 71 kroner. Den norske ruten +langs E6 skal derimot ta 23 timer og 16 minutter og beløpe seg til 664 +kroner. Beløpene er uten autopass-brikke, slik at en slipper å få +bilens posisjon registrert i alle bompengebrikkeavleserne som ikke +også er bomstasjoner. For trailere er bompengekostnaden 2-3 ganger så +høy som for personbil. I tillegg til pengebeløpet, som faktureres +etterskuddsvis og de siste årene har blitt umulig å gjøre opp kontant +på stedet, så kommer kostnaden med å få sine personopplysninger samlet +inn, lagret og gjort tilgjengelig for fremmede på ubestemt tid. Jeg +ser på den kostnaden som mye høyere en pengebeløpet som +faktureres.

+ +

For en tilsvarende tur fra Oslo til Bergen, så forteller +kalkulatoren at raskeste vei er riksvei 7 på 7 timer 4 minutter med +bompengebeløp 409 kroner. Alternativene listet opp er E134 på 8 timer +37 minutter med bompengebeløp 318 kroner og fylkesivei 40 på 7 timer +30 minutter med beløp 331. Det kan kanskje være greit å sjekke ut før +en setter seg i bilen hvor ens personopplysninger vil bli samlet inn +og lagret 5 fem år, når en velger hvilken rute en går for.

+ +

Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til +det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner +til min adresse +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. +Merk, betaling med bitcoin er ikke anonymt. :)

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+ + + Tags: betalkontant, norsk, surveillance. + + +
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+ Jami as a Zoom client, a trick for password protected rooms... +
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+ 8th May 2020 +
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+

Half a year ago, +I +wrote about the Jami communication +client, capable of peer-to-peer encrypted communication. It +handle both messages, audio and video. It uses distributed hash +tables instead of central infrastructure to connect its users to each +other, which in my book is a plus. I mentioned briefly that it could +also work as a SIP client, which came in handy when the higher +educational sector in Norway started to promote Zoom as its video +conferencing solution. I am reluctant to use the official Zoom client +software, due to their copyright +license clauses prohibiting users to reverse engineer (for example +to check the security) and benchmark it, and thus prefer to connect to +Zoom meetings with free software clients.

+ +

Jami worked OK as a SIP client to Zoom as long as there was no +password set on the room. The Jami daemon leak memory like crazy +(approximately 1 GiB a minute) when I am connected to the video +conference, so I had to restart the client every 7-10 minutes, which +is not great. I tried to get other SIP Linux clients to work +without success, so I decided I would have to live with this wart +until someone managed to fix the leak in the dring code base. But +another problem showed up once the rooms were password protected. I +could not get my dial tone signaling through from Jami to Zoom, and +dial tone signaling is used to enter the password when connecting to +Zoom. I tried a lot of different permutations with my Jami and +Asterisk setup to try to figure out why the signaling did not get +through, only to finally discover that the fundamental problem seem to +be that Zoom is simply not able to receive dial tone signaling when +connecting via SIP. There seem to be nothing wrong with the Jami and +Asterisk end, it is simply broken in the Zoom end. I got help from a +very skilled VoIP engineer figuring out this last part. And being a +very skilled engineer, he was also able to locate a solution for me. +Or to be exact, a workaround that solve my initial problem of +connecting to password protected Zoom rooms using Jami.

+ +

So, how do you do this, I am sure you are wondering by now. The +trick is already +documented +from Zoom, and it is to modify the SIP address to include the room +password. What is most surprising about this is that the +automatically generated email from Zoom with instructions on how to +connect via SIP do not mention this. The SIP address to use normally +consist of the room ID (a number), an @ character and the IP address +of the Zoom SIP gateway. But Zoom understand a lot more than just the +room ID in front of the at sign. The format is "[Meeting +ID].[Password].[Layout].[Host Key]", and you can here see how you +can both enter password, control the layout (full screen, active +presence and gallery) and specify the host key to start the meeting. +The full SIP address entered into Jami to provide the password will +then look like this (all using made up numbers):

+ +

+sip:657837644.522827@192.168.169.170 +

+ +

Now if only jami would reduce its memory usage, I could even +recommend this setup to others. :)

+ +

As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

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+ + + Tags: debian, english, sikkerhet, surveillance. + + +
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+ Totalovervåkning av innbyggernes bevegelser - nei takk! +
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+ 16th April 2020 +
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Jeg er blitt spurt hva jeg synes om lansering av smittestopp-appen, +overvåkningsløsningen lansert av Folkehelseinstituttet, +Simula-senteret og Regjeringen i dag, fulgt av klare trusler fra +regjeringen om konsekvenser hvis befolkningen ikke tar den i bruk. +Rekker ikke skrive noe fyldig om temaet, men det er klart for meg at +den utraderer retten til privatliv samt utgjør en personlig +sikkerhetsrisiko for alle som tar den i bruk. Bare det er nok til at +det fremstår som en svært dårlig ide å bli med på denne "dugnaden". +Det finnes andre og bedre tilnærminger enn den valgt av FHI. Har de +valgt sin tilnærming for å sikre seg nok et datasett i den fremtidige +ehelse-portalen? Potensialet for misbruk av informasjon samlet inn av +appen er for stort, effekten på neste krise for klar og gevinsten for +liten.

+ +

For å si det med forhenværende leder i Datatilsynet, Georg Apenes, +som skrev i en kronikk den gang Datatilsynet vernet +privatsfæren at +«SENTRALT +I en liberal forestillingsverden finner vi aksept av borgerens rett +til å kunne velge å være i fred; å være u-iakttatt, uregistrert og +anonym». Det er ikke uten grunn han startet kronikken med +«Personvern et fremmedord i enkelte av de statsorganene som samler +inn, oppbevarer og bruker personopplysninger». Der har nok +statsorganene bare blitt dårligere på 13 år.

+ +

Det er jo også verdt å merke seg at personvernrådet i EU (EDPB) +mener smittestopp-appen +opererer +i strid med prinsippet om dataminimering. Også de ser at det +finnes mye bedre måter å gjøre dette på.

+ + +

Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til +det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner +til min adresse +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. +Merk, betaling med bitcoin er ikke anonymt. :)

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+ + + Tags: norsk, surveillance. + + +
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+ What would it cost to store all 2018 phone calls in Norway? +
+
+ 25th November 2019 +
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+

Four years ago, I did a back of the envelope calculation on +how +much it would cost to store audio recordings of all the phone calls in +Norway, and came up with NOK 2.1 million / EUR 250 000 for the +year 2013. It is time to repeat the calculation using updated +numbers. The calculation is based on how much data storage is needed +for each minute of audio, how many minutes all the calls in Norway +sums up to, multiplied by the cost of data storage.

+ +

The number of phone call minutes for 2018 was fetched from +the NKOM statistics +site, and for 2018, land line calls are listed as 434 238 000 +minutes, while mobile phone calls are listed with 7 542 006 000 +minutes. The total number of minutes is thus 7 976 244 000. For +simplicity, I decided to ignore any advantages in audio compression the +last four years, and continue to assume 60 Kbytes/min as the last +time.

+ +

Storage prices still varies a lot, but as last time, I decide to +take a reasonable big and cheap hard drive, and double its price to +include the surrounding costs into account. A 10 TB disk cost less +than 4500 NOK / 450 EUR these days, and doubling it give 9000 NOK per +10 TB.

+ +

So, with the parameters in place, lets update the old table +estimating cost for calls in a given year:

+ + + + + + + + + + +
YearCall minutesSizePrice in NOK / EUR
200524 000 000 0001.3 PiB1 170 000 / 117 000
201218 000 000 0001.0 PiB900 000 / 90 000
201317 000 000 000950 TiB855 000 / 85 500
20187 976 244 000445 TiB401 100 / 40 110
+ +

Both the cost of storage and the number of phone call minutes have +dropped since the last time, bringing the cost down to a level where I +guess even small organizations can afford to store the audio recording +from every phone call taken in a year in Norway. Of course, this is +just the cost of buying the storage equipment. Maintenance, need to +be included as well, but the volume of a single year is about a single +rack of hard drives, so it is not much more than I could fit in my own +home. Wonder how much the electricity bill would raise if I had that +kind of storage? I doubt it would be more than a few tens of thousand +NOK per year.

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+ + + Tags: english, personvern, surveillance. + + +
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+ Jami/Ring, finally functioning peer to peer communication client +
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+ 19th June 2019 +
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+

Some years ago, in 2016, I +wrote +for the first time about the Ring peer to peer messaging system. +It would provide messaging without any central server coordinating the +system and without requiring all users to register a phone number or +own a mobile phone. Back then, I could not get it to work, and put it +aside until it had seen more development. A few days ago I decided to +give it another try, and am happy to report that this time I am able +to not only send and receive messages, but also place audio and video +calls. But only if UDP is not blocked into your network.

+ +

The Ring system changed name earlier this year to +Jami. I +tried doing web search for 'ring' when I discovered it for the first +time, and can only applaud this change as it is impossible to find +something called Ring among the noise of other uses of that word. Now +you can search for 'jami' and this client and +the Jami system is the first hit at +least on duckduckgo.

+ +

Jami will by default encrypt messages as well as audio and video +calls, and try to send them directly between the communicating parties +if possible. If this proves impossible (for example if both ends are +behind NAT), it will use a central SIP TURN server maintained by the +Jami project. Jami can also be a normal SIP client. If the SIP +server is unencrypted, the audio and video calls will also be +unencrypted. This is as far as I know the only case where Jami will +do anything without encryption.

+ +

Jami is available for several platforms: Linux, Windows, MacOSX, +Android, iOS, and Android TV. It is included in Debian already. Jami +also work for those using F-Droid without any Google connections, +while Signal do not. +The +protocol is described in the Ring project wiki. The system uses a +distributed hash table (DHT) system (similar to BitTorrent) running +over UDP. On one of the networks I use, I discovered Jami failed to +work. I tracked this down to the fact that incoming UDP packages +going to ports 1-49999 were blocked, and the DHT would pick a random +port and end up in the low range most of the time. After talking to +the developers, I solved this by enabling the dhtproxy in the +settings, thus using TCP to talk to a central DHT proxy instead of + +peering directly with others. I've been told the developers are +working on allowing DHT to use TCP to avoid this problem. I also ran +into a problem when trying to talk to the version of Ring included in +Debian Stable (Stretch). Apparently the protocol changed between +beta2 and the current version, making these clients incompatible. +Hopefully the protocol will not be made incompatible in the +future.

+ +

It is worth noting that while looking at Jami and its features, I +came across another communication platform I have not tested yet. The +Tox protocol +and family of Tox clients. It might +become the topic of a future blog post.

+ +

As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.

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2nd April 2018 @@ -60,7 +773,7 @@ integritet i dagens norske samfunn.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -69,7 +782,7 @@ integritet i dagens norske samfunn.

- H, Ap, Frp og Venstre går for DNA-innsamling av hele befolkningen + H, Ap, Frp og Venstre går for DNA-innsamling av hele befolkningen
14th March 2018 @@ -134,7 +847,7 @@ til min adresse
- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -143,7 +856,7 @@ til min adresse
- Overvåkning i Kina vs. Norge + Overvåkning i Kina vs. Norge
12th February 2018 @@ -257,7 +970,7 @@ til min adresse
- Tags: norsk, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, surveillance.
@@ -266,7 +979,7 @@ til min adresse
- Visualizing GSM radio chatter using gr-gsm and Hopglass + Visualizing GSM radio chatter using gr-gsm and Hopglass
29th September 2017 @@ -328,7 +1041,7 @@ issue for the topic.
- Tags: debian, english, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: debian, english, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -337,7 +1050,7 @@ issue for the topic.
- Easier recipe to observe the cell phones around you + Easier recipe to observe the cell phones around you
24th September 2017 @@ -418,7 +1131,7 @@ with GNU Radio on raspbian, causing glibc to abort().

- Tags: debian, english, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: debian, english, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -427,7 +1140,7 @@ with GNU Radio on raspbian, causing glibc to abort().

- Datalagringsdirektivet kaster skygger over Høyre og Arbeiderpartiet + Datalagringsdirektivet kaster skygger over Høyre og Arbeiderpartiet
7th September 2017 @@ -479,7 +1192,7 @@ brukere med Ring, slik at jeg også bruker
- Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, stortinget, surveillance, valg. + Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, stortinget, surveillance, valg.
@@ -488,7 +1201,7 @@ brukere med Ring, slik at jeg også bruker
- Simpler recipe on how to make a simple $7 IMSI Catcher using Debian + Simpler recipe on how to make a simple $7 IMSI Catcher using Debian
9th August 2017 @@ -582,7 +1295,7 @@ one frequency?

- Tags: debian, english, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: debian, english, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -591,7 +1304,7 @@ one frequency?

- How does it feel to be wiretapped, when you should be doing the wiretapping... + How does it feel to be wiretapped, when you should be doing the wiretapping...
8th March 2017 @@ -633,7 +1346,7 @@ Intercept report that US Senator Rand Paul confirm what I state above.

- Tags: english, surveillance. + Tags: english, surveillance.
@@ -642,7 +1355,7 @@ Intercept report that US Senator Rand Paul confirm what I state above.

- Nasjonalbiblioteket avslutter sin ulovlige bruk av Google Skjemaer + Nasjonalbiblioteket avslutter sin ulovlige bruk av Google Skjemaer
12th January 2017 @@ -681,7 +1394,7 @@ det å spørre hva i alle dager det offentlige holder på med.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance, web. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance, web.
@@ -690,7 +1403,7 @@ det å spørre hva i alle dager det offentlige holder på med.

- Bryter NAV sin egen personvernerklæring? + Bryter NAV sin egen personvernerklæring?
11th January 2017 @@ -774,7 +1487,7 @@ kanskje Datatilsynet bør gjøre det?

- Tags: norsk, nuug, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, nuug, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -783,7 +1496,7 @@ kanskje Datatilsynet bør gjøre det?

- Where did that package go? — geolocated IP traceroute + Where did that package go? — geolocated IP traceroute
9th January 2017 @@ -945,7 +1658,7 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
- Tags: debian, english, kart, nuug, personvern, stortinget, surveillance, web. + Tags: debian, english, kart, nuug, personvern, stortinget, surveillance, web.
@@ -954,7 +1667,7 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
- Er lover brutt når personvernpolicy ikke stemmer med praksis? + Er lover brutt når personvernpolicy ikke stemmer med praksis?
9th December 2016 @@ -1333,7 +2046,7 @@ personopplysninger til eksterne aktører.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -1342,7 +2055,7 @@ personopplysninger til eksterne aktører.

- How to talk with your loved ones in private + How to talk with your loved ones in private
7th November 2016 @@ -1454,11 +2167,22 @@ I communicate with or the fact that I communicate with someone. Without all these factors in place, my private life is being more or less invaded.

+

Update 2019-10-08: Børge Dvergsdal, who told me he + is Customer Relationship Manager @ Whereby (formerly appear.in), + asked if I could mention that appear.in is now renamed and found at + https://whereby.com/. And sure, + why not. Apparently they changed the name because they were unable + to trademark appear.in somewhere... While I am at it, I can mention + that Ring changed name to Jami, now available from https://jami.net/. Luckily they were + able to have a direct redirect from ring.cx to jami.net, so the user + experience is almost the same.

+
- Tags: english, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: english, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -1467,7 +2191,7 @@ less invaded.

- Aktivitetsbånd som beskytter privatsfæren + Aktivitetsbånd som beskytter privatsfæren
3rd November 2016 @@ -1534,7 +2258,7 @@ dele sine personopplysninger med leverandøren.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -1543,7 +2267,7 @@ dele sine personopplysninger med leverandøren.

- Experience and updated recipe for using the Signal app without a mobile phone + Experience and updated recipe for using the Signal app without a mobile phone
10th October 2016 @@ -1730,7 +2454,7 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
- Tags: debian, english, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: debian, english, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -1739,7 +2463,7 @@ activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
- NRKs kildevern når NRK-epost deles med utenlands etterretning? + NRKs kildevern når NRK-epost deles med utenlands etterretning?
8th October 2016 @@ -1866,7 +2590,7 @@ slik flombelysning på sitt privatliv.

- Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: betalkontant, dld, norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -1875,7 +2599,7 @@ slik flombelysning på sitt privatliv.

- Aftenposten-redaktøren med lua i hånda + Aftenposten-redaktøren med lua i hånda
9th September 2016 @@ -1920,7 +2644,7 @@ Norge.

- Tags: norsk, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, surveillance.
@@ -1929,7 +2653,7 @@ Norge.

- E-tjenesten ber om innsyn i eposten til partiene på Stortinget + E-tjenesten ber om innsyn i eposten til partiene på Stortinget
6th September 2016 @@ -2086,7 +2810,7 @@ traceroute to mx03.telecomputing.no (95.128.105.102), 30 hops max, 60 byte packe
- Tags: norsk, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, surveillance.
@@ -2095,7 +2819,7 @@ traceroute to mx03.telecomputing.no (95.128.105.102), 30 hops max, 60 byte packe
- How to use the Signal app if you only have a land line (ie no mobile phone) + How to use the Signal app if you only have a land line (ie no mobile phone)
3rd July 2016 @@ -2211,7 +2935,7 @@ phone.

- Tags: debian, english, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: debian, english, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -2220,7 +2944,7 @@ phone.

- Snurpenot-overvåkning av sensitiv personinformasjon + Snurpenot-overvåkning av sensitiv personinformasjon
9th November 2015 @@ -2326,7 +3050,7 @@ Norge.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -2335,7 +3059,7 @@ Norge.

- Lawrence Lessig interviewed Edward Snowden a year ago + Lawrence Lessig interviewed Edward Snowden a year ago
19th October 2015 @@ -2367,7 +3091,7 @@ that this is the political leadership we have here in Norway.

- Tags: english, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: english, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -2376,7 +3100,7 @@ that this is the political leadership we have here in Norway.

- Alle Stortingets mobiltelefoner kontrolleres fra USA... + Alle Stortingets mobiltelefoner kontrolleres fra USA...
7th October 2015 @@ -2442,7 +3166,7 @@ hvordan ting konkret fungerer der.

- Tags: norsk, offentlig innsyn, personvern, sikkerhet, stortinget, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, offentlig innsyn, personvern, sikkerhet, stortinget, surveillance.
@@ -2451,7 +3175,7 @@ hvordan ting konkret fungerer der.

- Blir det virkelig krav om fingeravtrykk i nasjonale ID-kort? + Blir det virkelig krav om fingeravtrykk i nasjonale ID-kort?
12th May 2015 @@ -2541,7 +3265,7 @@ snu. Det tror jeg ikke vil skje.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -2550,7 +3274,7 @@ snu. Det tror jeg ikke vil skje.

- Norwegian citizens now required by law to give their fingerprint to the police + Norwegian citizens now required by law to give their fingerprint to the police
10th May 2015 @@ -2615,7 +3339,7 @@ summary of the sources I have for concluding the way I do
- Tags: english, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: english, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -2624,7 +3348,7 @@ summary of the sources I have for concluding the way I do
- What would it cost to store all phone calls in Norway? + What would it cost to store all phone calls in Norway?
1st May 2015 @@ -2684,7 +3408,7 @@ collecting the data?

- Tags: english, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: english, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -2693,7 +3417,7 @@ collecting the data?

- The Citizenfour documentary on the Snowden confirmations to Norway + The Citizenfour documentary on the Snowden confirmations to Norway
28th February 2015 @@ -2727,7 +3451,7 @@ here in Norway, but I am afraid he would not be safe.

- Tags: english, nuug, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: english, nuug, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -2736,7 +3460,7 @@ here in Norway, but I am afraid he would not be safe.

- Vi kan selv avsløre mobiltelefonovervåkning + Vi kan selv avsløre mobiltelefonovervåkning
3rd January 2015 @@ -2817,7 +3541,7 @@ Klassekampen 2014-12-31 side 39
- Tags: norsk, nuug, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, nuug, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -2826,7 +3550,7 @@ Klassekampen 2014-12-31 side 39
- Of course USA loses in cyber war - NSA and friends made sure it would happen + Of course USA loses in cyber war - NSA and friends made sure it would happen
19th December 2014 @@ -2863,7 +3587,7 @@ income. :)

- Tags: english, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: english, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -2872,7 +3596,7 @@ income. :)

- A Debian package for SMTP via Tor (aka SMTorP) using exim4 + A Debian package for SMTP via Tor (aka SMTorP) using exim4
10th November 2014 @@ -2951,7 +3675,7 @@ SMTorP. :)

- Tags: debian, english, freedombox, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: debian, english, freedombox, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -2960,7 +3684,7 @@ SMTorP. :)

- Hva henger under skibrua over E16 på Sollihøgda? + Hva henger under skibrua over E16 på Sollihøgda?
21st September 2014 @@ -3229,7 +3953,7 @@ omtale på vegdata-bloggen.

- Tags: kart, norsk, personvern, rfid, surveillance. + Tags: kart, norsk, personvern, rfid, surveillance.
@@ -3238,7 +3962,7 @@ omtale på vegdata-bloggen.

- FreedomBox milestone - all packages now in Debian Sid + FreedomBox milestone - all packages now in Debian Sid
15th April 2014 @@ -3324,7 +4048,7 @@ mailing list if you want to help make this vision come true.

- Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web. + Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web.
@@ -3333,7 +4057,7 @@ mailing list if you want to help make this vision come true.

- EU-domstolen bekreftet i dag at datalagringsdirektivet er ulovlig + EU-domstolen bekreftet i dag at datalagringsdirektivet er ulovlig
8th April 2014 @@ -3417,7 +4141,7 @@ de ord.

- Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -3426,7 +4150,7 @@ de ord.

- Dokumentaren om Datalagringsdirektivet sendes endelig på NRK + Dokumentaren om Datalagringsdirektivet sendes endelig på NRK
26th March 2014 @@ -3463,7 +4187,7 @@ side om filmen om datalagringsdirektivet om fem dager. Hold et
- Tags: dld, freedombox, mesh network, norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: dld, freedombox, mesh network, norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -3472,7 +4196,7 @@ side om filmen om datalagringsdirektivet om fem dager. Hold et
- Freedombox on Dreamplug, Raspberry Pi and virtual x86 machine + Freedombox on Dreamplug, Raspberry Pi and virtual x86 machine
14th March 2014 @@ -3540,7 +4264,7 @@ mailing list if you want to help make this vision come true.

- Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web. + Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web.
@@ -3549,7 +4273,7 @@ mailing list if you want to help make this vision come true.

- All drones should be radio marked with what they do and who they belong to + All drones should be radio marked with what they do and who they belong to
21st November 2013 @@ -3603,7 +4327,7 @@ should not have privacy. It is people who need privacy.

- Tags: english, robot, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: english, robot, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -3612,7 +4336,7 @@ should not have privacy. It is people who need privacy.

- Det er jo makta som er mest sårbar ved massiv overvåkning av Internett + Det er jo makta som er mest sårbar ved massiv overvåkning av Internett
26th October 2013 @@ -3661,7 +4385,7 @@ over.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, stortinget, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, stortinget, surveillance.
@@ -3670,7 +4394,7 @@ over.

- Good causes: Debian Outreach Program for Women, EFF documenting the spying and Open access in Norway + Good causes: Debian Outreach Program for Women, EFF documenting the spying and Open access in Norway
15th October 2013 @@ -3706,7 +4430,7 @@ too.

- Tags: debian, english, opphavsrett, surveillance. + Tags: debian, english, opphavsrett, surveillance.
@@ -3715,7 +4439,7 @@ too.

- Videos about the Freedombox project - for inspiration and learning + Videos about the Freedombox project - for inspiration and learning
27th September 2013 @@ -3785,7 +4509,7 @@ mailing list if you want to help make this vision come true.

- Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web. + Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web.
@@ -3794,7 +4518,7 @@ mailing list if you want to help make this vision come true.

- Recipe to test the Freedombox project on amd64 or Raspberry Pi + Recipe to test the Freedombox project on amd64 or Raspberry Pi
10th September 2013 @@ -3927,7 +4651,7 @@ default password is 'secret'.

- Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web. + Tags: debian, english, freedombox, sikkerhet, surveillance, web.
@@ -3936,7 +4660,7 @@ default password is 'secret'.

- Datalagringsdirektivet gjør at Oslo Høyre og Arbeiderparti ikke får min stemme i år + Datalagringsdirektivet gjør at Oslo Høyre og Arbeiderparti ikke får min stemme i år
8th September 2013 @@ -4217,7 +4941,7 @@ hatt så langt.

- Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, stortinget, surveillance, valg. + Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, stortinget, surveillance, valg.
@@ -4226,7 +4950,7 @@ hatt så langt.

- Dr. Richard Stallman, founder of Free Software Foundation, give a talk in Oslo March 1st 2013 + Dr. Richard Stallman, founder of Free Software Foundation, give a talk in Oslo March 1st 2013
27th February 2013 @@ -4259,7 +4983,7 @@ page for the location details.

- Tags: english, opphavsrett, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: english, opphavsrett, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -4268,7 +4992,7 @@ page for the location details.

- Hva stemte hver stortingsrepresentant i voteringene om datalagringsdirektivet? + Hva stemte hver stortingsrepresentant i voteringene om datalagringsdirektivet?
9th February 2013 @@ -4302,7 +5026,7 @@ den gamle URL-en sluttet å fungere.

- Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, stortinget, surveillance. + Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, stortinget, surveillance.
@@ -4311,7 +5035,7 @@ den gamle URL-en sluttet å fungere.

- Økt overvåkning applauderes igjen av Arbeiderpartiet, Høyre og Fremskrittspartiet + Økt overvåkning applauderes igjen av Arbeiderpartiet, Høyre og Fremskrittspartiet
4th February 2013 @@ -4360,7 +5084,7 @@ voteringsdata for 2010-2011.

- Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -4369,7 +5093,7 @@ voteringsdata for 2010-2011.

- 1.4 millioner potensielle journalistsamtaler i politiets hender + 1.4 millioner potensielle journalistsamtaler i politiets hender
27th November 2012 @@ -4433,7 +5157,7 @@ mange år nå.

- Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -4442,7 +5166,7 @@ mange år nå.

- The fight for freedom and privacy + The fight for freedom and privacy
18th October 2012 @@ -4474,7 +5198,7 @@ transforming our society to a huge Panopticon on our own.

- Tags: english, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: english, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -4483,7 +5207,7 @@ transforming our society to a huge Panopticon on our own.

- TV with face recognition, for improved viewer experience + TV with face recognition, for improved viewer experience
9th June 2012 @@ -4509,7 +5233,7 @@ Orwell.

- Tags: english, surveillance. + Tags: english, surveillance.
@@ -4518,7 +5242,7 @@ Orwell.

- Overvåkningslogikkens fallitt + Overvåkningslogikkens fallitt
23rd July 2011 @@ -4556,7 +5280,7 @@ jeg tror bidrar til å holde ekstreme holdninger i sjakk.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -4565,7 +5289,7 @@ jeg tror bidrar til å holde ekstreme holdninger i sjakk.

- Det totalitære samfunn kommer stadig nærmere + Det totalitære samfunn kommer stadig nærmere
28th March 2011 @@ -4622,7 +5346,7 @@ ta kontakt slik at jeg kan få med også disse.

- Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: dld, norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -4631,7 +5355,7 @@ ta kontakt slik at jeg kan få med også disse.

- Hvordan kringkaster T-banen i Oslo sine overvåkningskamerasignaler? + Hvordan kringkaster T-banen i Oslo sine overvåkningskamerasignaler?
5th January 2011 @@ -4679,7 +5403,7 @@ kraftigere scanner. :)

- Tags: norsk, ruter, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, ruter, surveillance.
@@ -4688,7 +5412,7 @@ kraftigere scanner. :)

- Støtte for forskjellige kamera-ikoner på overvåkningskamerakartet + Støtte for forskjellige kamera-ikoner på overvåkningskamerakartet
2nd January 2011 @@ -4711,7 +5435,7 @@ langt.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -4720,7 +5444,7 @@ langt.

- 165 norske overvåkningskamera registert så langt i OpenStreetmap.org + 165 norske overvåkningskamera registert så langt i OpenStreetmap.org
24th December 2010 @@ -4747,7 +5471,7 @@ kontakt slik at jeg kan få med også disse.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -4756,7 +5480,7 @@ kontakt slik at jeg kan få med også disse.

- Nå er 74 norske overvåkningskamera registert i OpenStreetmap.org + Nå er 74 norske overvåkningskamera registert i OpenStreetmap.org
18th November 2010 @@ -4788,7 +5512,7 @@ kamera finnes på websiden for kartet hos
- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -4797,7 +5521,7 @@ kamera finnes på websiden for kartet hos
- Datatilsynet mangler verktøyet som trengs for å kontrollere kameraovervåkning + Datatilsynet mangler verktøyet som trengs for å kontrollere kameraovervåkning
9th November 2010 @@ -4920,7 +5644,7 @@ ting, så et slikt lovverk i Norge tror jeg hadde vært nyttig.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, sikkerhet, surveillance.
@@ -4929,7 +5653,7 @@ ting, så et slikt lovverk i Norge tror jeg hadde vært nyttig.

- Oppdatert kart over overvåkningskamera i Norge + Oppdatert kart over overvåkningskamera i Norge
22nd September 2010 @@ -4955,7 +5679,7 @@ OSM-dumpen for Norge.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
@@ -4964,7 +5688,7 @@ OSM-dumpen for Norge.

- Kart over overvåkningskamera i Norge + Kart over overvåkningskamera i Norge
15th February 2009 @@ -4993,14 +5717,14 @@ automatisk over i spesialkartet.

- Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance. + Tags: norsk, personvern, surveillance.
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