[liberationtech] Does anyone know a celebrity who feels strongly about privacy issues?

[Guido Witmond]

> On 08/12/2013 04:32 PM, Francisco Ruiz wrote:
>> Quick request.
>> 
>> In comments to a recent post, people seemed to agree that
>> publishing a video of someone reading a hash might be a fairly
>> hard-to-hack way to deliver that hash to the public, and thus
>> assure the authenticity of a piece of code, a public key, or
>> whatnot. The problem is that the sample youtube video I linked had
>> yours truly reading the hash, and people naturally objected that I
>> wasn't Justin Bieber and, consequently, weren't too convinced that
>> the video was authentic.

>> So, here's my question. Does any one know of a celebrity who cares
>> enough about computer security to be persuaded to take one minute
>> of his/her time to read a hash before a camera?
>>
>> Thanks a million!

On 08/12/13 22:41, Richard Brooks wrote:
> Some idle thoughts:
> 
> Edward Snowden 
> Bradley Manning
> Julian Assange
> Gen. Hayden
> Jacob or Nadim


Dear prof Ruiz,

I made the comment about celebrities in jest. I just don't believe that
people will validate hashes anyway.

But if you manage to convince any of those names to read your hashes, I
will certainly use your product. Or never ever, depending on my opinion
of the readers' knowledge about computer security.

Regards, Guido.

PS, I got the name wrong:
http://www.classicfm.com/composers/biber/guides/biber-vs-bieber/