[liberationtech] A modest proposal for protecting the work (and freedom) of activists.

[Katy Pearce]

Not to be a downer here, but until this is addressed:

- security is incredibly easy to use
- security does not slow down the internet or the computing power
- security does not attract the attention of security services

then all the training in the world isn't going to make people take these
precautions.


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Nathan of Guardian <
nathan at guardianproject.info> wrote:

>
>
> Kate Krauss <katie at critpath.org> wrote:
> >Dear Liberationists:
> >
> >I'm an non-technical activist who works with communities with serious
> >threat models who just published *“A Modest Proposal for Encrypting the
> >Work of Activists.*”
> >
> >https://medium.com/p/f561c5260bf3
>
> I hear ya Kate. We have started an effort with our "mobile security how
> to's" here and will keep at it in 2014. Next step is an app version of
> these web tutorials:
>
> https://guardianproject.info/howto/chatsecurely/
>
> https://guardianproject.info/howto/browsefreely/
>
> I would say simultaneously we are working to get our apps to the point
> that the defaults just work and are secure enough for most. Stay tuned on
> that.
>
> +n
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