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

[Yosem Companys]

Not to mention that cyber-security needs to be seen as a "cool" thing to do
and experience network effects, i.e., "you do it because all your friends
do it."


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Katy Pearce <katycarvt at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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