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

[Kate Krauss]

Thanks for this--comments throughout:
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Nicolás Reynolds
<fauno at endefensadelsl.org>wrote:

> Kate Krauss <katie at critpath.org> writes:
>
> > 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
> >
> > See what you think. It's not a pretty solution, and it's not meant to
> > compete with others (let a thousand flowers bloom) but I think it
> > would work for us. It's a four-minute read.
>
> i think the problem is two fold: sometimes you try to explain something
> the other person doesn't really want to understand.  it's frustrating
> for both :)
>
> Been there--though people love software if it seems fun--
I'm really focused right now on motivated activists and journalists who
can't get ecryption up and running. Then we can colonize the others :)


> in my opinion and having watched how people adopts insecure and
> propietary technology while ignoring your technically better
> recommendations, the best way is to have another non technical (or not
> identified primarily as) person show others how to do it.  at hacklab
> barracas we try to do that, otherwise we can't have people's attention!
>
> (it doesn't mean we're overly succesful at that :P)
>
That seems great----in my experience it's not that it's frustrating or
slow--I just can't get it to work at all.

>
> ps: i agree it should be part of the default installation of a free
> operating system, that's why i started this repo:
> https://github.com/fauno/duraskel/tree/develop
>
Wow--Will this be like pages or like a Wizard? What will it seem like to
the user? (The answr to my question might be on the page but I'm not
familiar with the terminology). I like the fact that it's called the
Bonjour account--very friendly and respectful; not the "Perhaps you're an
idiot" account ;)

Thanks!

Kate Krauss
@AIDSPol


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