[Chapter-delegates] Reset the Net ... ?

[Richard Hill]

Dear Evan

I apologize for taking so long to get back to this, but I wanted to consult the full ISOC-CH membership.  ISOC-CH decided to joint this effort, but in the end we didn't, for two reasons.  One is that we didn't find a way to get a certificate at low cost, and the other is that the web site uses Twitter to authenticate a request to join the initiative, and I'm not comfortable with using Twitter for that.

So in the end we didn't join.

Best,
Richard
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Evan Leibovitch 
  To: ISOC Chapter Delegates 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 4:03 PM
  Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Reset the Net ... ?


  Hello all,


  I notice a new initiative, "Reset the Net", being launched.


  Its aim is to get more websites to use HTTPS, and to encourage more end users to learn and use surveillance-resistant tools.


  Central to the campaign is to declare June 5, the one year anniversary of the first Snowden-derived news leak, as "reset the net day". On that day, participating sites would sport an appropriate banner. The site is also collecting signatures for a "pledge" to implement resistant tools.


  Current supporters include Greenpeace, the Free Software Foundation, Reddit, and about a dozen smaller orgs. Missing from the list is the EFF and especially ISOC and any chapters. I also have not heard mention of it here before,


  Exclusion can be for one of a number of reasons, I'd like to know if any of these apply:


    a.. ISOC and/or chapters are not aware of the campaign (if so, now it is :-) )


    b.. ISOC and/or chapters are aware of the campaign but do not agree with all its aims or tactics


    c.. There are just too many of these unconnected campaigns (OpenStand, Necessary and Proportionate, etc) and they are losing their power because they all are starting to look the same


    d.. ISOC is working on its own campaign along these lines


    e.. Reset the Net is too US-specific (very NSA-specific, no translations)


  Comments?


  -- 

  Evan Leibovitch
  Canada Chapter


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