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

[Jordi Iparraguirre]

A logo may help but easing the process (a KISS process to set it up)
would be really  useful. There are some on the Internet but many still
use tech names and jargon too complex for average internet users.

I'm organizing "Cryptoparties" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoParty
in my area and we've realized that it is not easy for average internet
users to follow and understand certian procedures and language. And in
crypto a bad install may be worst that no install at all (false
sensation of security).

BTW, would it fit to organize a Cryptoparty for ICANN 51 ?

jordi


El 18/06/14 14:59, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ha escrit:
> Thanks for this reminder Evan.
> 
> Another thing which should be considered is for all Mail exchangers to
> use SSL/TLS. Way too many still don't, which means email goes end to end
> in clear text. This is like using postcards where everybody along the
> line can read the email sent.
> I had an excellent discussion with a long-timer whilst meeting in Berlin
> a couple of days ago. It appears that the Heartbleed weakness received
> Press time and therefore overwhelming public pressure for something to
> be done simply because it had a good, inspiring logo.
> 
> So all we need really are inspiring logos. I suggest one for TLS/SSL and
> another one for the use of PGP.
> 
> These security weaknesses have been around for a very long time - it's
> just nobody's bothered with fixing them and when techies look at them &
> ask their managers for money to fix them, they're told it's not important.
> 
> Artists -- get drawing!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Olivier
> 
> On 07/05/2014 16:03, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I notice a new initiative, "Reset the Net
>> <https://www.resetthenet.org/>", 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:
>>
>>   * ISOC and/or chapters are not aware of the campaign (if so, now it
>>     is :-) )
>>
>>   * ISOC and/or chapters are aware of the campaign but do not agree
>>     with all its aims or tactics
>>
>>   * 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
>>
>>   * ISOC is working on its own campaign along these lines
>>
>>   * Reset the Net is too US-specific (very NSA-specific, no translations)
>>
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> -- 
>> Evan Leibovitch
>> Canada Chapter
>>
>>
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