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

[Jorma Mellin]

Hello all,

Have this initiative being considered carefully. I do support SSL but it does not secure the data when stored, only
while being transported. People might get false security feeling if just relying on SSL/HTTPS. And transport is just one
part of the puzzle.

Rgds,
Jorma Mellin
Finnish chapter

From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Evan Leibovitch
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 5:04 PM
To: ISOC Chapter Delegates
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Reset the Net ... ?

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?

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Evan Leibovitch
Canada Chapter
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