Hi, On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:00 AM, <anonymous2...@nym.hush.com> wrote: > Thanks I appreciate the input but this is where one of the problems > with the LibTech approach lies, having spent years training > hundreds of people all over the world with TrueCrypt, TOR, > PGP/Thunderbird etc I can tell you that the systems are simply not > user friendly enough for the vast majority of non-techie people in > an NGO environment. In parts of Africa and other places, people are > barely techno-literate to be able to turn on a windows machine - > even after consideriable training. People now come to work using > Mac's and Android, they are used to easy interfaces etc...If you > think you can get a board member or a finance person in an NGO to > use Linux then you are detached from the reality of how most NGO's > work. The use will simply ignore it.
I suspect more info about the use case here is necessary to provide useful feedback. I am not sure how folks at the technical level you describe can maintain the disciplines necessary to keep a general purpose system secure. If it takes considerable training for them to turn on a Windows machine, then I would think the model you're looking for is a remotely managed (and wipe-able) appliance/info kiosk with minimal physical exposure and not a general purpose system. Regardless of whether the OS is Windows or a highly locked down super secure variant of HyperCryptoGeekOS, I suspect the real risks lie in the usage model and physical environment. Without more details on what you're trying to protect against I don't think it possible to propose solutions that are any more than what people think are the latest/best cool toys. Regards, -drc -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
