Apropos backdooring where do think the Palestinian authority gets its bandwidth from/through under the Oslo Accords? Not to mention the large NSA installation next door to the center of Israeli military intelligence... On Jun 7, 2013 3:38 PM, "Nadim Kobeissi" <na...@nadim.cc> wrote:
> On 2013-06-07, at 8:31 AM, Yishay Mor <yish...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > "If all this already exists, why isn’t everybody doing it? Well, simply > because there is no integration at all among all those objects. " > > > > No. we don't need no software bundles. we don't need no sleek installers. > > How long does it take me to set up a gmail account? facebook account? > flickr account? 20 seconds. how much does it cost me to set up? how much > does it cost me to maintain? (ok, skype is an exception, I do need to > install). > > Interestingly, we've been getting some emails since the NSA/PRISM story > regarding people switching to Cryptocat. > > It's a really encouraging and awesome trend to see people care about > privacy-enabling technologies that are accessible and easy to use. To an > extent, we've succeeded here because we've made it as easy as Facebook or > Skype to have private conversations using free and open source software. So > if someone is switching from Facebook or Skype to Cryptocat, it's a really > positive thing. > > The big challenge, though, so far is delineating the use cases and threat > models. I have no problem seeing a lot of regular people flock to Cryptocat > just for common-sense privacy concerns. But catering to that, and catering > to activists/human rights workers in Mission Impossible situations, are two > different stories. Concerning the latter, considering the outrageous nature > of the PRISM story, I may have not been joking when I said "STOP PROMOTING > THE INTERNET" to activists after all. :P > > NK > > > > > See that's the standard you're competing with. Most users don't own > server space, physical or virtual, and would not in a million years be > convinced to buy any. > > > > Yishay > > > > ___________________________ > > http://www.yishaymor.org > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > > > > > > On 7 June 2013 09:47, M. Fioretti <mfiore...@nexaima.net> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 09:16:32 AM +0200, Eduardo Robles Elvira wrote: > > > Stop promoting google hangout and hotmail, yahoo, gmail, > outlook.com... =) > > > > and start promoting their replacement via user-friendly bundling of > > Free Software that already exist and may run in a portable way on any > > cheap VPS: > > > > > http://stop.zona-m.net/2013/01/the-alternatives-to-apple-facebook-c-already-exist-shall-we-package-them/ > > > > -- > > M. Fioretti http://mfioretti.com > http://stop.zona-m.net > > > > Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how > > software is used *around* you > > -- > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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 >
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