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On Apr 4, 2013, at 6:27 AM, ianG <[email protected]> wrote: > In a project similar to Wikileaks, ICIJ comments on tools it used to secure > its team-based project work: > > "ICIJ’s team of 86 investigative journalists from 46 countries > represents one of the biggest cross-border investigative partnerships in > journalism history. Unique digital systems supported private document and > information sharing, as well as collaborative research. These included a > message center hosted in Europe and a U.S.-based secure online search system. > Team members also used a secure, private online bulletin board system to > share stories and tips." > > "The project team’s attempts to use encrypted e-mail systems such as > PGP (“Pretty Good Privacy”) were abandoned because of complexity and > unreliability that slowed down information sharing. Studies have shown that > police and government agents – and even terrorists – also struggle to use > secure e-mail systems effectively. Other complex cryptographic systems > popular with computer hackers were not considered for the same reasons. > While many team members had sophisticated computer knowledge and could use > such tools well, many more did not." > > > http://www.icij.org/offshore/how-icijs-project-team-analyzed-offshore-files > Thanks! This is great. It just drives home that usability is all. Jon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Universal 3.2.0 (Build 1672) Charset: windows-1252 wj8DBQFRXcnAsTedWZOD3gYRAlcgAJ92ntosWo+yaBYd3Q5xhyJ40lOSPQCdGHW/ 5eb0jufZJKBXpu4TeYOgWmM= =p82u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
