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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



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