On 4/04/13 21:43 PM, Jon Callas wrote:
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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.
Just to underline Jon's message for y'all, they should have waited for
iMessage:
"Encryption used in Apple's iMessage chat service has stymied
attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects'
conversations, an internal government document reveals.
"An internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by
CNET discusses a February 2013 criminal investigation and warns that
because of the use of encryption, "it is impossible to intercept
iMessages between two Apple devices" even with a court order approved by
a federal judge.
"The DEA's warning, marked "law enforcement sensitive," is the
most detailed example to date of the technological obstacles -- FBI
director Robert Mueller has called it the "Going Dark" problem -- that
police face when attempting to conduct court-authorized surveillance on
non-traditional forms of communication.
"When Apple's iMessage was announced in mid-2011, Cupertino said
it would use "secure end-to-end encryption." It quickly became the most
popular encrypted chat program in history: Apple CEO Tim Cook said last
fall that 300 billion messages have been sent so far, which are
transmitted through the Internet rather than as more costly SMS messages
carried by wireless providers.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57577887-38/apples-imessage-encryption-trips-up-feds-surveillance/
iang, who never even knew it was encrypted!
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