-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 03/18/2015 05:34 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> As tool developers and distributors, we do have an influence on > what's possible and what's easy for people to do. i think it's > only responsible to try to use that influence for good. > > > http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/03/16/Americans-Privacy-Strategies-Post-Snowden/ > > i'm not sure i reach the same conclusion that you do from it, > though: > > > I'm not just a security nerd -- i'm a transit infrastructure nerd! > > I think life is better for more people when more people bike or use > mass transit instead of driving private automobiles. When biking > or mass transit is clunky, difficult, slow, ugly, dangerous, or > expensive, people tend to avoid these modes of transit. That's why > i am involved with groups that try to improve the experience for > bikers and mass transit riders in the city where i live. It makes > life better for everyone! > > And it's not that people near me don't know that mass transit is > probably better for public health than individual automobiles, or > even that they don't care at all (though i admit they probably > don't care as much as i wish they would). It's that they're busy, > distracted, and they have other priorities. So any hurdle (however > small) that makes biking/transit worse is enough to turn off some > set of people who decide "meh, i can't be bothered". > > Increasing the frequency of trains, keeping them clean, lowering > the fares, providing indicators so we know when the bus will > arrive, having bike lanes, etc -- all these things make using bikes > or transit nicer, so more people (even people who aren't transit > activists) will participate. > > Why should this approach not translate into secure communications > tools? > > Regards, > > --dkg > I've been involved in security since I was in the Army stationed in what used to be called "West Germany." A large number of people read about the cold war in history books without even realizing that there were monthly reports in the Stars and Stripes of the number of East Germans killed trying to escape to West Germany. People do not realize that the minute they use their cell phone they are transmitting a radio signal that can be picked up by a scanner. Enigmail along with GnuPG adds a layer of security to your communication, but back in the 90's we jested that the NSA was probably reading our encrypted messages anyway. As stated above most people do not want to take the time or the effort to learn about encryption or even encrypting your hard drive on your laptop. That makes it too hard to boot for them. When their computer is hacked, lost, or stolen and their password data to all their credit cards and suppliers is loosed then they worry. It was good practice in the military to answer the phone with the phrase, "This line is not secure." Both my sisters consider me a paranoid old man, but I tend to take my personal security seriously. I make it a point to instruct as many as possible about the benefits of signing and encrypting email and files on your computer. It is true that encrypting files and entering a passphrase to open them is an added step, but I have seen the results of those who take a lax attitude to their own security. I see it as our job to keep up the fight and warn those around us about the dangers not locking your front door. - -- Rev. LeRoy D. Cressy mailto:[email protected] /\_/\ http://lrcressy.com ( o.o ) > ^ < Cell Phone: 267-307-3527 See My posts on facebook and googleplus Open PGP Key: C34B77CC gpg fingerprint: 8AD5 35EF 1FDF F1A7 E483 8CCE A50D 4E81 C34B 77CC For info on enigmail: http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ For info on gpg: http://www.gnupg.org/ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVCt9PAAoJEMKLVzZGLW1Vii0P/1v+t4lkmxj5sCQE0XPZuvLQ hkL95vFOlwHIu91/n3QyEQlKLF8HxYlbekGT9V4QdThvR3gAQSsbdo4/zKx5C/8H PeEH1oC+6ws9ySwbgPvVzTfeizNIRogmsDJl5RaPi8eNTnGxflUn0kU2ldNBnxP8 MHGU5DIeUFbVsMBShyxgkV3LkshDKV17AjC4GymmxGgXGgQ/Jf1u5KpcTjodFFvR 2Xc7yp3xcKpOUOAyI9Sdwr+nRDJhjhSgxPDc+pgQUqU12wUvG6cPliRiXJ6Cy7cS guwyGhkvnf/tAmx04X2+ND9DtqA8ximNktgiQrK/sjr5c2yuAZXfyjQAJ2STbho1 3flo3bF5FYm2ntXSt3+YR4JYwZ9bpReEo0KUBN0P3lMDsdez5VIiQXvJD/C47gQF NT+EQaeMkhbmSrBYA3U220XkzQZATnKddCaP8B3YUsyZX8cdqACJlFO2ZbJ6PmsI k+KQPpKJQUdJoPT8aRulkKa6V7a5JGl7zk4L+bWybRcYiuOzLkenB+vRHWy6W/XU eMQ1qnM3TOIgkIf/qptIbfwrIfWtcFApWtSPNtd6IsR2Qt1TtF+ogNsr6YN89MTW 12pzt1PXrRTvHewoRy6hGhxhITMj5IrdgXe4biPOe7F5l8nV/JXuZwZpgRHgdul0 sm9quFufx23YkMK//pm8 =Ye7T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
