On 11-05-04 at 11:44am, Sandy Harris wrote: > We have a bit of a design problem in that we want the FB to > be very secure, but also to require a minimum of system > administration.
Very relevant point! > Our security requirements are very high. > > People might be jailed or even killed if security on these > machines is broken. For example, Zimbabwe recently > jailed a bunch of people for downloading Internet reports > on the Tunisian revolution and discussing them. But then again. I envision several use cases of FreedomBoxes with different needs. FreedomBoxes in my home country, Denmark: The physical home is generally respected as requiring preapproval from a judge to enter. My friends living here sure need a non-crackable box but do not risk their lives owning it or turning it on. They probably use the box more for fun than for serious cyber war activities themselves, but some of them might be interested in helping others - e.g. enable Tor/mesh/IPv6 exit node. FreedomBoxes in "cyber war zones": At places where you can get tortured for political activities, the very existence of a FreedomBox likely is problematic. I seriously doubt FreedomBoxes are even relevant to use at such places: A crucial need, I imagine, is stealth - which means a beige Plug device too easily stand out. Those areas of the World sure need tools. They can benefit from lots and lots of FreedomBoxes available elsewhere, to help create gates across fences, and to help create noise for internal communication. But most likely they are better off using a different boxing themselves. I believe we should not try to cover all cyber warfare use with the FreedomBox, but (at least at first) on creating a box that is _usable_ and with relatively "harmless" tools loaded on it. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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