I was actually really offended by @ioerror's comment on twitter. Even if it was justified technically I think the mature approach is to use his personal reach and voice online to rally collaborators to help make the handbook better not declaim it for the sake of it... I nearly tweeted back with the link to the editing portal with a simple statement "well volunteered"...
@samthetechie On 7 October 2012 20:37, Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > I think Jacob has some issues about the CryptoParty Handbook. As he > noted on Twitter: > > "The #CryptoParty handbook is really unimpressive and fraught with > peril. A good idea and a nice effort but ultimately quite dangerous." > > Would love to hear why. > > Thanks, > > Yosem > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Greg Norcie <g...@norcie.com> wrote: > > > > I think this is a great project. > > > > But I do think that a manual is a stopgap measure - it would also be > > great if we worked towards making these tools usable enough that they > > didn't need a manual. > > > > If we can make an iPod so easy enough for our grandparents to use, we > > should be able to do the same with Tor, PGP, etc. It will be a long, > > arduous process, but I think it can be done. > > > > Usable security it not an oxymoron :) > > -- > > Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) > > GPG key: 0x1B873635 > > > > On 10/4/12 5:13 PM, Andrew Mallis wrote: > > > > > > FYI > > > > > > This 392 page, Creative Commons licensed handbook is designed to help > > > those with no prior experience to protect their basic human right to > > > Privacy in networked, digital domains. By covering a broad array of > > > topics and use contexts it is written to help anyone wishing to > > > understand and then quickly mitigate many kinds of vulnerability using > > > free, open-source tools. Most importantly however this handbook is > > > intended as a reference for use during Crypto Parties. > > > > > > > > > PDF available for download and more info: > > > > > > https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/CryptoPartyHandbook > > > > > > > > > > > > *Andrew Mallis* > > > #ows Tech Ops <http://www.nycga.net/groups/tech> | FGA > > > <http://wiki.occupy.net/wiki/Federated_General_Assembly> | Occupy > > > Directory <http://directory.occupy.net> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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