That makes a lot of sense. best, Joe On 1/16/13 3:25 PM, Collin Anderson wrote: > Joe, > > My experience has been that when a general letter is written with no > particular recipient, it ends up being received and acted on by /no > one/. Skype represents such a significant portion of the concern, even > measured based on traffic to this list, that it warrants direct > questions and focused efforts by civil society. I would add in that > Skype's failures have not only been ambiguity regarding transport > security, but this last particularly dark year in terms of > infrastructure and client security. The acquisition of the company by > MSFT, who has strong commitments to GNI and others, represents an > unexplored opportunity to take up outstanding concerns, and poke at this > TOM issue. > > However, I respect and share your broader concerns as equally > legitimate, and assure you that efforts won't be spared elsewhere. Here > I think CDT might make for a great bridge, even if it cannot participate > at this moment. > > Cordially, > Collin > > (Signed, jealous Nadim did this before me.) > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > (first post!) > > While CDT can't sign[1], I wanted to ask a question. (Since we can't > sign on, I don't want you to feel like you have to answer!) > > I was wondering: why the focus on Skype and MSFT? > > If I were to answer my own question, I'd probably say the focus is > simply due to the wide usage base of Skype, its' relative usability and > the fact that it was at one time considered very e2e-secure. However, I > wonder if this isn't more powerful as a more general open letter that > talks about the principles you note and what kinds of measures > (propreitary?) e2e communication technologies can take, using Skype as > an example. Maybe another good answer is a letter has to have an > audience and making it more general might make it more of a > less-powerful statement than a directed letter with asks at the end. > > best, Joe > > [1] CDT rarely signs on to things. > > On 1/16/13 11:58 AM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > > Dear Privacy Advocates and Internet Freedom Activists, > > > > I call on you to review the following draft for our Open Letter to > Skype > > and present your name or the name of your organization as signatories: > > > > http://www.skypeopenletter.com/draft/ > > > > The letter will be released soon. Feedback is also welcome. > > > > Thank you, > > NK > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > -- > Joseph Lorenzo Hall > Senior Staff Technologist > Center for Democracy & Technology > 1634 I ST NW STE 1100 > Washington DC 20006-4011 > (p) 202-407-8825 > (f) 202-637-0968 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > PGP: https://josephhall.org/gpg-key > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > > > -- > *Collin David Anderson* > averysmallbird.com <http://averysmallbird.com> | @cda | Washington, D.C. > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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