On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:28 AM, carlo von lynX <[email protected]> wrote: > Heya.. I saw ... https://www.resetthenet.org > > Yet the things the page recommends are band-aids.
in terms of first steps, the https push is the most approachable. passive, blanket surveillance resistance maybe a band-aid, yet still useful. as a symbol of the value of privacy online resetthenet is more effective. (only other practical impact i have observed is users updating their browsers. having tried some https sites with good cipher suite hygiene and getting errors, they take the hint and grab the latest copies of Firefox or Chrome...) > If it was that simple we could have done such a > campaign the same day the revelations came out. how long did youbroketheinternet.org take? ;) > So I don't see the point in a superficial campaign that > doesn't actually fix anything about the status quo, instead > it is likely to foster further damage by not offering long-term > solutions. i disagree that it is entirely superficial. i also think all of the technologies you listed above are insufficient for a truly decentralized, robust, privacy enhancing infrastructure. and finally, i think we should all be working on these types of efforts, and others, per our interests even if they have flaws. (improvements that are not long-term solutions are not causing "damage") learning from our fails faster is a question for another thread... *grin* best regards, -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
