Hello Libtech, we're Preevio, we're behind the SilentKeys project ( https://getsilentkeys.com - http://hvaudvqty72cxnbo.onion ) and someone suggested we share it with you over here. Some of you may have heard about it via the Tails mailing list. To put it bluntly, SilentKeys is a Tails fork inside a clever keyboard tailored for our Grandmas and technophobic friends (you know, the kind who'll buy a new computer just because windows updates went titsup). We are aware there are no silver bullets in infosec, and that for most people reading this, SilentKeys probably doesn't seem like much.
Yet we're pushing this project for folks who'll never come to crypto parties and just want to browse, bank, shop, research or talk in relative (yet way higher than WiniOSXid) safety. People who want to use their computers without having to worry about whether or not their OS or ISP is snitching on them, if malware is stealing their data or if they're leaving crumbs all over. We want to help them get easy access to robust respectful computing, identity, usage and data compartmentalization, encryption by default and quite simply to enable easy access to a secure and private digital space. We believe our technical choices (including using Tails infosec design), a familiar yet sleek hardware format as well as physical separation and hardware “read-only-ness” are novel mainstream propositions and fit our bill. We believe SilentKeys dodges the pitfalls of the dreaded "false sense of security". You're welcome to disagree of course, and by coming out like this we really wish to engage in order to get constructive feedback. We envision SilentKeys as a collective and collaborative project designed to give more visibility to privacy awareness, free software (and its considerable security benefits), digital decentralization and encryption to the general public. We want to help massify open-source encrypted software usage and traffic to dilute and hinder targeted scrutiny of people who really depend on those to report news, protect their privacy and insure both their integrity and a reasonably safe access to the Web. This is about securing the end point, encrypting traffic, upholding anonymity and doing our part by raising awareness. We want to help improve security and privacy ecosystem's UX, generate resources to properly and consistently support open software/network development (both commercial and non-commercial : foundations, NGO's, Tor relays etc) to make everyone who cares safer. It shouldn't matter whether they're geeks or not or whether they use SilentKeys or not. Our project is one brick amongst many which we hope will appeal and cater to a new, wider audience, the kind of people that may be technically challenged or frightened but are morally exasperated or infuriated by the privacy seppuku that ads, govs and big corps are pushing for. Thanks for reading, we'd be happy to answer any questions you have and we welcome both feedback and suggestions. We're reachable here and via e-mail, Tox, OTR and Telegram. Preevio Team. *Iann De Maria* +33 (0)695 933 867 getsilentkeys.com <https://getsilentkeys.com>We're on Twitter! <https://twitter.com/preevio>
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