Hi, thanks for the new project. But please stop using grandmothers (or mothers) as an example for your typical non-tech person.
Anne Am 26.05.16 um 23:40 schrieb Iann De Maria: > 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> > > > > > -- http://about.me/annalist https://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7689407F942951E2 Jabber: _an...@jabber.ccc.de -- 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 compa...@stanford.edu.
