Eric S Johnson:
The vast majority of netizens in cybercensored countries who use a
VPN (or other form of proxy) are doing so in order to access
otherwise-blocked content, without any particular expectation of (or
need for) security. So, any VPN will do (and OkayFreedom’s as good as
any
Collin Anderson:
Eric,
I think it is necessary to push back on the following statement as
extensively as possible.
But I’ve never heard of a case in which a user has been punished merely
for cybercircumventing. I’d love to hear of such a situation.
As Amin hints, there are strongly
The video of the National Press Club event on Digital Security for
Journalists is now up at the link below. The speakers were:
Matthew Cole: a former producer for ABC News and an investigative
journalist, focusing on national security and intelligence issues who
has firsthand experience being on
I attended the beginning of this event and was taken aback by some bad
advice given by Jonathan Hutcheson. Starting around 17:50, he talks about
how password managers can supposedly protect you from keyloggers and
malware:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLp2pl3BVhg#t=17m50s
Specifically around
Steve Weis:
I attended the beginning of this event and was taken aback by some bad
advice given by Jonathan Hutcheson. Starting around 17:50, he talks about
how password managers can supposedly protect you from keyloggers and
malware:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLp2pl3BVhg#t=17m50s
Whew. Stirred up a hornet's nest.
We all have good experiences to share. I worry, though, that if we spend a
huge amount of time fighting each other, we'll not be spending that time
helping the people who really need it. None of us actually disagree with
each other on whether an activist in a
