Re: [liberationtech] Draft checklist for choosing tools

2013-01-06 Thread Robert Guerra
In case it hasn't been mentioned before, the source source commons is good resource for list of toolkits and social software .. URL - https://socialsourcecommons.org/ regards Robert On 2013-01-06, at 1:18 AM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: With such kind of checklist it would be nice to

Re: [liberationtech] Draft checklist for choosing tools

2013-01-05 Thread Brian Conley
Hi Bob, Thanks for this. Can you clarify whether you intend technical or nontechnical people to use it? There is certainly a need for nontechnical people to have access to such a list. However, I don't believe, in your current text, that this checklist will be accessible to nontechnical users.

Re: [liberationtech] Draft checklist for choosing tools

2013-01-05 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
With such kind of checklist it would be nice to create: - an inventory of existing tools with related capabilities - a wizard (even a purely javascript one) that let the user choose and at the end does provide a report It's not a small task, but it maybe wonderful to have a software to choose a

Re: [liberationtech] Draft checklist for choosing tools

2013-01-03 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 01:45:00AM -0500, bobal...@lavabit.com wrote: Comments and suggestions would be appreciated. Happy holidays! A suggested addition, perhaps not worded as succinctly as it could be: *Third-party Infrastructure* Some tools, perhaps nearly all tools, rely on third parties

Re: [liberationtech] Draft checklist for choosing tools

2013-01-03 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
I think that is a wonderful checklist! Perhaps also add: * Make sure tool has been audited and that the audit results have been published, * Take into consideration the accessibility of the tool to potential third parties that may need it. Sorry if any of the above points have already been

Re: [liberationtech] Draft checklist for choosing tools

2013-01-03 Thread bobalice
Thank you all for the suggestions and comments. Revisions and additions will be made with appropriate attribution. With reference to the applicability of a checklist, are there any free/accessible and discreet services that assist with tool selection? That's a useful checklist, thanks. Are

[liberationtech] Draft checklist for choosing tools

2012-12-25 Thread bobalice
Getting someone who gets their security advice from Forbes to evaluate and select tools for secure private communications is probably non-trivial, but worthwhile. This is, hopefully, the start of a practical general checklist. Comments and suggestions would be appreciated. Happy holidays! It