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Looking forward for your submission!
Kind Regards,
Adriano Marques
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:41 PM, M. C. McGrath (Shidash) <
shid...@media.mit.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> So it says on the Umit page that you accept other projects. I have my own
> project I really want to work on over the summer for GSoC. Could you please
> look at my proposal and see if it might fit with what Umit wants in
> projects students bring to them? I am also answering Umit specific
> questions but this is the meat of the proposal.
>
> Title: Global General Assembly
> Summary: A secure, encrypted text and video chat system for organizing
> political movements. The chat system will integrate encryption of text and
> video. Global GA will also incorporate a system for voting and 'temperature
> checks', as seen in offline general assemblies.
>
> Benefits to the Community: In the past year, revolutions swept the world.
> A key part of these was the general assembly, a forum for anyone to share
> their opinions on issues facing the movement. I believe social movements
> worldwide could benefit from an online version of the general assembly to
> share ideas with people all over the world, including those who might not
> be comfortable with the risk associated with attending in-person meetings.
> Global General Assembly would provide that forum for secure online
> discussions.
>
> Deliverables/Schedule-
>
> Before Project Starts:
> Discuss project and finalize goals with mentor.
> Familiarize self with the best ways to start and get video data from
> webcams.
> Investigate the best way to do encryption on the chat.
>
> May 22-June 18:
> Write basic chat system which at this point includes the following
> features.
> The ability for a client to connect to a server.
> The ability for a client to specify the location of the chat on the
> server.
> The ability for the chat client to recognize a user by their IP.
> The ability for the chat client to assign a user a name.
> The ability for the user to select a name.
> The ability for a user to send a message typed into a text box.
> The ability for the server to receive the message.
> The ability for the server to transmit the message to other users.
> The ability for one user to send a message to another user.
> The ability for the chat to display names selected by users.
>
> June 19-July 7:
> Get encryption of plain text working with OTR. This is broken down into
> the following steps.
> The ability for the application to generate a key.
> The ability to authenticate the key with the server.
> The ability for a client to encrypt messages.
> The ability for the server to decrypt messages.
> The ability for the server to encrypt messages before sending them to
> clients.
> The ability for a client to decrypt messages.
>
> July 8: Midterm Review
>
> July 8-July 20:
> Get video chat running using Google video chat source code or other open
> source video chat project. Integrate this into the chat system.
>
> July 21-August 4:
> Encrypt video chat similarly to encrypted plain text chat. This is
> possibly optional as it might prove too difficult based on current
> available technology. If I do not do this, I will substitute this step with
> a secure etherpad integrated into the chat or encrypted file upload. I will
> discuss this with my mentor and investigate it in more detail.
>
> August 5-August 13:
> Provide a voting/signals system base on the system used in Occupy general
> assemblies. This is optional and if I am behind on the rest of the project
> I might add this later. The voting system includes the following.
> The ability to initiate a vote.
> The ability to select an option when voting.
> The ability to count and display votes.
> The ability to block a vote and provide a reason. Blocks are used
> for results of votes that could cause someone to leave the movement.
>
> August 13-August 20:
> Debugging and finishing up the project
>
> August 24: Final Evaluations Due
>
> Description-
> The project will be done mostly in C/C++ and will likely be a separate
> application (not web-based). The encryption on the chat will be done using
> OTR (Off-the-Record) messaging. The project itself has the following
> components.
> 1. Chat System: A basic chat application, outline in the schedule.
> 2. Chat Encryption: It uses OTR, also outlined in the schedule. The
> encryption will be very user friendly so the user does not need to
> understand how encryption works. As much as possible will be automated.
> Non-computer-savvy people can be easily confused by existing encrypted
> chats.
> 3. Video Chat: A video chat for presenters. This will likely only have the
> ability to show one person at a time in the video chat but it could later
> be expanded.
> 4. Encrypted Video Chat (possibly optional): This is the video chat as
> above but with encryption. If it is more feasible to encrypt only voice, I
> might do that instead.
> 5. Voting System (optional): A poll system on the side of the chat that
> allows users to vote on proposals. This is used as the equivalent of a
> temperature check in a normal general assembly. It will also include the
> ability to block proposals the voter believes detrimental to the movement.
> 6. File Upload (optional): An encrypted file upload option for sharing
> documents securely during a chat.
> 7. Integrated Etherpad (optional): Integrating Etherpad into the chat
> window for collaborative document editing, agenda tracking, etc.
>
> Related Work-
> Off-the-Record Messaging (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/): An encryption
> system that allows encryption and authentication like most encryption
> schemes but also complete deniability. I will most likely use OTR for
> encryption in Global GA.
>
> Cryptocat (https://crypto.cat/): A web-based application for encrypted
> chat. It does not have the ability to use video chat like Global GA will or
> to initiate votes. It also uses a different encryption scheme. There are
> other encrypted chat programs but none seem to be designed for conferencing
> or organizing movements.
>
> Biographical Information: I am a senior at Boston University Academy. I
> have taken several classes in the Boston University computer science
> department. These classes include Data Structures and Algorithms, Computer
> Systems, Advanced Software Systems, Combinatoric Structures, Machine
> Learning, and Software Engineering. I also work at the MIT Media Lab in the
> Affective Computing Group where I create software and assistive technology
> to study emotions. I have presented at a few conferences and will soon have
> a published paper. Additionally, I recently founded a nonprofit which makes
> software to promote civic engagement and democracy.
>
> Comments are very welcome! Thank you very much for your help.
>
> --
>
> M. C. McGrath (Shidash)
> Student | Boston University Academy
> Research Intern | MIT Media Lab Affective Computing Group
> 207-475-8401 | http://shidash.com | http://twitter.com/Shidash
> A person shielded by a true, benevolent passion is invincible!
>
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