[Freedombox-discuss] Relationship driven privacy

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On 07/07/2011 02:41 AM, nathan nolast wrote:
> i think keysignings violate lutzs ease of use

I agree that current keysigning methods are cumbersome, primarily due to
the requirement that human beings have to cognitively process long
hexadecimal strings (large numbers).

I recommend reviewing the discussion elsewhere on this list about a new
keysigning process proposed, going under various names like "monkeysign"
or "bump" or "hi-five", which should make the act of keysigning smoother
and simpler.  Hopefully it will allay some of your concerns.

If it does not, i'd like to hear counter-proposals for how people can
actually take control of their own security without any form of explicit
key verification.  Even the act of delegating all network identity
decisions to a third party should include securely fetching and
verifying a public key associated with that third party.

> (grandma can use it) rule .

Can we please stop using "grandma" as the canonical non-technical user?
 The gender and age prejudice implicit in these statements only hurts
efforts to build a diverse development community (and makes the
community look like thoughtless jerks).

If you don't personally know any technically competent older women (or
younger women, who may one day become "grandma"s themselves, without
losing any of their technical chops), i recommend getting to know more
people out of your own age/gender bracket (i'm assuming from the name in
your e-mail that you identify as male).

Technically competent older women (some of whom are indeed grandmothers)
are not unicorns, but I wouldn't blame any of them for not wanting to
collaborate with a project that sees them only as "grandma".

Thanks,

	--dkg

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