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+               <title>How to talk with your loved ones in private</title>
+               <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_talk_with_your_loved_ones_in_private.html</link>        
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+                <pubDate>Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;A few days ago I ran a very biased and informal survey to get an
+idea about what options are being used to communicate with end to end
+encryption with friends and family.  I explicitly asked people not to
+list options only used in a work setting.  The background is the
+uneasy feeling I get when using Signal, a feeling shared by others as
+a blog post from Sander Venima about
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://sandervenema.ch/2016/11/why-i-wont-recommend-signal-anymore/&quot;&gt;why
+he do not recommend Signal anymore&lt;/a&gt; (with
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12883410&quot;&gt;feedback from
+the Signal author available from ycombinator&lt;/a&gt;).  I wanted an
+overview of the options being used, and hope to include those options
+in a less biased survey later on.  So far I have not taken the time to
+look into the individual proposed systems.  They range from text
+sharing web pages, via file sharing and email to instant messaging,
+VOIP and video conferencing.  For those considering which system to
+use, it is also useful to have a look at
+&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard&quot;&gt;the EFF Secure
+messaging scorecard&lt;/a&gt; which is slightly out of date but still
+provide valuable information.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;So, on to the list.  There were some used by many, some used by a
+few, some rarely used ones and a few mentioned but without anyone
+claiming to use them.  Notice the grouping is in realty quite random
+given the biased self selected set of participants.  First the ones
+used by many:&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;ul&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://whispersystems.org/&quot;&gt;Signal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;Email w/&lt;a href=&quot;http://openpgp.org/&quot;&gt;OpenPGP&lt;/a&gt; (Enigmail, GPGSuite,etc)&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whatsapp.com/&quot;&gt;Whatsapp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;IRC w/&lt;a href=&quot;https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/&quot;&gt;OTR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;XMPP w/&lt;a href=&quot;https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/&quot;&gt;OTR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;/ul&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Then the ones used by a few.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;ul&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Main_Page&quot;&gt;Mumble&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;iMessage (included in iOS from Apple)&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://telegram.org/&quot;&gt;Telegram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jitsi.org/&quot;&gt;Jitsi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://keybase.io/download&quot;&gt;Keybase file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;/ul&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Then the ones used by even fewer people&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;ul&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ring.cx/&quot;&gt;Ring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bitmessage.org/&quot;&gt;Bitmessage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wire.com/&quot;&gt;Wire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;VoIP w/&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZRTP&quot;&gt;ZRTP&lt;/a&gt; or controlled &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Real-time_Transport_Protocol&quot;&gt;SRTP&lt;/a&gt; (e.g using &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSipSimple&quot;&gt;CSipSimple&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linphone&quot;&gt;Linphone&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://matrix.org/&quot;&gt;Matrix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://kontalk.org/&quot;&gt;Kontalk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://0bin.net/&quot;&gt;0bin&lt;/a&gt; (encrypted pastebin)&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://appear.in&quot;&gt;Appear.in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://riot.im/&quot;&gt;riot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wickr.com/&quot;&gt;Wickr Me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;/ul&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;And finally the ones mentioned by not marked as used by
+anyone. This might be a mistake, perhaps the person adding the entry
+forgot to flag it as used?&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;ul&gt;
+
+&lt;li&gt;Email w/Certificates &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/MIME&quot;&gt;S/MIME&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.crypho.com/&quot;&gt;Crypho&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cryptpad.fr/&quot;&gt;CryptPad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/ricochet-im/ricochet&quot;&gt;ricochet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+
+&lt;/ul&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Given the network effect it seem obvious to me that we as a society
+have been divided and conquered by those interested in keeping
+encrypted and secure communication away from the masses.  The
+finishing remarks &lt;a href=&quot;https://vimeo.com/97505679&quot;&gt;from Aral Balkan
+in his talk &quot;Free is a lie&quot;&lt;/a&gt; about the usability of free software
+really come into effect when you want to communicate in private with
+your friends and family.  We can not expect them to allow the
+usability of communication tool to block their ability to talk to
+their loved ones.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Note for example the option IRC w/OTR.  Most IRC clients do not
+have OTR support, so in most cases OTR would not be an option, even if
+you wanted to.  In my personal experience, about 1 in 20 I talk to
+have a IRC client with OTR.  For private communication to really be
+available, most people to talk to must have the option in their
+currently used client.  I can not simply ask my family to install an
+IRC client.  I need to guide them through a technical multi-step
+process of adding extensions to the client to get them going.  This is
+a non-starter for most.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;I would like to be able to do video phone calls, audio phone calls,
+exchange instant messages and share files with my loved ones, without
+being forced to share with people I do not know.  I do not want to
+share the content of the conversations, and I do not want to share who
+I communicate with or the fact that I communicate with someone.
+Without all these factors in place, my private life is being more or
+less invaded.&lt;/p&gt;
+</description>
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                <title>My own self balancing Lego Segway</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/My_own_self_balancing_Lego_Segway.html</link>