X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/eb34312dc0a623d845b3e3e9d21783c1ab80732a..75c36b355eed3782768631578158d7be7d090d95:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 1f70ff4d71..496a7aabab 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,119 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + How to talk with your loved ones in private + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_talk_with_your_loved_ones_in_private.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/How_to_talk_with_your_loved_ones_in_private.html + Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:25:00 +0100 + <p>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 +<a href="https://sandervenema.ch/2016/11/why-i-wont-recommend-signal-anymore/">why +he do not recommend Signal anymore</a> (with +<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12883410">feedback from +the Signal author available from ycombinator</a>). 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 +<a href="https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard">the EFF Secure +messaging scorecard</a> which is slightly out of date but still +provide valuable information.</p> + +<p>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:</p> + +<ul> + +<li><a href="https://whispersystems.org/">Signal</a></li> +<li>Email w/<a href="http://openpgp.org/">OpenPGP</a> (Enigmail, GPGSuite,etc)</li> +<li><a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/">Whatsapp</a></li> +<li>IRC w/<a href="https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/">OTR</a></li> +<li>XMPP w/<a href="https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/">OTR</a></li> + +</ul> + +<p>Then the ones used by a few.</p> + +<ul> + +<li><a href="https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Main_Page">Mumble</a></li> +<li>iMessage (included in iOS from Apple)</li> +<li><a href="https://telegram.org/">Telegram</a></li> +<li><a href="https://jitsi.org/">Jitsi</a></li> +<li><a href="https://keybase.io/download">Keybase file</a></li> + +</ul> + +<p>Then the ones used by even fewer people</p> + +<ul> + +<li><a href="https://ring.cx/">Ring</a></li> +<li><a href="https://bitmessage.org/">Bitmessage</a></li> +<li><a href="https://wire.com/">Wire</a></li> +<li>VoIP w/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZRTP">ZRTP</a> or controlled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Real-time_Transport_Protocol">SRTP</a> (e.g using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSipSimple">CSipSimple</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linphone">Linphone</a>)</li> +<li><a href="https://matrix.org/">Matrix</a></li> +<li><a href="https://kontalk.org/">Kontalk</a></li> +<li><a href="https://0bin.net/">0bin</a> (encrypted pastebin)</li> +<li><a href="https://appear.in">Appear.in</a></li> +<li><a href="https://riot.im/">riot</a></li> +<li><a href="https://www.wickr.com/">Wickr Me</a></li> + +</ul> + +<p>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?</p> + +<ul> + +<li>Email w/Certificates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/MIME">S/MIME</a></li> +<li><a href="https://www.crypho.com/">Crypho</a></li> +<li><a href="https://cryptpad.fr/">CryptPad</a></li> +<li><a href="https://github.com/ricochet-im/ricochet">ricochet</a></li> + +</ul> + +<p>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 <a href="https://vimeo.com/97505679">from Aral Balkan +in his talk "Free is a lie"</a> 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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + + + My own self balancing Lego Segway http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/My_own_self_balancing_Lego_Segway.html @@ -852,58 +965,5 @@ C++ libraries.</p> - - Sales number for the Free Culture translation, first half of 2016 - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Sales_number_for_the_Free_Culture_translation__first_half_of_2016.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Sales_number_for_the_Free_Culture_translation__first_half_of_2016.html - Fri, 5 Aug 2016 22:45:00 +0200 - <p>As my regular readers probably remember, the last year I published -a French and Norwegian translation of the classic -<a href="http://www.free-culture.cc/">Free Culture book</a> by the -founder of the Creative Commons movement, Lawrence Lessig. A bit less -known is the fact that due to the way I created the translations, -using docbook and po4a, I also recreated the English original. And -because I already had created a new the PDF edition, I published it -too. The revenue from the books are sent to the Creative Commons -Corporation. In other words, I do not earn any money from this -project, I just earn the warm fuzzy feeling that the text is available -for a wider audience and more people can learn why the Creative -Commons is needed.</p> - -<p>Today, just for fun, I had a look at the sales number over at -Lulu.com, which take care of payment, printing and shipping. Much to -my surprise, the English edition is selling better than both the -French and Norwegian edition, despite the fact that it has been -available in English since it was first published. In total, 24 paper -books was sold for USD $19.99 between 2016-01-01 and 2016-07-31:</p> - -<table border="0"> -<tr><th>Title / language</th><th>Quantity</th></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html">Culture Libre / French</a></td><td align="right">3</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html">Fri kultur / Norwegian</a></td><td align="right">7</td></tr> -<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22440520.html">Free Culture / English</a></td><td align="right">14</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>The books are available both from Lulu.com and from large book -stores like Amazon and Barnes&Noble. Most revenue, around $10 per -book, is sent to the Creative Commons project when the book is sold -directly by Lulu.com. The other channels give less revenue. The -summary from Lulu tell me 10 books was sold via the Amazon channel, 10 -via Ingram (what is this?) and 4 directly by Lulu. And Lulu.com tells -me that the revenue sent so far this year is USD $101.42. No idea -what kind of sales numbers to expect, so I do not know if that is a -good amount of sales for a 10 year old book or not. But it make me -happy that the buyers find the book, and I hope they enjoy reading it -as much as I did.</p> - -<p>The ebook edition is available for free from -<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Github</a>.</p> - -<p>If you would like to translate and publish the book in your native -language, I would be happy to help make it happen. Please get in -touch.</p> - - -