On 10/09/13 20:46, Simon Ward wrote:
This includes the software used to operate it, and so at the very least the ability to examine the source code is a necessity to have any assurance that you have a reasonable level of security. If all of the system cannot be reviewed by many others you place your trust in a small number of entities who may be coerced by the state. You might have perfect cryptography but the another part of the system could be giving away your secret keys, undermining the whole effort.
Everyone who has attended the cryptography should leave knowing how and why free software is more secure in terms of the arguments above, and during the event, they will have taken some small steps towards being secure by being introduced to whatever is the best tool available to them on their current device/platform.
I hope that this will be the first step on a journey towards being free software users for them, both for reasons of security and for general free software advocacy reasons, but if they decide to carry on using windows or mac in the long term in spite of what they have learnd, then that is their decision and they will atleast have made it with their eyes open.
Best
Anna