[governance] End to End encryption (was: Fwd: FB open letter e2e update...)

[Ian Peter]

Oops - looking again, this seems to have already closed....

Ian

------ Original Message ------
From: "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
To: salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com; "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" 
<ocl at gih.com>
Cc: "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
Sent: 8/10/2019 7:53:44 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [governance] End to End encryption (was: Fwd: FB open 
letter e2e update...)

>I support Sala's proposal that IGC signs on - however we have a 
>deadline of Monday - can we come to a quick decision to do so before 
>then? I guess an early question is whether anyone here is opposed to 
>IGC signing on?
>
>In the mean time individual organisations here should sign on if they 
>wish as per details below.
>
>Ian
>
>------ Original Message ------
>From: "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>To: "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl at gih.com>
>Cc: "governance" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>Sent: 8/10/2019 7:36:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [governance] End to End encryption (was: Fwd: FB open 
>letter e2e update...)
>
>>Thanks Olivier.
>>I propose that the IGC signs on.
>>
>>On Mon, 7 Oct 2019, 3:06 pm Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, <ocl at gih.com> 
>>wrote:
>>>Dear colleagues and friends,
>>>
>>>this is to let you know that an open letter initiated by CDT is 
>>>currently in the signature stage. I am surprised this discussion 
>>>hasn't made it to the IGC mailing list through other channels, 
>>>especially given the short notice. Please give this a consideration, 
>>>that the concept of "backdoors" provide a malicious actor with a 
>>>single point of entry, a weakness in the security systems that secure 
>>>our privacy and transactions.
>>>Kindest regards,
>>>
>>>Olivier
>>>(my own views)
>>>
>>>-------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>Subject: FB open letter e2e update...
>>>Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 09:58:18 -0400
>>>From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe at cdt.org> <mailto:joe at cdt.org>
>>>To: Joe Hall <jhall at cdt.org> <mailto:jhall at cdt.org>, Emma Llanso 
>>><ellanso at cdt.org> <mailto:ellanso at cdt.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>Fellow encryption advocates,
>>>
>>>First, thank you all and your organizations for signing on to the 
>>>open letter to Facebook on end-to-end encryption.
>>>
>>>We released the first version of this letter at 12:30 US Eastern 
>>>yesterday, with 59 organizations signed on [1]. We're currently at 69 
>>>organizations in total, with a few others trying to get through 
>>>complicated clearance processes this weekend.
>>>
>>>We'd love to get any civil society and digital rights organizations 
>>>that might feel similarly as all of us about the importance of the 
>>>"digital glue" that holds up the Internet and digital devices. We 
>>>have set a deadline of 23:59 UTC on Monday (17:00 US Pacific), so 
>>>please feel free to send the document link (privately or on lists) to 
>>>others you think might want to sign on, and have them send me email 
>>>if they would like to be added:
>>>
>>>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r97TeH8WsH5xyetolg-ejTTrvzWEMYiznu0WQ0YsaGM/edit
>>>
>>>(The language is set given how many signatories we have.)
>>>
>>>On Monday, we will close the letter and post a final HTML and PDF 
>>>versions of the letter with what I suspect will be an amazing showing 
>>>of solidarity for strong security for massive platforms like those 
>>>that Facebook controls.
>>>
>>>Please take care of yourselves and have a good weekend, Joe
>>>
>>>[1]: 
>>>https://cdt.org/insight/open-letter-facebooks-end-to-end-encryption-plans/
>>>
>>>--
>>>Joseph Lorenzo Hall
>>>Chief Technologist, Center for Democracy & Technology 
>>>[https://www.cdt.org]
>>>1401 K ST NW STE 200, Washington DC 20005-3497
>>>e: joe at cdt.org, p: 202.407.8825, pgp: https://josephhall.org/gpg-key
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