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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 13/01/15 15:30, Brad Rogers wrote: > Hello All, > > I see that Cameron says he'll set about banning SnapChat and > WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services if he gets > re-elected in May, unless British intelligence agencies are given > access to encrypted content. > > He thus demonstrates, yet again, that politicians simply have no > f*cking idea how the internet works and that it's a simple matter > to sidestep their block. All it does is stop law-abiding people > having their fun. It won't stop the crims; They're criminals! > > FFS! > > > Like Neil I have read responses here with interest, so how as a LUG can we do a small part to address this.? The free software foundation has some resources for this http://www.fsf.org/resources/materials Maybe if we raise awareness of simply signing e-mails with free tools, and key signing events, that could go some way to start the ball rolling and starting to educate people. There are probably lots of people out there, looking at these ideas from Cameron and thinking, Oh well, I can't do anything so will just put up with it. So such advocacy may be of interest to them. I don't feel the need to encrypt all my e-mails but have auto signing turned on (I think) so the more of us that do that the better. If it helps keep mail secure and know who it is from then I guess that is worth the extra effort to set it up. Paul - -- http://www.zleap.net @zleap14 @zleap14 diaspora : zleap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Documentation lead @ ToriOS http://www.torios.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlS2aD4ACgkQaggq1k2FJq2oNQCghaqQ7zhFU6bUif6GnFjIfKuO eYgAn1GQRxKtwsxCk4kG3hjKWVblwX6I =1qzk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq