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Cryptoparties should ideally have a rather varied group attending. Mainly, it is a means for activists, journalists and the general public to learn how to use crypto in practise, meaning invitations should go out to: | Cryptoparties should ideally have a rather varied group attending. Mainly, it is a means for activists, journalists and the general public to learn how to use crypto in practise, meaning invitations should go out to: | ||
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- | * Activist groups of various kinds | + | |
+ | * Centres for Investigative Journalism (e.g. CIJ) | ||
* Human rights organisations (e.g. Amnesty) | * Human rights organisations (e.g. Amnesty) | ||
- | * Other groups who rely on secure communications (lawyers, psychologists, | + | |
- | * Computer- and crypto-savvy people who can assist in teaching, e.g. the local hackerspace | + | |
+ | * Computer- and crypto-savvy people who can assist in teaching, e.g. the local hackerspace, | ||
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+ | =====Why? | ||
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+ | We need to demonstrate what this privacy technology is really useful for so we can win the debate that cryptography is only useful for terrorists, child pornographers, | ||
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+ | There are also currently people being fired for what they say on personal blogs about their employers but there are also whistleblowers and we need to find these examples and make sure that the cryptography that **was** a part of the story, **becomes** a part of the story. If it was not a part of the story, then we can review the story and then recast it as a "what if" crypto was involved in order to demonstrate how Cryptography might have helped improve the real outcomes for the real people involved. |