<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>There was a reddit Ask Me Anything thread today:<br><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24gt7j/we_are_groups_working_for_strong_crypto_standards/">http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24gt7j/we_are_groups_working_for_strong_crypto_standards/</a><br>
<br></div>Lots of good questions and answers regarding useability, ubiquity, and trustworthiness.<br><br></div>Not deeply technical by this list's standards, but worth checking out.<br><br></div>Opening message:<br></div>
- start -<br><p><strong>My short bio:</strong> Representatives from Access, CDT, EFF,
Silent Circle, and the Sunlight Foundation will discuss efforts to
strengthen encryption principles and remove the NSA involvement in the
standard setting process. Snowden documents have revealed NSA efforts to
undermine encryption standards set by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (ironically the NSA’s mission includes
“information assurance”). Between Heartbleed, large-scale data breaches,
and overbroad surveillance, data is being compromised at an
unprecedented level. We will talk about efforts by coalition of digital
rights, technology, privacy, and open government groups to call on NIST
to strengthen cryptography principles.</p>
<p>Participants include:
Amie Stepanovich (astepanovich), Access
Joseph Hall (joebeone), CDT
Nate Cardozo (natecardozo), EFF
Kurt Opsahl (kurtopsahl), EFF
Sean Vitka (svitka), Sunlight Foundation</p><p>- end -</p><p>Peter Trei<br></p><br></div>