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I'd imagine posting on HN asking for an SSL secured server and forum/SN hosting for activists would find at least a few takers.
by mayank 16y ago
I'd imagine posting on HN asking for an SSL secured server and forum/SN hosting for activists would find at least a few takers.
- jdp23 16y agomaybe. How would they work together in a situation where communications are monitored and they don't have any language in common? How many Tunisian activists other than Slim know about HN? If somebody stepped forward, how would the activists know whether to trust them? Remember Haystack, where an American techie stepped forward and wrote anonymizing software to Iranian activists that turned out to have a major bug in it exposing them all to the government ... So, it's a reasonable suggestion, and I might try it next time I'm running an activist campaign. But Facebook looks like an easier alternative to me.
- mayank 16y agoI genuinely wish you the best of luck, and hope that your decision to use Facebook doesn't have repercussions down the line. And your point about Haystack is well taken -- from what I remember reading, it was more hype than security software, and almost bordering on fraud.