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Restore the Fourth SF participated in the protests with several other organizations. We don't know who the other participants in BULLRUN are. We don't know if
by zmanian 13y ago
Restore the Fourth SF participated in the protests with several other organizations.
We don't know who the other participants in BULLRUN are. We don't know if companies or standards bodies are compromised from the top down like RSA or the bottom up through subverted employees.
It was important to protest RSA because imposing a cost on RSA provides an incentive to companies to resist BULLRUN through stronger internal security and extracting a higher price for C-Level cooperation.
- RSA security tried to force some of our members off the public sidewalk. (https://restorethefourthsf.com/rsa-thinks-as-little-of-the-first-amendment-as-they-do-of-the-fourth-amendment/ https://restorethefourthsf.com/rsa-thinks-as-little-of-the-f...)
- Most of our volunteers had positive interactions with conference attendees(https://restorethefourthsf.com/the-rsa-conference-protestvolunteer-experiences/ https://restorethefourthsf.com/the-rsa-conference-protestvol...)
There were some lovely photos of the event from the independent press.
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/ari/tags/rsac/ https://secure.flickr.com/photos/ari/tags/rsac/
- a3n 13y ago> imposing a cost on RSA provides an incentive Exactly. And that's the potential effectiveness of boycotting US businesses, and infrastructure like undersea cables. Of course the NSA can get at data almost anywhere in the world. You can't stop their technical ability. But you can hurt US business by not using them. If that loses US business serious money, then the "heavily lobbied" Congress will change the NSA. Harumphs will be heard throughout the halls of Congress.
- zmanian 13y agoSimply raising awareness and suspicion of the American government's attempt to subvert the security features of US products is step in the right direction.