[Ssc-dev] Fwd: ObscuraCam Comment

[Harlo Holmes]

I haven't followed the link, but I read the quoted comment inline.
Assuming, that's all the commenter wrote, I feel the commenter is holding
back from actually saying *why *he/she believes Obscura is an insufficient
answer to the security question.  And I usually associate such terse
negativity with snark.  However, I think Obscura opens up a space to talk
about how burgeoning technologies come to bear on privacy, and how these
battles are fought on multiple fronts simultaneously: technological, social,
and infrastructural (which borders on the economic.)  In its current
version, I believe Obscura tackles the issue on some of those fronts (partly
technological, partly social), and in later iterations, we will charge into
other fields as well.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Bryan Nunez <bryan at witness.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is just a heads up that I'm approving a snarky comment on the OVC blog
> post about ObscuraCam.
>
>
> http://openvideoconference.org/2011/07/the-securesmartcam-project-protecting-human-rights/
>
> Not sure when the comment will go up, but feel free to respond ;-)
>
> -b
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bryan Nunez <bryan at witness.org>
> Date: Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: ObscuraCam Comment
> To: Ernie Zahn <ernest at openvideoalliance.org>
> Cc: Benjamin Moskowitz <ben at openvideoalliance.org>, Sam Gregory <
> sam at witness.org>, Nathan Freitas <nathan at freitas.net>
>
>
> Hi Ernie,
>
> Yes of course post the comment.  One the goals of the project is to be as
> transparent and in the public as possible.  We welcome criticism and
> suggestions (even ones lacking in social tact).  Hopefully our negative
> commenter won't find it beneath him or her to explain why it's a bad idea
> and what we should be doing instead, since I assume we all share similar end
> goals.
>
> I'm cc'ing Sam and Nathan, since I'm sure they've got thoughts as to how to
> respond.
>
> Thanks for the heads up,
> Bryan
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Ernie Zahn <ernest at openvideoalliance.org
> > wrote:
>
>> Hey Bryan,
>>
>> Thank you again for sending me the interview answers. The post went up on
>> the 22nd and we recently received a rather negative comment from a reader:
>>
>>> I love the Guardian Project, but this is a laughably bad idea.
>>>
>>> This the opposite of progressive, this is grasping at straws. An
>>> incredibly short-sighted approach to privacy.
>>>
>> In the interest of open discussion and not censoring, we'd like to approve
>> the comment and let it be publicly visible. We were wondering if you or
>> someone from WITNESS would take a moment to come up with a reply to the
>> comment. Let me know if this possible. Thanks!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ernie
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Technology Manager
> WITNESS
>
>
>
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