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<nettime> uncle george gives crypto a leg up

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Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 22:05:27 -0100 From: "nettime's_roving_reporter" <nettime@bbs.thing.net> To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net Subject: <nettime> uncle george gives crypto a leg up Sender: nettime-l-request@bbs.thing.net Reply-To: "nettime's_roving_reporter" <nettime@bbs.thing.net>

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"Safe Haven"

Interactive Week (07/16/01) Vol. 8, No. 28, P. 30; Rodger, Will

CryptoRights Foundation is providing human rights workers with encryption and other securities technology that will protect them against the hackers, crackers, and online vandals that unbridled governments employ. Founded by Dave Del Torto in 1999, CryptoRights is the latest development in the privacy revolution founded by Whitfield Diffie, who invented public-key cryptography, and Phil Zimmerman, the inventor of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). The two became the founding fathers of modern cryptography as a result of their concern for the manner in which the U.S. government guarded the technology. George Soros' Open Society Institute is a supporter of the work of the San Francisco-based group, which is looking for more backers. Torto, a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley, and his group are primarily involved in Guatemala and Peru, although there are plans to help human rights groups in other parts of South America, as well as activists in Asia and the Middle East. In early February, CryptoRights visited activists in Guatemala and configured the group's network to guard against leaks and installed the standard package of PGP encryption tools for email and disk scrambling. CryptoRights is in the process of developing a security guide for human rights workers. "The work that CryptoRights is doing to encourage the acceptance of strong encryption is really a tremendous benefit to the activist community," says Minky Worden, director of electronic media for the advocacy group Human Rights Watch.

http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2787160,00.html

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