Helfen Sie dabei, OpenPGP zu verbreiten
Helfen Sie dabei, OpenPGP zu verbreiten
Aktuelle Situation
Bisher nutzen nur wenige Leute Kryptografie für ihre private Kommunikation. Das ist seit Jahrzehnten so, und nicht einmal Edward Snowdens Enthüllungen über die Aktivitäten von NSA und GCHQ haben daran etwas ändern können. Dies ist kein Problem der Verfügbarkeit von Informationen, sondern eine Frage des Interesses der Anwender und des sozialen Drucks.
Was nötig ist
Die Nutzung von Kryptografie für private Kommunikation wird wahrscheinlich nur dann ernsthaft ansteigen, wenn es gelingt, öffentliche Präsenz dieses Themas auf ausreichendem Niveau zu schaffen und für lange Zeit (Jahre) zu erhalten. Wenn die Anwender häufig auf Hinweise der Art "Wir unterstützen E-Mail-Verschlüsselung" oder "Hier können Sie Informationen zu E-Mail-Verschlüsselung finden" stoßen, dann mögen viele von ihnen aufhören, dies als Geek-Technik ohne Relevanz für sie anzusehen, sondern als etwas Normales, wovon viele Leute zumindest Grundlegendes wissen.
Wir brauchen Ihre Hilfe
Die Gruppe mit dem größten Interesse an der Verbreitung von Kryptografie sind die gegenwärtigen Nutzer der Technik. Die Medien und die Wirtschaft hätten zwar bessere Möglichkeiten, Kryptografie zu verbreiten, werden das aber in der nahen Zukunft kaum tun. Deshalb brauchen wir die Hilfe von jedem, der bereits Kryptografie nutzt. Natürlich können auch Leute, die das noch nicht nutzen, zu einer höheren Verbreitung beitragen. Bitte schauen Sie sich die folgenden Vorschläge an und überlegen Sie sich, welche davon Sie umsetzen können.
Preparations
In order to maximize the effect you have to spread the messages together with links. Thus you first have to decide which web pages you want to promote. There are different groups of web pages about the subject:
- pages with information for beginners (the concepts, which software you need, how to install it, how to create and publish keys and so on)
- pages of teaching events (e.g. CryptoParties)
- pages of people or associations who support the propagation of cryptography (by developing FOSS tools or by promoting it somehow)
All these groups are worth more attention. Pages we can easily recommend to you are the concept information pages on this site (OpenPGP For Beginners, Getting Started with OpenPGP) and the official CryptoParty site (if there are CryptoParty events in your area).
Suggestions
Web sites
Your own
If you have one or more web sites (e.g. a blog) then offer your certificate for download on the contact page and provide the links mentioned above.
Profile page
If you have one or more profiles on other people's web sites (e.g. Wikipedia) which you use under your real name (or the name in your certificate) then show your usage of cryptography there. A nice secondary effect is that it gets more difficult to abuse your name. Your profile page could look like this:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 http://mysite.example.org/ https://example.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Joe_User 7D82 FB9F D25A 2CE4 5241 6C37 BF4B 8EEF 1A57 1DF5 Crypto for everyone: http://userbase.kde.org/Concepts/OpenPGP_For_Beginners -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJSZzXRAAoJEEhrF6s/lq2OkvMH/3oW9zFLEtDweqbLNXlCWKvV vIlTrrdpJcltrBT2KXZTs4YAzEEaBLZP0Fl2lvayZ/Qqqrxrh9hzGzOtuEqYKFDl H1LSA/xw+tyuAhatZElrVLWcUc12l8+sntKePq3nIj7zTHEoknPmy1iRM0iUjFdt BbAzxPtd8kkrYDogcreCwXSldgAqM9AoSps8mLAph3ZaFWxxdAUTq8rdcNM4u+sV jS2Aop3t+23KEFiOQIH5NqmLPKudczEtBKc0iiuhXcSMEnBYb+cZCjYs08/wU6+B yFQcke6LdZ3YtKoHeAeCR48z3By5i7GNNkYnRPJTB6dc1QrcU04iX/OQ/mVSCRY= =kNkS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
As a crypto user you should sign your emails anyway. It's good if the others see more signed emails. Furthermore you should consider adding a text signature to all your emails (if you do not have one already) and putting a suitable link in it.
Social networks
Become a follower of groups about cryptography (best relevant for beginners) so that they get more attention (and you stay informed).
Donations
Consider a (regular) donation for e.g. developers of crypto tools. If you donate don't forget telling everyone you did.
Become an instructor
Send an email to all your friends (once per year) and ask them if you may (now) help them learning crypto. If you do not feel familiar enough with the technology to teach them then ask them accompany them to a CryptoParty or the like.
Consider helping others who organize CryptoParties or even organizing one on your own. You need not be a crypto expert to organize one, just get a room and participants. You should easily find an expert who is willing to help. See the official CryptoParty site.
Write an article
If you have a web site or a blog then write an article about crypto. You need not write about difficult technical stuff (there are enough articles about that available), you can write about your experiences with the technology or your efforts in helping it spread.
Improve others' articles
If you have become an expert then you will notice that there are lots of articles for beginners about crypto which contain errors or leave out important information. If you see such articles help improving them. Write a comment if that is possible (and don't forget the links to your favourite crypto resources for beginners) or mail your suggestions to the author (and ask him to add the links).
Media
If you see articles on media web sites for which a comment like "That would not have happened of more people / the company / the authorities used crypto" seems suitable then write that comment. Don't forget the links to your favourite crypto resources for beginners.