From 7199ee55662ca637ccdad64dc251645df29e66c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kali Kaneko Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:23:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add LEAP talk proposal --- proposed/LEAP_crypto_for_mortals.md | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 proposed/LEAP_crypto_for_mortals.md diff --git a/proposed/LEAP_crypto_for_mortals.md b/proposed/LEAP_crypto_for_mortals.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a68606f --- /dev/null +++ b/proposed/LEAP_crypto_for_mortals.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +#infos + +auth-name : Kali Kaneko +tag : privacy, usability, email, vpn, federated system, crypto, mortals, superheros + +advance costs : NA +need room : NA +Location : La Paz, Bolivia (traveling around europes maintenant) +Can host ppl : NA + + +# LEAP Encryption Access Project: Encrypted Communications for Mere Mortals + +What if I told you that a regular user can get gpg-encrypted communications +just following a wizard and click-click-click? What if I told you that +her email can be backuped in the cloud, in a way that a server compromise could +not reveal the private data? What about an Encrypted Proxy that's at the same +reasonably secure and easy to use, configure and deloy? + +Well, you don't have to trust me. Just come and see it with your own eyes. + +At LEAP we are obsessed with making possible for any service provider to easily +deploy secure services and for people to use these services without needing to +learn new software or change their behavior. These services are based on open, +federated standards, but done right: the provider does not have access to the +user’s data, and we use open protocols in the most secure way possible. + +On the server side we have created the LEAP Platform, a “provider in a box” set +of complementary packages and server recipes automated to lower the barriers of +entry for aspiring secure service providers. On the client side, we have +created a cross-platform application called Bitmask that automatically +configures itself once a user has selected a provider and which services to +enable. Bitmask provides a local proxy that a standard email client can connect +to, and allows for easy one-click Virtual Private Network (VPN) service.