[OTR-users] Encryption Guide

[Monica Barratt]

Just letting you know that my Encryption Guide is now online here:
http://www.ndri.curtin.edu.au/drugsonforums/encryption.html

Thanks to everyone who helped with it. I'll be conducted research
interviews online over the next few months, and will provide some
feedback as to the use of OTR in this context.

cheers
monica

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Monica Barratt <tronica at gmail.com>
Date: 25-Feb-2007 20:07
Subject: Request for review of Encryption Guide
To: otr-users at lists.cypherpunks.ca


Hi OTR-users

Would anyone on this list be prepared to look over a document I've put
together which explains the need for encryption email/IM and various
ways of doing it (with focus on OTR for IM)?

I'm going to use it whilst recruiting research participants for my PhD
project. My project relates to recreational drug use and participation
in online forums / bulletin boards where drugs are discussed (see
http://db.ndri.curtin.edu.au/research.asp?resprtyid=12&typeid=1&projid=390
for further description).

The document aims to provide an option to suit research participants
with varied levels of concern about privacy, hence I have mentioned
sub-optimal options such as using an email address or log-in details
that are not connected to real names should participants be
unable/unwilling to use encryption.

I intend to distribute this document to people who have expressed an
interest in participation, as well as upon the forthcoming project
website. So it will be public and given it heavily promotes OTR, I
also thought it would be great to include an endorsement from someone
from the OTR team at the end of the document. I'm a psychology
graduate without any formal training in data security - so for my own
peace of mind, I am keen to have the document endorsed too. A senior
IT member of staff at my university has looked at my procedures, but
not really in enough detail to satisfy me!

Here is a link to it: http://savefile.com/files/516341

Primarily I'm interested in fixing any statements that are incorrect,
but also in any other ideas anyone has about clarity/usability.
Comments on my project are welcome too!

thanks
monica