[CryptoParty] Media Inquiries

[Josh Scott]

Yes I agree its important to gain consent. I have already had a request
from another photo-journalist to come and I informed him that all are
welcome at the monthly CryptoParties however he must gain consent before
any pictures are taken. I also make myself available for OTR
CryptoParties and more private sessions to those who are trying to be
more discreet since meeting at an open public event might be too risky.
At a session like that journalists would be barred.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I guess I just felt that since
these are publicly held meetings vs. private education sessions there
should be less opposition to the press. I found it a bit disturbing that
NONE of the other US based CryptoParties were open. If we continue to
operate in secrecy its going to breed mistrust and soon there will be
one world order type rumors flying about Crypto Party.


On 7/23/2013 10:16 PM, ml at enteig.net wrote:
> Hi Josh,
>
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013, Josh Scott wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone! I have been organizing a CryptoParty in Dallas, TX USA
>> since January of this year. Last week we were approached by a reporter
>> at the AP doing a story about how people are changing their habits based
>> off of the leaks by Edward Snowden and asked if we could have a
>> photographer came by and take some pictures. I agreed and the
>> photographer was good about asking for consent before taking pictures.
>
> This is great!
>
>> The photographer mentioned that none of the other CryptoParties in the
>> US would agree to letting a Photographer in. Why would you bar the press
>> from doing a story about CryptoParty? Isn't the whole point to get the
>> word out and teach as many people as possible?
>
> But it is not the whole point. The point is in teaching as many people
> as possible _in a friendly and welcoming environment_. Many people
> feel uncomfortable with cameras around.
>
>
>> I thought I just saw something about a German CryptoParty getting
>> featured on a network news segment.
>
> Yes. There are some which allow cameras and some that don't. Both is
> needed.
>
> What, in my opinion, is important, is, that the possible presence of
> cameras or other surveillance equipment is clearly communicated upfront.
>
>
>> Anyways I figured that I should probably alert people about the AP
>> story. Since yesterday I have gotten some media inquiries and you might
>> too since the AP story got picked up everywhere and there seems to be
>> some media interest in cryptoparty in general now.
>
> "Brace yourselves..." (;
>
>> The AP story briefly mentions cryptoparty but the pictures are all from
>> the Dallas CryptoParty from last week.
>>
>> http://bigstory.ap.org/article/nsa-revelations-reframe-digital-life-some
>
> Nice. Rock on!
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Malte
>
>
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