[cp-global] Political Parties and Cryptoparties

[Anton]

Hello!

To my mind, the Cryptoparty should stay neutral in terms of political ideology,
religion etc ... Our common aim is to encrypt peoples communication and support
them in keeping their data with themselves. This is important for
- Human rights activists and jounalists in left or right authoritarian states
- Managers in the industry
- Politicians from all parties everywhere
- all users connected to the landline or mobile communication nets
Being a Social Democrat myself, my sympathy is clearly on the side of activists
and journalists, but just to be clear: Also liberal and conservative politicians
or managers shall be supported, if they would like to.
But actually we don't have the luxuory problem of a too high demand ... :-))

Best regards

Anton
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Joshua Scott wrote:
> Agreed. I should have been more specific. Just because a political party
> organizes and holds a cryptoparty does not mean that CryptoParty as a
> whole endorses or is aligned with that political party. I have no
> problem with a PP (Political Party) holding a CryptoParty but I do have
> a problem if the PP tries to claim CryptoParty as their own or
> affiliated with them alone or uses CryptoParty as a means of promoting
> their own agenda.
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/3/2014 9:44 AM, ml at enteig.net wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> Nivatius wrote:
>>
>>> Also supporting people in regaining their human right to privacy is a
>>
>>> political act. Cryptoparties are political.
>>
>>
>>
>> yes, but they are "politically non-aligned", too.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 07:30:15 -0600, Josh <josh at wtftacos.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> On Jan 3, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Moritz <moritz at headstrong.de> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> don't like that political parties do Cryptoparties.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> I disagree. If we want to keep saying that we believe that the right to
>>
>>> privacy is a basic human right then we can't in good conscious say that
>>
>>> political parties cannot hold cryptoparties. Perhaps they have a more
>>
>>> specific focus than your average cryptoparty, or have some singular
>>
>> need?
>>
>>> Besides there are some political parties I would rather not interact
>>
>> with
>>
>>> and if they are doing their own cryptoparties then that means that I
>>
>> won't
>>
>>> have to. 
>>
>>
>>
>> I think it is a matter of: does a political party run a CryptoParty or do
>>
>> people who happen to be members of a party organize a Cryptoparty in a
>>
>> location which happens to be a workplace of a political party organize a
>>
>> CryptoParty?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The line is very subjective, but I would encourage everybody who comes
>>
>> across blatant advertizing (as the case of the green party Hauke came
>>
>> across suggests) to seek dialog with the party or company (and maybe add a
>>
>> local mailing list CC). Often they are not aware of CryptoParty's Guiding
>>
>> Principles (http://www.cryptoparty.in/guiding_principles) and will change
>>
>> their claims.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Many greetings, such regard,
>>
>>
>>
>> Malte
>>
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