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N EW D IRECTIONS IN D IGITAL P ROTEST Joseph Bonneau jcb82@cl.cam.ac.uk Computer Laboratory Financial Crypto Rump Session Tenerife, Spain January 26, 2010 Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) Whats in a Name? January 26, 2010 1 / 9

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NEW DIRECTIONS IN DIGITAL PROTEST

Joseph Bonneau jcb82@cl.cam.ac.uk

Computer Laboratory Financial Crypto Rump Session Tenerife, Spain January 26, 2010

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What’s wrong with the world today?

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What’s wrong with the world today?

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What’s wrong with the world today?

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What’s wrong with the world today?

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What’s my generation doing about it?

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What’s my generation doing about it?

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What’s my generation doing about it?

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What’s my generation doing about it?

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What’s my generation doing about it?

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What’s my generation doing about it?

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Why digital protest currently sucks

No commitment Low-cost=low-attention

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The way it used to be

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The way it used to be

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The way it used to be

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The way it used to be

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Beter digital protest

Want real commitment Possibility of loss

Non-violence = ⇒ self-harm

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Idea

N protest members submit a (valuable) digital identity

SNS profile Webmail account Online market reputation Virtual world avatar

All identites are locked

Unlock key escrowed with protest participants

Via secret-sharing, k of N must vote to break the protest

Cryptographic solidarity?

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Idea

N protest members submit a (valuable) digital identity

SNS profile Webmail account Online market reputation Virtual world avatar

All identites are locked

Unlock key escrowed with protest participants

Via secret-sharing, k of N must vote to break the protest

Cryptographic solidarity?

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Idea

N protest members submit a (valuable) digital identity

SNS profile Webmail account Online market reputation Virtual world avatar

All identites are locked

Unlock key escrowed with protest participants

Via secret-sharing, k of N must vote to break the protest

Cryptographic solidarity?

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Variants

Boycott: End protest after set time

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Variants

Hunger Strike: Wait until demands met (destroy keys to make it permanent...)

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Variants

Boston Massacre: Expose a random account every t time

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Work in progress

Feedback appreciated: jcb82@cl.cam.ac.uk

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