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) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 1 / 9
What’s wrong with the world today? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 2 / 9
What’s wrong with the world today? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 2 / 9
What’s wrong with the world today? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 2 / 9
What’s wrong with the world today? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 2 / 9
What’s my generation doing about it? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 3 / 9
What’s my generation doing about it? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 3 / 9
What’s my generation doing about it? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 3 / 9
What’s my generation doing about it? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 3 / 9
What’s my generation doing about it? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 3 / 9
What’s my generation doing about it? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 3 / 9
Why digital protest currently sucks No commitment Low-cost=low-attention Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 4 / 9
The way it used to be Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 5 / 9
The way it used to be Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 5 / 9
The way it used to be Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 5 / 9
The way it used to be Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 5 / 9
Beter digital protest Want real commitment Possibility of loss Non-violence = ⇒ self-harm Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 6 / 9
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? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 7 / 9
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? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 7 / 9
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? Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 7 / 9
Variants Boycott: End protest after set time Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 8 / 9
Variants Hunger Strike: Wait until demands met (destroy keys to make it permanent...) Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 8 / 9
Variants Boston Massacre: Expose a random account every t time Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 8 / 9
Work in progress Feedback appreciated: jcb82@cl.cam.ac.uk Joseph Bonneau (University of Cambridge) What’s in a Name? January 26, 2010 9 / 9
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