Thread by @astepanovich

Reporting about encryption? Here is a thread with some resources you may want to look at>

Starting with this international coalition letter on encryption, signed by >400 orgs, experts, and companies securetheinternet.org

Here is the conversation mapping and flash fiction from the first Crypto Summit accessnow.org/crypto_summit_…

The conversations were further flushed out in CS2 outcomes reports> accessnow.org/beyond-crypto-…

The Crypto Colloquium was a multi-stakeholder dialogue that measured consensus on the topic of encryption and flagged important questions that need to be answered by any proposal accessnow.org/cms/assets/upl…

This report on encryption in Australia flagged the conversation happening there accessnow.org/cms/assets/upl…

@accessnow has also made so many submissions to Aus on its law. Here is a easy to read take on the law, which also links to our latest submission accessnow.org/big-reputation…

@accessnow Here's a global coalition letter sent and received by the Australian gov't, and their response> accessnow.org/global-coaliti…

And more on the five eyes proposals overall (US/CAN/UK/NZ/Aus), global coalition letter and responses accessnow.org/five-eyes-gove…

@accessnow As UN special rapporteur, @davidakaye has explained how encryption is necessary to protect human rights, here is a summary of his report with a link to the pdf>
accessnow.org/un-report-encr…

@accessnow @davidakaye Along with @EFF, we helped coordinate the Save Crypto petition to the White House, which was never officially answered. Here is more on the petition and the follow up, accessnow.org/technologists-…

@accessnow @davidakaye @EFF Another letter was sent on the one-year anniversary of the petition accessnow.org/president-obam…

@accessnow @davidakaye @EFF Represented by @marciahofmann, Access Now and @wickrfdn submitted the first amicus brief in the Apple/FBI case, arguing how the FBI's request violated fundamental human rights accessnow.org/access-now-wic…

@accessnow @davidakaye @EFF @marciahofmann @wickrfdn We opposed the dangerous Burr/Feinstein bill to undermine encryption accessnow.org/access-now-ant… and highlighted problems with the proposal for a "commission" accessnow.org/mccauls-crypto…

@accessnow @davidakaye @EFF @marciahofmann @wickrfdn After the Snowden revelations demonstrated that encryption was being undermined through attacks on encryption standards, we led efforts to stop the NSA's ability to undermine those standards (and won) accessnow.org/virtual-integr…

accessnow.org/civil-society-…

@accessnow @davidakaye @EFF @marciahofmann @wickrfdn And we've worked with partners, including on this massive letter organized by @OTI to support encryption accessnow.org/access-fights-…

This is all just a sample of things we've said and done, and where you can find history of the never-ending fights to make sure our digital world can be properly protected.