[New-imc] New Victoria (BC, Canada) collective: editorial policy

[Petros Evdokas]

BCC: Luke, Ekes


ekes wrote:
> I don't believe it is true to say that it is easy to aquire an truly
> anonymous e-mail address - it's possible, but it's not within the bounds
> of average users understanding of internet use. Otherwise it's as good
> as logging their IP address for an authority trying to work out who
> posted after the fact.
> 
> I suppose the best thing to do if any site is requiring registration
> with an e-mail confirmation is they include details about how to go
> about registering a truly anonymous disposable one time use address,
> using Tor and appropriate providers etc.
> 
> ekes
> --------  

Thank you Ekes,

You added some very useful concerns and suggestions.
Your orientation can point to directions in which we might be able to 
expand or improve the quality of indymedia work.

If you can prepare a clearly written statement on that, or if you are 
aware of one that exists already, we can ask newly formed imc groups (or 
any imc groups) to include that type of information for their visitors, 
readers, authors, etc. Especially for qualified bona-fide 
whistle-blowers, that kind of information is crucial.

But we need to be able to qualify, to identify, that there are many 
layers and degrees of protection, anonymity, security, providing visible 
or invisible presence on the internet. I especially agree with you that 
for the average user, these concepts are not familiar, and we need to be 
able to distinguish between simple pen-names, pseudonyms, untraceable 
emails, untraceable surfing, etc. Most people need very little of that, 
while those who have special needs can be well served by your proposal.

But in the meantime, I believe we should give to New Victoria imc the 
green light to have the DNS change so that the subdomain
http://victoria.indymedia.org/
will point to
http://www.vicindymedia.org/

Are there any disagreements to that?

Thanks,
Petros
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