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{% trans -%}RightsCon Trip Report{%- endtrans %}
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.. meta::
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:author: sadie
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:date: 2019-08-30
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:category: conferences
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:excerpt: {% trans %}RightsCon Trip Report{% endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}RightsCon Trip Report{%- endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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The messages from activists in Syria during the Access No\_! session on the
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first day were deeply moving and really drove home why I work in digital
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rights. We listened to the experiences of activists who are unable to travel
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due to lack of status, documentation and active conflict. For these people
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“the internet is the only passport (they) carry.” Human rights defenders
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spoke of the importance of digital training to keep people protected when they
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are communicating with family inside of the country, as well as with family and
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friends who have left. They had created digital clinics to show people how to
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use services securely, for instance, how to use features like Signal’s
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disappearing messages so that those messages could not be used against them
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when devices are searched at security check points. Continuing to pursue
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education was also very important, the internet being relied on to access
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resources.
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{%- endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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The following days we met with people who had both questions about I2P and
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suggestions for potential use cases. We also discussed overhauling the project
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documentation for threat models, improving guides for users with little
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technical background, and ensuring that these guides are easily translatable. I
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made a note that I should go through the proposals and connect then to human
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use cases and solutions. This will be part of the projects’ continued effort
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to improve its user guides and onboarding.
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{%- endtrans %}
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{% trans -%}
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The opportunity to meet face to face with people who are using I2P and have
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successfully used it to circumvent internet blockages was inspiring. As the
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project has began working on its own browser and is examining outproxy
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packaging, it needs as much feedback and testing as possible to create secure
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and frictionless experiences for people. Also, the I2P network needs more
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hosted content and mirrored sites in order to expand resources for its users.
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{%- endtrans %}
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