What Is CryptoRights Foundation's Definition of Success?

Human rights and journalism organizations will begin widely and visibly using cryptographic technology to protect and authenticate their communications without fear of being negatively characterized for so doing. There will be a measurable decline in the number of security incidents (i.e. assaults, deaths, etc.) among, and a measurable increase in the number of successful/uninterrupted activities by, human rights workers and journalists.

Security research and security awareness will grow into widely-understood phenomena in the public's mind and in the popular press, and security and privacy will become a more fundamental consideration when designing systems within and between the internetworked societies of the future. There will be a measurable number of new and improved security tools available for public use. Security protocols will be better understood and accepted by the public and will be more openly implemented by the various communications industries. Security technology will become easier to use and therefore widely used among the general population, resulting in positive social changes such as decreasing instances of identity theft and unsolicited commercial email and increased access to secure communications and privacy-enhancing technologies.

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