[tor-teachers] Open, Onion and Off-the-Record == O3? Ozone?

[Paul Syverson]

I like it very much, in many respects.
Could write it O3 (or O_3 where footnotes are supported), but still
pronounce it OH-ZONE.

Ah, I'm suddenly hearing Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
at the spring weekend outdoor concert from my freshman year (back in
the pleistocene):
One drink of wine, two drinks of gin...
And I'm lost in the Ozone again

aloha,
Paul

On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 07:41:10AM -0500, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
> 
> I've been trying to come up with a catchy name for any messaging client
> that is open-source, supports open protocols, is routed over Tor
> easily/default, and that employs an openly published/standard
> Off-the-Record encryption system (meaning perfect-forward secrecy with
> no plain-text logging like OTR or OMEMO).  This would include Tor
> Messenger, Conversations, Xabber, Jitsi (maybe), ChatSecure and our
> forthcoming Zom remix/update of ChatSecure. 
> 
> Thus I came up with the basic combination of "Open", "Onion" and
> "Off-the-record", as the three important aspects to teach, consider,
> evangelize for messaging apps.
> 
> Taking that forward the molecule that has three Oxygen "O" atoms in it
> is Ozone. Ozone is a trioxidane, and "the ozone layer (a portion of the
> stratosphere with a higher concentration of ozone, from two to eight
> ppm) is beneficial, preventing damaging ultraviolet light from reaching
> the Earth's surface, to the benefit of both plants and animals." I think
> people understand that the "Ozone Layer" is a helpful thing that
> protects us, even if we don't totally understand what it is or how it
> works.
> 
> Perhaps, calling it Ozone, is too clever, but just using the phrase
> "Open, Onion and Off-the-Record" is an easy meme that could stick?
> 
> +n
> 
> 
> -- 
>   Nathan of Guardian
>   nathan at guardianproject.info
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