From cc20c746163d28169c1d22251d4082faf14ad565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 17:43:22 +0200 Subject: clarify the scope of the guide, mention security ratchet --- sq-guide.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/sq-guide.md b/sq-guide.md index d53e6db..8d22440 100644 --- a/sq-guide.md +++ b/sq-guide.md @@ -124,6 +124,18 @@ people. The guide does not require any background in cryptography, mathematics, or programming, but does require using a computer via the command line. +However, note that this guide aims to getting the reader to a point +where they can use cryptography at all. It does not aim to teach the +reader how to protect against motivated, targeted attacks from +organized crime or intelligence organizations. Such protection will +probably build on top of cryptography, but is outside the scope of +this guide. + +You can think of this guide giving you a way for the first turn of the +_security rachet_. Every turn of the ratchet improves security a +little bit, but achieving protection against targeted attacks will +require a great many turns. + ## Scope of this guide -- cgit v1.2.1