Plans
Transparency is a central theme in the Church of Cyberology. We are - among other things - transparent about our finances, achievements and challenges. In the same context, we publish our yearly plans and objectives transparently for everyone to see.
Plans for 2024-2026
Introduction
In a world where technological advancement and digital communication have become the norm, issues of freedom, liberty, privacy and self-determination are becoming increasingly important. We recognize that the fight against censorship and the promotion of (online) freedom, privacy and self-determination are not only worldly concerns, but also reflect spiritual values deeply rooted in our beliefs. As such, we commit ourselves to protecting these values, not only for our church community but also for the global digital community.
These plans outline concrete objectives, strategies, and actions for the year 2024 to achieve our vision and defend the values in which we believe. We recognize that this is an ongoing journey and that evolving our policies and practices will be essential to remaining effective in the changing (digital) world.
In the spirit of our commitment, we call upon all members and followers of our community to actively participate in the implementation of these plans and to collectively make our voices heard in the fight for (online) freedom, liberty, privacy and self-determination.
Plans and objectives
1) A great start
The Church of Cyberology formally established itself on the first of January 2024. The board is tasked with setting up the basics and making sure there is a good foundation to further build the church upon.
| # | Objective | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Register domain names | 2024-Q1 | Finished |
| 1.2 | Create accounts/handles on relevant platforms | 2024-Q1 | Finished |
| 1.3 | Formal registry with Chamber of Commerce | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 1.4 | Acquire RSIN from the Netherlands Tax Administration | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 1.5 | Acquire a church bank account | 2024-Q2 | Ongoing |
| 1.6 | Formally acquire ANBI status | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
| 1.7 | Formalize collaboration with partners and create and sign contracts where necessary | 2024-Q2 | Ongoing |
2) Tenets
The Cyberology Tenets are the most fundamental principles any follower of Cyberology should follow. The original Cyberology Tenets were written in Dutch and translating those is a very precise task that requires much attention to details.
| # | Objective | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Create the (English) Cyberology Tenets that reflect the founders’ intentions when they created Cyberology | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
3) Presence in cyberspace
A religion focusing on online freedom and privacy needs a online presence. We will develop and publish the cyberology website and facilitate communication with the church via email. Furthermore, accounts and handles on relevant third-party platforms are created. The board has set the following requirements for the website:
- The primary domain is cyberology.nl and cyberology.church redirects to it.
- The website contains at least the following information:
- General information about the Church of Cyberology.
- Information about the Cyberology religion.
- Information about the church ministries.
- How to contact the Church of Cyberology.
- Relevant policies (e.g. privacy, reponsible disclosure, copyright/license, transparency etc.).
- The website has a unique identity and style.
- The website will be primarily in English because of the international target audience.
- Exclusively open-source tools/free software is used for the development of the website.
- Exclusively open-source tools/free software is used for the hosting of the website.
- The website is static and does not contain any dynamic content.
- The website doesn’t contain or rely on third-party resources, trackers, analytical tooling etc.
- The website uses a strong TLS configuration and limited security headers.
- The website has a security.txt file that conforms to the standard.
| # | Objective | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Facilitate communication via email addresses | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 3.2 | Create accounts/handles on relevant third-party platforms | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 3.2 | Create a cyberology identity and style | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
| 3.3 | Build and publish cyberology.nl | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
4) Develop and publish policies
Any professional organization requires policies and the Church of Cyberology isn’t unique in this regard. The board is tasked to deliver the following policies and regulations:
| # | Objective | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | Policy in which the titles people involved with the church can use | 2024-Q1 | Finished |
| 4.2 | Policy about the privacy of data subjects | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 4.3 | Policy for responsible disclosure | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 4.4 | Policy for copyright and (software) licenses | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 4.5 | Policy with organization wide security and technology guidelines | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 4.6 | Policy about financial and non-financial transparency guidelines | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 4.7 | Policy about technological guidelines | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
5) Develop involvement and donations
One of the overarching goals is to be a financially healthy and sustainable organization in 2025. For this the Church of Cyberology will need to raise funds
| # | Objective | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Develop facilities to follow the church, such as newsletters and/or social media | 2024-Q2 | Ongoing |
| 5.2 | Develop facilities to incidentally donate money to the church | 2024-Q2 | Ongoing |
| 5.3 | Develop the concept of “followers” (people who follow the church) | 2024-Q2 | Ongoing |
| 5.4 | Develop the concept of “disciples” (people who convert to cyberology) | 2024-Q2 | Ongoing |
| 5.5 | Develop the “Adopt your own Tor relay” | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
| 5.6 | Add facility to periodically donate tax deductible via a ANBI-contract | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
| 5.7 | Try to become a part of notary ANBI lists for inheritances | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
6) Church services
The Church of Cyberology provides freely accessible and public church services to anyone willing to join. We’re improving and expanding our church services every year.
| # | Objective | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Acquire a Autonomous System | 2024-Q2 | Finished |
| 6.2 | Find and fix Tor’s bottleneck on Nothing to hide infrastructure with the Tor Project (highest prio) | 2024 | Ongoing |
| 6.3 | Publish hardening and security guidelines for the FreeBSD operating system | 2024-Q4 | Ongoing |
| 6.4 | Migrate to new autonomous system | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
| 6.5 | DNS infrastructure to provide DoH/DoT DNS servers to Tor operators and citizens | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
| 6.6 | Research on timeless timing and correlation attacks on DNS infrastructure in the Tor context | 2024-Q3 | Ongoing |
| 6.7 | DNS infrastructure that is resistent to timeless timing and correlation attacks | 2024-Q4 | Ongoing |
| 6.8 | Write and publish a Tor operator on FreeBSD handbook | 2024-2025 | Ongoing |
| 6.9 | Create a Tor relay manager for FreeBSD | 2024-2025 | Ongoing |
| 6.10 | Implement more effective DDoS countermeasures for incoming connections | 2024-2025 | Ongoing |
| 6.11 | Implement more effective DDoS countermeasures for outgoing connections | 2024-2025 | Ongoing |
| 6.12 | Investigate new potential church services to offer to our church community - Youtube proxy/frontend - Link shortener - Privacy friendly forms - Website security/privacy checker - Privacy friendly search engine proxy/frontend - Public NTP time servers |
2024-Q4 | Ongoing |
7) Idea development
The year 2024 is all about setting up the church. The year of 2025 will be about new initiatives and adding more and improving church services. In 2024 we will investigate different ideas that benefit and further the church’s goals.
| # | Objective | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | Develop the idea to do a privacy analysis on websites, tools and systems of political parties during national elections | 2024-Q4 | Ongoing |
| 7.2 | Develop the idea to create help pages for online privacy with regular citizens as their target audience | 2024-Q4 | Ongoing |
| 7.3 | Develop the idea to create help pages for privacy by design mechanisms and privacy friendly examples for entities that run services | 2024-Q4 | Ongoing |
| 7.4 | Develop the idea to assign a number of apostles that mean much for the goals of the Church of Cyberology | 2024-Q4 | Ongoing |