fieldwitness/deploy/config-presets/README.md
Aaron D. Lee 490f9d4a1d Rebrand SooSeF to FieldWitness
Complete project rebrand for better positioning in the press freedom
and digital security space. FieldWitness communicates both field
deployment and evidence testimony — appropriate for the target audience
of journalists, NGOs, and human rights organizations.

Rename mapping:
- soosef → fieldwitness (package, CLI, all imports)
- soosef.stegasoo → fieldwitness.stego
- soosef.verisoo → fieldwitness.attest
- ~/.soosef/ → ~/.fwmetadata/ (innocuous data dir name)
- SOOSEF_DATA_DIR → FIELDWITNESS_DATA_DIR
- SoosefConfig → FieldWitnessConfig
- SoosefError → FieldWitnessError

Also includes:
- License switch from MIT to GPL-3.0
- C2PA bridge module (Phase 0-2 MVP): cert.py, export.py, vendor_assertions.py
- README repositioned to lead with provenance/federation, stego backgrounded
- Threat model skeleton at docs/security/threat-model.md
- Planning docs: docs/planning/c2pa-integration.md, docs/planning/gtm-feasibility.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 15:05:13 -04:00

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FieldWitness Threat Level Configuration Presets

Select a preset based on your operational environment. Copy the appropriate JSON file to ~/.fwmetadata/config.json (or let the setup wizard choose one).

Presets

low-threat.json — Press Freedom Country

Nordics, New Zealand, Canada. Risk is accidental data loss, not adversarial seizure.

  • No killswitch or dead man's switch
  • Relaxed session timeouts (30 min)
  • Backup reminders every 14 days
  • Chain enabled for provenance integrity

medium-threat.json — Restricted Press

Turkey, Hungary, India. Risk of legal pressure, device seizure at borders.

  • Killswitch available, dead man's switch at 48h/4h grace
  • USB monitoring enabled
  • Cover name: "Office Document Manager"
  • Backup reminders every 7 days

high-threat.json — Active Conflict Zone

Syria, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Iran. Risk of raids, equipment seizure, physical coercion.

  • 5-minute session timeout
  • Dead man's switch at 12h/1h grace
  • Tamper monitoring enabled
  • Cover name: "Local Inventory Tracker"
  • Daily backup reminders

critical-threat.json — Targeted Surveillance

Specific journalist or org targeted by state actor (Pegasus-level).

  • Web UI bound to 127.0.0.1 only (access via SSH tunnel)
  • 3-minute session timeout
  • Dead man's switch at 6h/1h grace
  • Cover name: "System Statistics"
  • All monitoring enabled
  • Consider: full-disk encryption, remove SSH after setup, Tor hidden service

Usage

# Copy preset to config location
cp deploy/config-presets/high-threat.json ~/.fwmetadata/config.json

# Or via CLI (future: fieldwitness init --threat-level high)