Monday 11 September 2017, 18:30 - 23:30

JuJu's Bar & Stage, 15 Hanbury Street, E1 6QR

FREE. No booking necessary.

In an era of mass, suspicionless surveillance and digital capitalism fuelled by our private information, CRYPTOPARTY puts power and privacy back in the people's hands.

Come for free workshops on how to protect yourself in digital spaces.

Stay for crypto-themed cocktails, local craft beer, music, visuals and high spirits.

All are warmly welcome - total beginners are particularly welcome, as are expert helpers and cryptoangels.

Workshops are 45min and run from 19:15 - 20:00 and 20:15 - 21:00

Sept 11 2017: Workshops

• How to be anonymous online: all about Tor, open source web browsers, and privacy plug-ins - by @infosec_bytes
• Is my smartphone spying on me? Private messaging, location privacy and app control - by @silkiecarlo
• Email encryption: how to, why to, and when to - a walkthrough Thunderbird and PGP - by @fnstudio
• Crytptocurrencies - by @simonvc and @saronimo

19:00-19:10 - Why We're Here by @fnstudio & @silkiecarlo

20:00 - Surveillance: why women and trans people need to care, by Eva Blum-Dumontet from Privacy International, @Arcadian_O

20:05 - Demonstration of Mobile Device WiFi Operational (In)Security, by @SpyBlog

• Slide deck Demonstration of Mobile Device WiFi Operational (In)Security.pptx

21:15 - 21:45 - Face recognition as an art project - Arturas Bondarciukas (https://www.instagram.com/bonartphoto/ and https://twitter.com/abondarciukas)

22:00 - 23:30 - DJ set courtesy of Discretion London (https://www.facebook.com/discretionlondon/)

JuJu's Bar & Stage, 15 Hanbury Street, E1 6QR (see: http://jujusbarandstage.com)

Nearest stations: Shoreditch High Street, Liverpool Street, Aldgate East, all within 10min walk; Whitechapel is a 15min walk.

You should bring:

• Laptop (Windows, Mac, or Linux. Bring your personal laptop - you may not be able to install software on work-owned laptops)
• Laptop charger
• Smart phone

Other:

• For advanced training, clean USB sticks can be handy
• Any relevant skills, stickers or leaflets you want to share

CryptopartyLDN is organised by Fabio Natali (Reckon Digital) and Silkie Carlo (Liberty), enabled by the great people at JuJu's.

Questions?

Contact us on Twitter:

• CryptopartyLDN: @cryptopartyLDN
• Fabio: @fnstudio
• Silkie: @silkiecarlo

Or email:

• silkiec@liberty-human-rights.org.uk (PGP key here)
• me@fabionatali.com (PGP key here)

• The People vs The Snoopers' Charter

Sunday 3 September 2017, 2-5pm

The Art Pavilion, Mile End, near Mile End and Stepney Green tube stations (click here for directions)

FREE. Click here for Eventbrite.

WHAT IS IT?

Digital literacy is vitally important for everyone, especially since our lives are lived increasingly online.

This is an event where everyone, of all ages and abilities, can come to learn, ask questions, discover and discuss issues of digital privacy and tools to manage it. This discussion is centred around four themes:

• What is identity theft, and how can I prevent it?
• What is online surveillance, and how can I manage my privacy?
• Who is affected by online harassment, and what can I do about it?
• What is personal data, and how can I protect it?

This event brings together experts, hobbyists, interested parties, and total beginners to talk about these issues and explore ideas.

For kids growing up in a connected world, digital literacy around what encryption is and how it works is vital to becoming a connected citizen. This event features a drop-in workshop for kids, where they can learn about how ciphers have been used to send secret messages since ancient times. They will be able to encode their own messages, and learn about how basic cryptography works and why it's important in the modern world.

We welcome everyone, of all ages and levels of technical knowledge. Total beginners, the curious, and those with expertise are especially encouraged to drop by.

This event is part of Inter/sections, a week-long series of events exploring the Politics and Ethics of Technology (learn more at intersections.io). Inter/sections is organised by the Media and Arts Technology program at Queen Mary University of London.