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WHY?
”Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on.” ~ Edward Snowden on NSA surveillance
WHAT?
We're going to discuss, install and use digital security and privacy tools and practices.
WHEN?
Saturday, September 21, 2013 from [xx:yy to zz:aa]
WHERE?
266 State St New Haven, CT 06510 United States +1 203-936-9830
or
212 College Street (corner of College and Crown), right across from Co-Op High School New Haven, CT 06510 United States
HOSTS
- Sean O'Brien
- Joshua Gay
YOU NEED TO BRING
- Your own laptop (highly recommended)
- Desire to learn about secure and private communications and storage (mandatory! :D)
- Expertise, to share with others (if possible)
DETAILS
Intro
- Privacy vs. convenience & privacy vs. security
- Importance of Free and Open Source Software and Open Standards in ensuring privacy and security
- Basics of Passwords
- Choosing secure passwords
- Password management comes later
- 2FA - Google Authenticator [based on OATH][http://www.openauthentication.org/]
- Securing online identities
Browsing
- Firefox (multiple platforms) / offline
- Tor Browser Bundle / offline
- Add-Ons
- AdBlockPlus
- RequestPolicy
- HTTPSEverywhere
- Ghostery / DoNotTrackMe
- Noscript
- Anti-Google Surveillance
- DuckDuckGo
- GoogleSharing
- Password management
- Keepass + Password Safe
- Cloud Services
- LastPass
- Keepass + Dropbox/OwnCloud/SpiderOak
Encrypted Chatting
- Crypto.cat
- Instant Messaging with OTR
- Pidgin + Adium / offline
- OTR / offline
E-mail Security
- Thunderbird (multiple platforms) / available offline
- Enigmail
- GPG4Win + GPGTools / offline
- Enigmail + Key Management
- Key-signing party!
Network Security
- Tor + TorBrowserBundle
- VPNs and SSH tunnel
- RiseUp
- SSH tunneling using DigitalOcean
- SSHuttle
Mobile Security
- Setting up a password
- APG + K9 Mail
- WhisperCore / Full disk encryption
- Text Secure
- Gibbberbot / ChatSecure