Do you practice safe sex? Learn the digital equivalent. The government routinely spies on us without warrants. Come learn how to protect yourself.
You’re invited to a Cryptoparty.
When: Sunday, Oct. 21 from noon-6pm. Come for an hour or the whole day.
Where: The Sprouts, 339R Summer St., Somerville near Davis Square and the Davis Square MBTA stop. You can park on the streets since it is Sunday. Sprouts is in the building in the back.
Sponsors: TOR Project, Free School University, Occupy Boston Information Tech Group, ACLU of Mass., Pirate & Privacy activists
What to Bring: a laptop and yourself.
Spread the Word: Tell your friends or put up a poster ( PDF | Scribd | JPG ) in your community or campus.
Schedule
| Time | Room | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| noon-1pm | Downstairs | Using Tor and the Tor Browser Bundle – Steve & Andrew |
| Upstairs | PGP/GnuPG Key Generation & Use – Ross & Kevin | |
| 1pm-2pm | Downstairs | Encrypt your disks with Truecrypt and LUKS – Kevin |
| Upstairs | Encrypt to Live – Andrew | |
| 2pm-3pm | Downstairs | Secure yourself with SSL & Authentication – John |
| Upstairs | Live Streaming – Rene & Tracy | |
| 3pm-4pm | Downstairs | Protecting yourself with VPNs – David |
| Upstairs | Counter surveillance – Andrew & others | |
| 4pm-5pm | Downstairs | PGP/GnuPG Key Generation & Use – Ross & Kevin |
| Upstairs | File Sharing in Private – Erik | |
| 5pm-6pm | Downstairs | Using Tor and the Tor Browser Bundle – Steve & Andrew |
| Upstairs | Encrypt your disks with Truecrypt and LUKS – Kevin |
More info – https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/Boston
If you are interested in participating, just show up or contact James O’Keefe via Twitter @jpokeefe, email jokeefe@jamesokeefe.org or call/txt (617) 863-0385.
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