[Noisebridge-discuss] CryptoParty! or, keysigning parties go all ScaryCaps

[Danny O'Brien]

So, just to be specific about good times to do this, I have a few
times that mean I personally  or others may be able to bring
interesting people to cryptoparty at Noisebridge:

On September 19th, I'm talking to a bunch of working journalists about
digital security down the road (see
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4316151726 ). The event finishes at
8.30, but I could see if I can drag some stragglers off to Noisebridge
for some technical advice with a wider group. In a paaarty atmosphere
of course.

On October 10th, I'm running a (small) summit for CPJ on future mobile
infrastructure vulnerabilities for technologists and African
journalists downtown. I'm not sure how the dates will intersect. Not
sure when people are flying in yet, but as with last year, I'll have a
bunch of interesting people in town that week, and could bring them
over on either the 9th or the 11th maybe.

Friday, October 19th thru Sunday, October 21st, 2012  is Hackmeet at
Noisebridge, where activists and hackers often talk about such issues.
Running a cryptoparty in co-operation with this would be a great idea.
https://hackmeet.org/

I think all of these events would be a great way not just to showcase
technical tools or strategies, but for those working on tech to speak
and learn from those experiencing targetted attacks from state actors
right now. I totally agree with Quinn about talking about threat
modelling and drawing on real scenarios is  vital. The motives,
capabilities and aims of sophisticated attackers is a rapidly-moving
target right now.

I was absolutely serious that this is something we could and can do
every week at Noisebridge: the biggest challenge wouldn't be our own
resources, but ensuring that the advice gets out to the people who
need it.

My experience is that you advertise something that says "do you want
to protect your communications from interception?", you get a lot of
people who really *aren't* going to experience targetted surveillance
but are very worried about such things nonetheless. I'd rather reach a
broader spectrum of folks who *aren't* concerned, but should be,
either because of mass surveillance strategies or because the
increasing ease of surveillance means that they may find themselves
vulnerable down the line -- activists, anti-corruption reporters,
those in SF but may be returning to repressive regimes, young adults
with invasive families, people in abusive relationships with
tech-savvy partners, and, heck, people in our own community who don't
always practice what we preach.

Basically, if you hold a cryptoparty, I can try and bring you some of
the uncrypto'ed masses, and tell you about real threats. I'm not sure
I have the actual cycles to organize one myself though.

d.

Digital Security Tools for Working Journalists
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PDT)
Bryan Cave Conference Center
560 Mission Street
25th Floor
Register at: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4316151726

Heard about the security flaws at Apple and Amazon that led to hackers
wiping out everything on Wired journalist Mat Honan's computer?

Headed overseas on a reporting trip and worried about foreign
governments sneaking into your computer to see what you're up to?

Or do you simply work with sensitive sources and want to be
double-secret-probation sure that no one can intercept your digital
communications?

Paying attention to digital security is no longer an option. Every
reporter should know how to protect their digital communications and
guard the information on their computers, to make sure nothing
inadvertently falls into the wrong hands. Join us on Wednesday,
September 19 as we learn from the experts about measures every
journalist should take and tools they should use to keep their notes
and communications secure.




On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Ari Lacenski <alacenski at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://betabeat.com/2012/09/have-yourself-a-merry-little-cryptoparty/
>
> Following posting this on G+, I was advised to poke the list about a
> similar event at Noisebridge.
>
> Throwing such an event /might/ lend credence to BetaBeat's claim that
> it's "going viral", which phrase really needs to be taken out back
> with the rest of 2007 and made into glue. But it would be really
> useful, as a practical event: workshops/keysigning/install-parties.
> I'd like an SF version to not simply be a replay of Agency Salon from
> a few months ago. The Tennessee hackerspace wiki has some good ideas.
>
> Ari
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