[sudo-discuss] Sudden public interest in basic crypto/security tools.

GtwoG PublicOhOne g2g-public01 at att.net
Mon Jun 10 19:55:05 PDT 2013


YES! a crypto party. 

PGP and GPG won't protect your metadata from traffic analysis ("TA"),
which is what's been revealed that Anagram Inn has been up to.  But
protecting your content is a good start, and building email servers that
are end-to-end encrypted is the next step.

-G.


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On 13-06-10-Mon 7:13 PM, William Budington wrote:
> There was some discussion about this at the last meeting, mostly around
> securing personal data on physical devices, but it would be good to have
> another end-user based cryptoparty, even have it be a full-day event
> stemming from Today I Learned.  I'll bring this up at the meeting on
> Wednesday.
>
> Bill
>
> On 06/10/2013 07:02 PM, William Gillis wrote:
>> Hey Sudoroomers,
>>
>> I've been deluged by friends this weekend suddenly interested in things
>> like finally figuring out how to install that there tor, or god forbid
>> venturing into the realm of pgp. I offered my nonstop 1:1 handholding
>> services over facebook to any and all friends and have been a little
>> overwhelmed by the number.
>>
>> Someone local suggested a teach day at Sudoroom and I thought I'd check to
>> see if anyone else is interested and, you know, what actual members have to
>> say.
>>
>> There has never been a more opportune moment for cryptoparty outreach, and
>> yet I haven't seen anyone declare anything yet. Am I just out of the loop?
>>
>>
>>
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