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== Goal == Make my laptop more MY laptop (and my e-mail.. my calendar... backup... social networks... and well, anything really) == How == * Attend/contribute to the [[Privacy_Software_Workshop_Series]] * Read what others have written ([https://www.bof.nl/ons-werk/internetvrijheid-toolbox/ Bit of freedom], [http://www.cryptoparty.in/, Crypto party] for example) * Find (open source) alternatives for all-the-stuff I use now * Make my laptop more mine, step by step * Write and/or point to tutorials and other useful sites == Some of the things I did so far == '''Several things below were/are new to me, so if you have suggestions for other options or for improvements, please let me know.''' === Laptop / phone === * OS ** Encryption of my home directory (ticked the box to encrypt my home directory in Ubuntu) ** [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/privacy-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-and-data-leaks Ubuntu sends searches to Amazon], disabled this ** Reinstalled laptop with Debian * Changed browser: using firefox now i.s.o. chrome * Installed [[http://fixtracking.com/ several browser plugins], e.g. ** HTTPSeverywhere - make use of https as much as possible ** Better privacy - remove super cookies ** DoNotTrack - block advertisement, trackers, web stat trackers ** Ghostery - comparable with DoNotTrack, but works better ** NoScript - block JavaScript and Java stuff * Alternatives for Google stuff ** Use [https://duckduckgo.com/ DuckDuckGo] in stead of google search ** Removed the mail forwarding to google mail and switched back to my own provider. Actually, it would be better to install your own mail server. ** <s>Using a paper agenda now - couldn't find a good portable electronic alternative yet. This works just fine. (use the calendar of owncloud?)</s> ** Using owncloud calendar, synchronized with phone ** Replaced analytics with [http://piwik.org/ Piwik] ** [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] i.s.o. google maps * Removed mail and online banking from my mobile phone (can perhaps be put back after I changed the OS) * [[Privacy:SSH |SSH tunnel]] to encrypt internet traffic from another network (e.g. a public wifi spot) to a place I trust more * [https://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/ Tomboy notes] with [https://rsync.samba.org/ rsync] in stead of Evernote * Created a [[Privacy:PGP |PGP key]] and set the default settings to "encrypt mail" for the people who are already in my list (key ring) ** Getting a [[User:Narya/Notes/SmartCardPgp |PGP smartcard]] to work * Social media ** Played around with [https://joindiaspora.com/ Diaspora] (as alternative to Facebook) ** Checked out [http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/ Retroshare] - it's retro... and you can share things (chat, forum, mail, file, all friend2friend), uses PGP ** Problem: no friends :( Have shut down my FB account anyway. Added bonus: more time to do more important stuff than clicking away evenings ** Tried to install a Diaspora pod. Too complicated. I might try again once the debian package comes out ** Betting on http://pump.io/ now. Installation up to configuration was easy. So far, so good. Next step is to configure it. * File storage, sharing, backup ** Using encfs together with Dropbox - [http://www.howtogeek.com/121737/how-to-encrypt-cloud-storage-on-linux-and-windows-with-encfs/ How to] ** Have switched to ownCloud (see section "Server") * Text messages via https://threema.ch/en/ but I'll probably replace this with messaging via my own communication server === Server === * Installed [http://www.debian.org/ Debian] * Encrypted disk (option during setup) * Have set firewall rules (with [http://shorewall.net/ Shorewall]) * Have installed [http://owncloud.org/ ownCloud] - can be used ala dropbox, and it has apps for calendar and contacts ** I want to have the data on at least two different locations (because... backup): *** Have to figure out how to set up a virtual encrypted disk which is synchronized with another location *** If possible synchronize the user database too, so that I can run mirrored ownCloud instances *** Relevant thread: https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/owncloud/2012-June/003918.html *** Raspberry Pi with external USB drive might work. Synchronization by BTsync or something like that ** Need to investigate how to make use of this more secure ([http://booki.flossmanuals.net/owncloud/owncloud-and-security/ info here]) * Working on setting up https ([http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/apache-2-ssltls-step-step-part-1 some explanation], [https://beeznest.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/how-to-configure-https-on-apache-2/ example 1], [http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2008/03/04/step-by-step-configuring-ssl-under-apache.html example 2]) ** Forwarded the https port. Now I need to figure out how to redirect http requests to https * Installed [http://etherpad.org/ Etherpad], [https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki/How-to-deploy-Etherpad-Lite-as-a-service as a service], only accessible from certain ips - for making and sharing notes ** To do next: integrate etherpad with owncloud === Communication === * Comm server ** The plan is to use SIP phones and a client for chatting and/or video calls ** Installed [http://www.asterisk.org/ Asterisk] and tried out the [http://www.linphone.org/ LinPhone] and [http://icanblink.com/ Blink] clients ** Communication works, now stuck at making TLS and sRTP work [https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Secure+Calling+Tutorial Tutorial] * [https://subrosa.io/ Subrosa] is a really nice alternative for Skype. You can install it on your own server or use it via subrosa.io. It is web based * Trying out [https://www.mailpile.is/ Mailpile] - a web client for your mail with PGP encryption [[Category:Privacy]]
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