Privacy:workshop:2013-08-15

Privacy:workshop:2013-08-15
Date	2013/08/15
Time
Location	(h)ACTA
Type	Workshop
Contact	Phicoh

Privacy Software Workshop, Episode 1

Time: 8PM

Agenda: - kick-off meeting: show of interest: topics, goals...

See the project Privacy_Software_Workshop_Series

Minutes

- Wizzup

 - crypto
   - why otr is better
   - pgp details
   - public key crypto
 - usability
 - operating system security
 - software to backup/sync files
 - tor
 - disk encryption

- Realitygaps

 - pgp
 - public key
 - otr
 - irssi
 - levels of safety
   - how safe are you
   - vpn
 - gnunet
 - bit message

- Mariejel

 - pgp
   - user friendliness
 - lots of applications
   - what do they do

- Mattronix

 - no specifics
 - open source to replace cisco
   - switches
 - darknets

- Becha

 - leave facebook
 - document it
 - run my own server
 - pgp
 - teach other people / children
 - crypto for the critical mass
 - promotion of federated services

- Narya

 - alternative for evil software
   - google
   - facebook
   - dropbox
 - how to install it
 - document it

- melanie

 - learning privacy tools
 - tools for work

- cmpxchg

 - count empty mate bottles
 - cookies
 - tor
 - dnssec

- ultratux

 - pgp
 - otr
 - dnssec, opendns
 - ssh (reverse tunnels)
 - Control your browser (plugins, safety)
   - Cookies
   - Headers
 - Retroshare
 - remote backups, minimise disk usage and bandwidth
   -

- phicoh

 - install federated services at techinc

We had a surprise guest in the form of EFF's Peter Eckersley. He talked about - https everywhere - eff.org/trackerlab - the need for open wifi