Privacy Software Workshop Series II

Privacy Workshops Series II

We're currently gathering a list of workshops and hackatons to hold. Dates will announced when this list stabilises.

If you have suggestions, please place them in the proper "Planned X" section.

Coming and past Privacy (Software) Workshop series

• Upcoming: Tor Basics, TAILS and planning future workshops. (Date: To be announced)

Planned Workshops

• Tails workshop

• Tor Hidden Services:
  • How they work
  • How to set them up
  • How not to leak traceable information

• OTR for mortals (Jabber & IRC?)
• Setting up and using Pond

• Debunking Tor FUD
  • http://pando.com/2014/07/16/tor-spooks/
  • Running a normal relay considered dangerous(?)

• Tor (Multiple workshops)
  • Basics: How does it work
  • Running an relay (also: Running an exit relay)
  • Running a bridge (with plugin-protocol setup)
  • Advanced: Obfuscated proxies
  • Theoretical: scalability, path selection

• PGP (& Smartcards)
  • http://spin.atomicobject.com/2013/11/24/secure-gpg-keys-guide/

• PGP / GnuPG for starters
  • https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/infographic.html

Planned Hackathons

• Using PGP for authentication
• Key signing party (if there is enough interest)

Planned Projects

• Creating a device for signing plaintext 'safely'. (more details later) (via phicoh)

Ordering OpenPGP Smartcards and readers

Basically, you need two things: A card and a card-reader. The card is about 15 euro, max. And it can hold three subkeys of 4096 bits. The reader offered by the same company is usb-stick sized and costs about 20 euro:

http://shop.kernelconcepts.de/product_info.php?cPath=1_26&products_id=42&osCsid=fe949adea48cdfbc2f7bb2ab976a8d4d http://shop.kernelconcepts.de/product_info.php?cPath=1_26&products_id=119&osCsid=fe949adea48cdfbc2f7bb2ab976a8d4d

Below is a list of people who want to order (one or both) of these pieces. If you can, please sponsor one extra set so we can have a few extra in case more people show up during workshops, or in the future.

List of people who would like to order a smartcard and/or usb reader:

• Wizzup (1x smartcard, 1x reader, will sponsor: 1x smartcard, 1x reader)
• Chotee (1x smartcard, 1x reader)
• Phicoh (1x smartcard, 1x reader)
• Julf (2x smartcard, 2x reader)
• Narya (2x smartcard, 2x reader, plus sponsoring: 2x smartcard, 2x reader)
• Chris (2x smartcard, 1x reader)

Running total: (11x reader, 12x smartcard)

Random resources

• http://marcomanzoni.me/blog/how-pgp-works-under-the-hood/

TODO

The following items need to be placed in the appropriate section and/or need more details.

• maybe some IM/chat solutions for mobile platforms?
• Dropbox replacements