[ExI] Fwd: [ZS] Project RES: #cryptoparties

[BillK]

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Stefano Vaj wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bryce Lynch <virtualadept at gmail.com>
> Date: 26 August 2012 04:24
> Subject: [ZS] Project RES: #cryptoparties
> To: doctrinezero at googlegroups.com
>
> In response to Australia's new data rentention laws, Telecomix has
> begun spreading the meme and organizing cryptoparties - parties at
> which privacy, anonymity, and cryptographic technologies are taught to
> all and sundry - around the world.  I would recommend that, as part of
> the privacy and anonymity parts of RES everyone look around for
> cryptoparties being held in their local areas and attending to receive
> training.  I'm organizing one in the DC metroplex, most likely at
> HacDC for early September.
>
> Realtime updates: https://twitter.com/#!/search/?q=%23CryptoParty&src=hash
>
> The wiki is a little thin at the moment but people are beginning to
> capture information about local parties there:
> http://www.cryptoparty.org/wiki/CryptoParty
>
>

You need to be a bit of an enthusiastic nerd to learn about privacy,
anonymity, and cryptographic technologies.  Most people can't be
bothered / don't think it is worth the effort.

There are a few basics which help a bit with privacy, but it starts
getting complicated / technical quite quickly. Most offices find that
security and convenience are trade-offs and convenience usually wins.


BillK