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Pizza + Privacy: Eat a Slice, Protect Your Rights Online
Drexel University
February 5, 2015
6:00 - 7:30PM

Mike Tigas slides: download here

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Further resources & stuff mentioned in the slides

Some of the things that make you an easy target are the easiest things to fix:

• Use "pass phrases" (longer passwords) and use a password manager, so you don't use the same password everywhere
• 1Password: https://agilebits.com/onepassword
• LastPass: https://lastpass.com/
• Use two-factor authentication:
• https://www.google.com/landing/2step/

Other easy things to do:

• Full disk encryption:
• Windows BitLocker: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/bitlocker
• Mac OS X FileVault: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4790
  • How-to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm9_ozRr_n8
• Anonymized web browsing with Tor:
  • Tor Browser (PC/Mac): https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
  • Onion Browser (iOS): https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/
  • OrWeb+OrBot (Android):
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.browser
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android

Moderate: (You need your contacts to have it too.)

• OTR encryption for chat messages:
  • Adium (Mac): https://adium.im/
  • Pidgin (Windows/Linux): https://pidgin.im/
    • You'll need this plugin too: https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/binaries/windows/pidgin-otr-4.0.1.exe
• Encrypted phone calls:
  • RedPhone (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms
  • Signal (iPhone): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669?mt=8

More advanced stuff:

• Encrypted e-mail with PGP ("GPG")
  • Thunderbird + Enigmail (PC/Mac)
  • GPG4Win, for Windows + Outlook
  • GPGTools, for Mac Mail app
• Tails (standalone operating system): https://tails.boum.org/

Guides on how to use the above tools:

• A partial guide on how to use Tor, OTR with Adium, and PGP with Thunderbird+Enigmail: https://github.com/hackshackers/hhnyc-crypto/blob/master/tipsheet.md
• An overall guide to cryptography and Tor, OTR with Pidgin, and PGP with Thunderbird+Enigmail: https://freedom.press/encryption-works

Further reading

• OpenNews Source: Security for Journalists, by Jonathan Stray
  • Part One: The Basics
  • Part Two: Threat Modeling
• Digital Media Law Project:
  • Legal Guide for anyone who publishes anything online