Safe Surfin'

           Protecting your personal info online.

November 10th, 2018

Outline:

• Introduction
• Rules n’ Such
• Current Events
• Mini Workshops
  • What is VPN/TOR?
  • Safe shopping online
• Thank You/Resources

Who are we? Who are you?

• We are the…
  • The Cypurr Collective: A group of folks that organize cybersecurity workshops and socials, looking to spread knowledge and talk about privacy rights!
• ...and you are?
  • Name
  • Pronouns (i.e. he/him, she/her, they/them, etc)
  • In a few words, what brings you here today?

A few rules for this workshop …

• Share the space!

  • Ask a question, give a comment, leave room for others to speak

• Stack!  Raise your hand, we will queue speakers

• Saf(er) Space

  • We DO NOT tolerate language or behavior purposefully meant to demean or harm others

  • Don't pressure anyone to discuss their experience/threat model/situation

  • Consent: Ask before helping someone out, e.g. before taking their device

• Photo/Video- No photo/video without asking!

• Reporters/Researchers: Make yourself known

• Bonus Rule: Try not to invalidate experiences!

   

Current Events

Story #1: State Surveillance

• Army targeting SM surveillance of Trump critics
  • Apollo Social Sensing Tool: real-time tracking/prediction
• Federal Gov moving toward centralized surveillance system.

Story #2: War of the ads

Story #3: Apple and Right to Repair

Story #4: SSD fails

• Most "self-encrypting" SSDs vulnerable
• Windows Bitlocker also affected
• This is a hardware-based-encryption exploit, use software (Veracrypt)

Discussion: Boycott Amazon

Mini Workshops

1. Intro to VPN and TOR

2. Safe shopping online

Thank You and Resources

• CyPurr Collective

  • https://www.cypurr.nyc

  • Facebook & Twitter

• Sign up to our email list too, we won’t spam ya!

• Further Resources

  • NYC CryptoParty Meetup/CryptoParty Harlem (Meetup)

  • HackBlossom (Hackblossom.org)

  • Tactical Tech Collective-

  • Holistic Security, MyShadow, Data Detox

• EFF- Surveillance Self Defense (ssd.eff.org)

• Freedom of the Press Foundation (Freedom.press)

Upcoming

• Here again on Dec 30th
• Open meeting here Thursday 11/15 @ 6:30pm
• Find more on Facebook/Twitter

Thank You!