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 …
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Share the space!
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Ask a question, give a comment, leave room for others to speak
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Stack! Raise your hand, we will queue speakers
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Saf(er) Space
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We DO NOT tolerate language or behavior purposefully meant to demean or harm others
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Don't pressure anyone to discuss their experience/threat model/situation
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Consent: Ask before helping someone out, e.g. before taking their device
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Photo/Video- No photo/video without asking!
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Reporters/Researchers: Make yourself known
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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
(Cypurr recommends uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger)
Story #3: Apple and Right to Repair
- Right to Repair
- Apple is a Hardware company (v. google/MS)
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
- Intro to VPN and TOR
2. Safe shopping online
Thank You and Resources
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CyPurr Collective
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https://www.cypurr.nyc
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Facebook & Twitter
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Sign up to our email list too, we won’t spam ya!
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Further Resources
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NYC CryptoParty Meetup/CryptoParty Harlem (Meetup)
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HackBlossom (Hackblossom.org)
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Tactical Tech Collective-
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Holistic Security, MyShadow, Data Detox
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- EFF- Surveillance Self Defense (ssd.eff.org)
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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!
