Thanks for everyone who came and participated today! Good fun, many learns
:)
Posting this to sudo-discuss as well - join the Cryptoparty mailing list
here: https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/cryptoparty
Reposted for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Cryptoparty
=February 2014=
This cryptoparty took place on 16 February 2014 with no less than 20
engaged attendees :)
==Areas of Interest==
*Mobile security
*Backups (especially photos)
*Cyanogenmod
*Threat Modelling
*VOIP
*Installing Linux
*Installing Lastpass
*Running DNSSEC
*Playing with alternative, secure email systems
*Chat/OTR on Android
*Image metadata
==Agenda==
*Intros and what you're looking to get out of this cryptoparty
*Why security is important
*Split up into groups:
**Mobile security
**Lastpass (password management)
**Threat modelling (eg; activists on the street)
==Takeaways==
*GPG
*Tails is hard to get running on my machine
*TextSecure is easy!
*Helped people set up secure chats, emails, and texting
*Great one-on-one conversations
*Learned a good deal about Keypass and got it running with help!
*Learned about F Droid - an app store for procuring APKs without going
through GOogle Play
*Made a self-signed certificate and locked down CalDav
*Threat modeling - we're not much better prepared than we were with Occupy.
As an iPhone user, I'm pretty screwed no matter what. Need to talk to
lawyers re: handing over keys and such
*DNSSEC sucks! DNS is already terrible, but DNSSEC makes it worse! Clients
don't use it, registrars don't accommodate it, and if you try to use it
you're in for a headache.
*The latest version of Cyanogenmod forces you to use their cloud for your
contacts, which now must be sync'd with a cloud.
*Suggestion: Cryptoparty Movie Night!
*Suggestion: Linux Install Parties
*Feedback: Splitting the group into "let's do this now" and general
discussion was a great idea!
*Homemade vs. commercial Faraday cages for phones, and general physical
security
*How to make this knowledge more palatable to the general public? Comics
etc;
*Best cryptoparty yet! Folks came with specific questions; paired off
really smoothly; no uber-techie debates taking place; specific tasks and
breakout topics.
==Gratuitous Link Dump==
*[https://lastpass.com/ LastPass] for secure password management.
*[https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid]
*[https://securityinabox.org/en/thuderbird_encryption How to Use Enigmail
with Thunderbird]
*[http://openphoto.net/ OpenPhoto (facilitates backing up photos to your
own server)]
*[http://www.frontlinesms.com/ Frontline SMS]
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.slvn.appops&hl=en AppOps
- permissions for Android]
===VOIP Services===
*[http://code.google.com/p/csipsimple/ CSIP Simple]
*[http://code.google.com/p/sipdroid/ SIPDroid]
===Custom Android ROMs===
*[http://www.teamdirt.me/ Dirty Unicorns]
*[http://paranoidandroid.co/ Paranoid Android]
Hey all!
I just wanted to let you guys know that the Public School has scheduled the
following events to be held in March:
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*Thursday, March 20th at 7pm:* Radical fiction, mystery, and crime! With Ken
Wishnia, Norman Nawrocki, Sin Soracco, Nick Mamatas, Owen Hill, and Summer
Brenner.
*Saturday, March 22nd at 7pm:* Silvia Federici and and George Caffentzis on
Capital, Labor and Reproduction, George is author of In Letters of Blood
and Fire: Work, Machines, and the Crisis of
Capitalism<https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=424>
and
coeditor of The Debt Resisters' Operations
Manual<https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=563>
*Sunday, March 23rd at 7pm:* John P. Clark on Anarchy, Geography,
Modernity: Selected Writings of Elisée
Reclus<https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=565>
and
scott crow on Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy, and the Common
Ground Collective<https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=221>
*Monday, March 24th at 7pm:* Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein on Until the
Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social
Movements<https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=567>
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I plan to check with George about possibly using the room downstairs for
our event on Thursday, March 20th to ensure that it will not interfere
w/Mesh and JavaScript meetups that evening.
The events scheduled for Saturday the 22nd, Sunday the 23rd and Monday the
24th will be held in the common space.
Please let me know if you foresee any conflicts - I didn't notice any on
the calendar aside from Thurs.
Love,
Niki
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// Matt
----- Reply message -----
From: "Romy Ilano" <romy(a)snowyla.com>
To: "sudo-discuss" <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
Subject: [sudo-discuss] someone hacking the SudoRoom Wiki
Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2014 15:58
Hey, I just fixed a hack on the SudoRoom main page.
Someone is hacking the SudoRoom Wiki - I don't know who, I know this probably happens often. Are there safety precautions?
https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Sudoroom&action=history
I undid the "hardcore jerkey action" - and I saw that someone also undid this shortly before I went on the page.
Any idea wh'os doing this?
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Romy Ilanoromy(a)snowyla.com
So cool and way better than a torturous tech talk
Complaining about the problem
http://www.businessinsider.com/growing-army-of-women-take-on-wikipedia-2014…
A Growing Army Of Women Are Taking On Wikipedia's Sexism Problem
Wikipedia/Gerald Shields
These people gathered for an Arts WikiMedia Edit-a-thon
With all the depressing stories about sexism in the tech industry, it's easy to overlook some really fantastic things helping to improve the situation.
For instance, there's a growing army of women who are trying to end Wikipedia's well-documented gender gap – fewer than 15% of Wikipedia editors around the world, it acknowledges – which has given the crowdsourced information site an arguably sexist bent.
Instead of complaining about it, various groups of women have begun organizing edit-a-thons, days set aside where people (women and men) gather, write and edit articles about women for Wikipedia. Writing an article isn't always enough. Regular Wikipedia editors, called administrators, can delete articles and changes. So, these groups first get trained on Wikipedia's rules to ensure their articles and edits stick.
One of the earliest women-in-tech edit-a-thons happened about two years ago, when the Wikimedia offices in San Francisco held a Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon. About 40 people showed up. They learned the rules of making changes that would stick and edited over 20 articles and created 11 new ones, according to the Wikipedia article on the event.
Flash forward to two weeks ago, when a New York group that calls itself Art+Feminism organized an edit-a-thon to focus on Wikipedia pages for female artists. It drew 600 participants, in 6 countries, at 61 locations,
and created 101 new articles and improved another 90. And that group has already got more edit-a-thons scheduled for later in February and in March.
The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that supports Wikipedia, couldn't be happier. Wikimedia spokesperson Jay Walsh told Business Insider:
"This recent example of edit-a-thons aimed at bringing in more women has been really impressive - dozens of groups around the US and Canada (and I believe Europe and beyond) got involved and carried out these day-long sessions, which included both men and women. It's a really important way for people who have knowledge to share, but no experienced editing Wikipedia, to get comfortable with the process."
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Snowyla.comRomyilano.com
Hi all,
There's a proper flyer posted up now, and an fb event for the thing
happening on Saturday at the space. It should be pretty cool. Check it out:
Sudoroom flyer/event:
https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/struggling-to-win-anarchist
s-building-popular-power-in-chile-speaking-tour
Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/695609710491680/
BAPS event:
http://thepublicschool.org/node/36449
8PM SATURDAY!
Chile has a long history of working class struggle in shanty towns,
factories, mines, community organizations, and schools. In the 20 years
after the US supported coup which overthrew Salvador Allende's government,
much of the organizing was done underground. However after the fall of the
dictatorship in 1990, there was a new rise of mass popular organization in
the country. Anarchists have been a major force in the social movements,
strategically organizing to build power. This has manifested in solidarity
for the Mapuches, anarchists winning the student union elections at the
University of Chile, militant pro-abortion actions, and libertarian labor
organizations.
This national tour brings three individuals involved in these struggles to
talk about the lessons learned and to create solidarity across hemispheres.
>From January to the end of February, the speakers will be traveling
throughout the country and we hope that you can spread the word and hear
about the important work that is happening in Chile.
And on Saturday, February 22, they will at last be at the Bay Area Public
School and Sudo Room! Join us and AK Press in welcoming them at 2141
Broadway (enter on 22nd, elevate to 2nd floor) at 8pm sharp.
Space is handicapped accessible, and always: free!!
Want more info? See:
http://chilespeakingtour.wordpress.com/https://www.facebook.com/strugglingtowinhttp://thepublicschool.org/node/36449https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/struggling-to-win-anarchist
s-building-popular-power-in-chile-speaking-tour
This month's Techno-Activism Third Monday is the Monday After The Day We
Fought Back. We'll be chatting with some of the key organizers of the
protest, both on the domestic and international side.
Come to EFF's headquarters at 815 Eddy St, at 6PM on Monday, and find
out about the tech, the strategy, the results of TDWFB -- and give your
feedback and ideas for tomorrow's fight.
We'll also be talking about outreach about digital security to the
communities who need it most. How do we teach crypto to vulnerable
groups in the real world?
Your hosts will be Danny O'Brien and Jillian York, with April Glaser as
your special guest-star.
Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) is an informal meetup designed to
connect software creators and activists who are interested in
censorship, surveillance, and open technology. Currently, TA3M are held
in fifteen cities throughout the world, and growing. As the name
implies, it is held on the third Monday of each month.
Here is where EFF is:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/go/TZHvUrLDP
Please turn up before 6PM -- we'll buzz you after that but before 6.16PM
if you call +1 408 480 3412.
See you there!
d.
Hey all!
I need a co-working space for 3 people for tomorrow and Sunday that's
clean and has good internets. Something near a Bart station in
Berkeley, Oakland, or anywhere in SF would be good. On the cheaper side
would be nice.
Thanks,
Deno
