Pizza + Privacy: Eat a Slice, Protect Your Rights Online
Drexel University
February 5, 2015
6:00 - 7:30PM
Mike Tigas slides: download here
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
- 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):
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
- Digital Media Law Project:
- Legal Guide for anyone who publishes anything online