Welcome!
Step 1: Login to Mumble
The meetup will be taking place on an audio chatroom program called mumble. Please download and install it in order to join the sessin.
How to Connect to Mumble (secure)
Download Mumble: http://www.mumble.com/mumble-download.php
In Mumble click on: Server > Connect > Add new.
Label: OccupyTalk
Address: occupytalk.org
Port: 64738
Username: Choose a username / alias you want or the username you used to register on the website: http://occupytalk.org/
Process
We're happy to be able to provide this meeting as a place to teach and learn about cryptography and how to protect yourself from prying eyes. However, as you can appreciate, when we have a large ammount of people in a single room things can get a bit manic. To keep things a bit more in order, we follow these simple rules:
- Please set up the push to talk facility on mumble, if your mic is open and disturbing the meeting you will be moved to another room where someone will help you configure the software correctly
- The facilitator of the meeting will allow the conversation to flow and hopefully get everyone a chance to talk or ask questions. You shold wait until the facilitator asks you to speak before speaking.
- To ask a question or make a point, put a '+' sign in the chat box, and wait until its your turn to speak
- To make a direct response to the current speaker put '+++' in the chat box. This should only be used for short direct responses
- if the current speaker is going off topic, or is repeating himself, or otherwise not adding to the communication, put 'OT' or 'ZZZ' in the chat box. If your speaking and see this, please think if this is relevent to the subject.
- To agree with the current speaker put '^^^' in the chat box
- To disagree with the current speaker put 'vvv' in the chat box
As an introduction we will go to everyone in the room and ask them to introduce themselves, you don't have to, but it does help us to understand where everyone is and get to know each other a bit better.
After this we will follow the agenda at https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/Online. This isn't set in stone, so if you want to talk about anything specific, feel free to ask.
What is mumble? and how do we know it's safe? Sure I can give you some links to look at and you can look at the certificate system:
http://mumble.sourceforge.net/FAQ/English#Is_Mumble_encrypted.3F
Plus the mumble platform / code has been peer-reviewed as it is opensource software.
The source is available here: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/
cheers --> http://mumble.sourceforge.net/FAQ/English#Is_Mumble_encrypted.3F
Reference Material
https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/CryptoPartyHandbook
Questions
Step 2: Ask questions!
If theres anything you would like to ask before the meeting, or even ask the meeting progresses, and don't want to ask it directly in the chat, feel free to put your questions below and we'll answer them as best we can.
1. In layman's terms please: Please advise on simple steps one can take to protect themselves online.
please add links to relevant sites etc:
OTR / Chat Slides:
Browser plugins:
2. Why is it necessary to protect your data when online? I am not sure everyone is clear about why it's important.
3. Some people worry that encrypting your data will draw focus from the 'powers that be' and therefore add to 'proof/suspicion' that you are doing something wrong. What do you think?
4. Can you reccommend any easy to follow vids/tutorials about encrypting data? and/or the types of 'courses' people can do to learn about these things?
https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/CryptoPartyHandbook
http://www.youtube.com/results?q=hak5+encryption
https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/London#Private_Conversations_Over_Instant_Messaging_.28OTR.2FPidgin.2FAdium.29
5 The TOR browser bundle is being used by more and more people, the question would be how safe it is to use TOR and the TOR chat app,"how thick a layer of security/crypto" this would be considered by ppl who know a bit more about the subject than the average user.
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f131/how-do-you-configure-applications-to-run-through-tor-618103.html