19 June Internet privacy (anonymity, security...) @ LARC London

"Think of your email as a postcard", you may have heard. You may also have heard that privacy of communications is a human right.

This workshop is for people who have never heard or understood what encryption is* but still would like to make their online communications at least as private as a sealed envelope.

Requirements to attend.


A small donation will be requested for the maintenance of the building, and also for the maintenance of services like Aktivix. None of which are free for the people who run it, always on a voluntary basis, so donations are always very needed.


You will be expected to take notes. Please bring a notebook or a laptop so you can bring home the information that will be shared.

If you will want to stay for the encryption part of the workshop, there is an additional requirement:
If you don't have a laptop: get an aktivix address. Ask your friends who use aktivix addresses already to request one for you on aktivix-request at lists.aktivix.org. Then think of a very strong password (or passphrase) that you will not forget easily.
If you do have a laptop, you can get around not having an aktivix address by having one that will easily interact with Thunderbird. Install thunderbird and the enigmail extension/add-on on your laptop.

Please arrive at 11am for introductions, so we can start at 11.30am


11.30 - 12.00 Introduction
Why talk about privacy
Why you are never anonymous.
Why you are never 100% secure. Levels of privacy and security - your bike, your home. Comfort vs privacy.

12.00 - 14.00 email privacy
Letters, postcards, envelopes and lorries.
Encryption techniques (on transit, on storage).

14.00 - 15.00 lunch

15.00 - 16.00 web browsing privacy
https and other tools

16.00 - 17.00 - optional
How to read email headers (10 minutes)
how to encrypt your emails (see requirements above)

*if you already are familiar with terms like "encryption", "tls", "vpn", "man in the middle attach" ... please do not attend this workshop. Get in touch with your preferred tech collective, technical people are always needed!

Contact email: london at indymedia.org


larc, london action resource centre, http://www.londonarc.org/
62 fieldgate street, whitechapel, E1 1ES