Hi all, You might be interested to know that a few activists, journalists and RSF (Reporters Without Borders) are organizing a short cycle of crypto parties in Paris billed “Bons Baisers de Sotchi” (From Sotchi with Love) to help journalists protect themselves when they travel to Russia for the next Winter Olympics.
http://fr.rsf.org/bons-baisers-de-sotchi-13-11-2013,45448.html The first one is planned for Saturday 23rd of November. According to the Guardian[1], “Athletes and spectators attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February will face some of the most invasive and systematic spying and surveillance in the history of the Games”. The FSB is keen on not letting any communications escape its surveillance it seems, and so we will be attempting to share a few good practices to all those going to Sotchi who are interested. Several workshops will cover things like using VPNs, encrypting your data at rest and in transit, (attempting to) secure your smartphone (spoiler alert, it can't really be done) as well as some OpSec and general advice (travel with a clean laptop, etc.). The workshops will be in French, but I'm sure we will happilly welcome any English speakers too. I welcome any advice, criticism or warnings about these events as well as your help in sharing this news with people who need it. Take care, axel 1: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/06/russia-monitor-communications-sochi-winter-olympics -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
