Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty Handbook

2012-10-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 05:43:46AM +0200, Maxim Kammerer wrote: Did anyone try this with devices that are supposed to be resistant to file shredding due to wear leveling? I tried the following on two USB Wear levelling is a function of newer devices (your old USB flash sticks are unlikely to

Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty Handbook

2012-10-05 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: Wear levelling is a function of newer devices (your old USB flash sticks are unlikely to have it, but your new SSD definitely has) and it hides damaged blocks transparently by using the overprovisioned flash block pool (its

Re: [liberationtech] Best practices

2012-10-05 Thread Andrew Lewis
I'd at least wipe my phone, if not just get a burner. I suppose encryption is also an option, so that you can preload it with security apps. -Andrew On Oct 5, 2012, at 7:02 AM, Katy P katyca...@gmail.com wrote: Hi LibTech. With a certain event coming up, I'm interesting in creating a best

Re: [liberationtech] Best practices

2012-10-05 Thread Katrin Verclas
Depends on your threat model but since since I think I know what country your are talking about, might be worth taking more precautions: * burner phone * wiped disposable laptop w Tor etc * trusted VPN (maybe) * bootable linux like TAILS * possibly encryption but frowned upon if not outright

Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty Handbook

2012-10-05 Thread KheOps
Good day to you all :) On 10/05/2012 03:57 AM, Griffin Boyce wrote: Hey all, Considering both the complexity of material and the time constraints involved, the handbook came out beautifully. It's well-laid out and covers a surprisingly large number of topics step-by-step at a beginner

Re: [liberationtech] Best practices

2012-10-05 Thread Robert Guerra
A key recommendations when visiting countries where repression against activists is well documented is to minimize exposure of data, be it from your devices or social media accounts (1) travel pc's Machines can get compromised by malware, theft or sabotage. As such, steps should be taken to

Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty Handbook

2012-10-05 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 4 Oct 2012 14:13:13 -0700 Andrew Mallis o...@ideograph.ca wrote: This 392 page, Creative Commons licensed handbook is designed to help those with no prior experience to protect their basic human right to Privacy in networked, digital domains. This seems like good stuff, but I have