Session:Digital Self-Defense Workshop

Description Learn about the basics of practical cryptography and privacy enhancing measures for your digital devices in the spirit of a CryptoParty.
Website(s) https://digitalcourage.de/digitale-selbstverteidigung
Type Workshop
Kids session No
Keyword(s) software, inside, web, security
Tags cryptoparty, FOSS, anonymity, privacy, encryption, surveillance
Processing village Village:Digitalcourage
Person organizing User:CryptGoat
Language de - German, en - English
de - German, en - English
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Subtitle Passwords & File Encryption
Starts at 2019/08/21 16:00
Ends at 2019/08/21 17:30
Duration 90 minutes
Location Village:Digitalcourage

Subtitle Private and Anonymous Web Browsing
Starts at 2019/08/22 16:00
Ends at 2019/08/22 17:30
Duration 90 minutes
Location Village:Digitalcourage

Subtitle E-Mail Encryption
Starts at 2019/08/24 16:00
Ends at 2019/08/24 17:30
Duration 90 minutes
Location Village:Digitalcourage

Subtitle Smartphones
Starts at 2019/08/25 16:00
Ends at 2019/08/25 17:30
Duration 90 minutes
Location Village:Digitalcourage

Worried about your privacy when using your digital devices? Learn about the basics of practical cryptography and privacy enhancing measures. Each of the workshops follows the spirit of a CryptoParty: learn and share knowledge about protecting yourself in the digital space. Don't forget to bring your (preferably charged) laptops and smartphones. Additional workshop material such as printed hand-outs are only available in German.

There will be four different sessions:

  • Passwords & File Encryption: Learn about creating/managing secure passwords with KeePassX and how to encrypt files, folders and entire drives with VeraCrypt.
  • Private and Anonymous Web Browsing: Install Mozilla Firefox web browser and enhance online privacy by proper configuration and additional add-ons.
  • E-Mail Encryption: Learn how to setup email encryption via GPG by using Mozilla Thunderbird and the Enigmail add-on.
  • Smartphones: Learn about apps, methods and configuration tips to enhance your privacy when using your Android and iOS devices.

We also encourage you to visit the CryptoParty taking place in the freedom village on 2019/08/23 at 18:30.