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Hello Friends, <br>
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Hope you are still doing your computing it in the community. <br>
<br>
I've been doing some work with Manchester FSFE and our local version
of the Open Rights Group to put on a Cryptoparty.<br>
<br>
There's been a lot of interest and support for it. I'd totally
recommend doing them in your cities / locations. <br>
People are now more open to these ideas and sharing what they know.
<br>
<br>
My main input will be bringing the Tech Tools for Activism as I
think it's a much better format for people new to this than the
really extensive but maybe too long Cryto party manual. <br>
<br>
I'm going to do some more work on the Tech Tools for Activism
website this winter, if you are up for helping that would be great,
please let me know if so. <br>
There are plenty of roles you don't have to be a techie. <br>
You might be a writer, a reviewer, fact checker, naysayer,
fear-monger, cheerleader, hand holder, noddy holder. etc. <br>
<br>
Hope you are all good!<br>
Mick<br>
<br>
<h1>"For Normal Privacy Please Encrypt Your Data”</h1>
<div>Saturday 7th December - Mad Lab <a rel="nofollow"
style="color:#000;text-decoration:underline;" target="_blank"
href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36-40+Edge+St,+Manchester,+M4+1HN&sll=53.484215,-2.236311&sspn=0.000833,0.001617&g=m4+1hn&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=36-38+Edge+St,+Manchester,+Lancashire+M4+1HN,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.484118,-2.236311&spn=0.001666,0.003235&z=18">36-40
Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN</a> <br>
<small>(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar
Called Common)</small><br>
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1.30pm - Free Entry - Cake provided<br>
Event supported by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://manchester.openrightsgroup.org/">Manchester Open
Rights Group</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Manchester">Manchester FSFE</a>.<br>
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<img alt="encrypt by default"
src="http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/final_flyer_front_crop.png"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="289" width="383"><br>
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<div id="yiv2443193664magicdomid124">If you would like to learn how
to ensure normal, every-day privacy when using your computer,
tablet or mobile phone, then <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/events/">come to
CryptoParty-Mcr. </a>You can learn simple and effective ways to
encrypt your emails and chat, and how to browse the internet
anonymously. By using encryption, you can protect your privacy,
make sure you do your job properly (if you handle sensitive data),
and help to protect the privacy of others, including political and
environmental activists from all around the world.<br>
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<div>Our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/events/">Next Event will be
on the 7th of December </a>- tickets are free and cake will be
provided. Bring your phone, tablet, laptop etc!<br>
</div>
<div><br>
We thought how can we make people think about why we don't use
encryption by default. We came up with the following text. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
"When we stand at a cash machine or at the reception desk of the
doctors surgery, we expect people to keep their distance. When we
work on our laptops, text our friends or read a book in a public
place – we don’t want people to lean over our shoulders. When we
sit and talk in a café or on the train, we feel uncomfortable when
someone appears to be listening too intently. In the physical
world we expect normal, every-day privacy… so why do those same
rules not apply on-line?"<br>
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<br>
<div> If you can't make it I run an online course at P2PU on how to
encrypt your email which you could try out. <br>
<cite class="yiv2443193664vurls"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="https://p2pu.org/en/groups/encrypt-and-sign-your-email/">https://<b>p2pu</b>.org/en/groups/<b>encrypt</b>-and-sign-your-<b>email</b>/</a></cite><cite
class="yiv2443193664vurls"></cite></div>
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