[liberationtech] Oakland Cryptoparty This Sunday at 1pm

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:11:34AM -0700, William Gillis wrote:
> Now that everyone knows about the NSA isn't it time you tackled setting up
> PGP?

If it's not transparent, Johny User will eventually drop it.

Before you do that, rather enable StartTLS on your mail
transport agent (e.g. postfix). And then install email encryption 
gateways http://www.postfix.org/addon.html#security-gateway
https://code.google.com/p/gpg-mailgate/

After you have done that, you can turn to PGP/SMIME for end
user MUAs.
 
> Are you or friends you know looking to adopt bread and butter encryption
> tools online and on your phone? Could you use folks to show the way, lend a
> hand, answer questions, or offer explanations? Drop by Sudoroom (2141
> Broadway, Oakland CA) between 1pm and 4:30pm this Sunday the 16th!
> 
> The NSA leaks provide most folks with a rare impetus to slog though
> installing and getting up to speed on the basics. If you can merely handle
> showing random people off the street one-on-one how to download textsecure
> from google's appstore, you're golden, we want you to come hang with us and
> potentially save people's lives, certainly their privacy.
> 
> Think impromptu demonstrations, one-on-one help and informal presentations.
> 
> https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/digital-security-workshop/?instance_id