The Snowden revelations have shown us how our everyday communication is monitored and all our online activities are tracked. It’s time to find out how to protect our online communication and maintain our right to privacy.
We’ve been working with the Open Rights Group and Dr Arne Hintz from Cardiff University to bring a Cryptoparty to Cardiff. The event is on May 10th at the Founders Hub from 2pm till 5pm and is free to attend.
At the Cryptoparty, you can learn how to browse the internet anonymously, encrypt your emails and chat securely. Tech facilitators will explain how surveillance works and how we all can protect ourselves. They will teach useful tools such as TOR, PGP and OTR. If you bring your laptop, you will be able to install and learn these tools step by step.
Cryptoparties are open to everyone, from complete beginners to technical experts. They provide practical tips to activists, lawyers, journalists, doctors, social media users and occasional email and internet users to understand how to protect their documents, emails and passwords from
being accessed.
In an informal workshop setting we will share skills and knowledge on how to communicate securely over the internet. If you’re an advanced cryptography user and would like to volunteer at the event by sharing your skills with others, please just leave us a comment below.
This Cyptoparty is organised by the Open Rights Group – a campaign for civic rights and freedom of expression in digital environments.
If you would like to attend please sign up via the meetup group here.
Please also consider joining and supporting the Open Rights Group if you value your online privacy, your digital rights, or a freedom from internet censorship.