Have a CryptoParty

Do you value Privacy and Anonymity online?? Do you want to be more secure online while using your PC or Smartphones??

Check out 'CryptoParty' documents and Wikis accessible from the site here

The CryptoParty document is a work in progress - but all the same it provides valuable security tips for all levels of users - very lucidly written and worth a read!!

You can download the 'CryptoParty' document PDF format (about 28 MB as on date) or can read it online here

What is CryptoParty?

Interested parties with computers, devices, and the willingness to learn how to use the most basic crypto programs and the fundamental concepts of their operation! CryptoParties are free to attend, public and commercially non-aligned.

CryptoParty is a decentralized, global initiative to introduce basic cryptography tools - such as the Tor anonymity network, public key encryption (PGP/GPG), and OTR (Off The Record messaging) - to the general public

Though each and every chapter are enlightening,  the chapters on 'Secure Calls', 'Email Encryption' and 'Safer Browsing' standout.  

Hope most of us become aware of issues like below:-

A GSM Interceptor (http://en.intercept.ws/catalog/2087.html) is an off the shelf device to record mobile phone conversations when in the vicinity of the call.

 Tor is a system intended to enable online anonymity, composed of client software and a network of servers which can hide information about users' locations and other factors which might identify them. Imagine a message being wrapped in several layers of protection: every server needs to take off one layer, thereby immediately deleting the sender information of the previous server

The only safe way of encrypting email inside of the browser window is to encypt it outside and then copy&paste the encrypted text into the browser window.

Have a CryptoParty if possible - and do send me an invite!!