Oleksiy
Markovets
oleksiy@m7s.org
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Software
developer
a bit of
paranoiac
a person a little bit
concerned with
privacy
CryptoParty:
Introduction
aka
Filling a gap
between
real talks
Part1:
What’s
CryptoParty?
It’s all about
spreading
knowledge,
and having
fun
public and
free to attend
commercially
non-aligned
global and
decentralized
Practical
skills over
theory
Basic crypto
tools to
masses
Part2: Why
would one
care?
“I’m boring
person, doing
boring stuff”
“I have
nothing to
hide”
“Why would
anyone try to
hack me?”
Right...
Would you
disclose your FB
password to a
stranger?
Crypto is fun
Recall ciphers
you made up
in school
Military grade
toys, this time
msg protected
against NSA (aka
surveillance bastards)
Impress your
GF by being
cool Hacker
Party is fun
Call your
friends
Order pizza
Grab some
beer
Meet new
friends
Watch classic
movie about
Cyberspace
Like
“Hackers”...
… the old one,
from 1995 ...
… with young
Angelina Jolie ...
(she was damn
hot in her 20s)
Now getting
serious
No privacy
means
No free speech
No free speech
means
No freedom
“Will never
happen in my
country”
“Not in 21st
century”
Turkey blocks*
twitter/facebook
/signal/etc
China and The
Great Firewall
Russia and
Roskomnadzor
North Korea
goes without
saying
Corporate
Surveillance
Private data
used in targeted
marketing
Another reason
to care
Edward
Snowden
aka
Citizenfour
aka
The
whistle
blower
Big brother is
actually
watching you
So if you are
activist ...
… fighting for
freedom of
Tibet ...
… or maybe a
journalist ...
… especially
if you are
journalist.
Last but not
least
When you need
to protect your
privacy ...
it’s already
too late to
learn
Part 3:
Common
topics
[PGP/GPG]
aka
E-mail
encryption
suit
aka
Your entry
point to
privacy
Built in 1991,
uncrackable
till now
[Tor]
aka
The
Dark
Web
aka
The
Anonymity
Network
When you
need to beat
censorship
[Bitcoin]
aka
Crypto
currency of
the dark web
aka
What you pay
for illegal
services
Independent
currency of
future
[OTR]
aka
Encryption
for instance
messaging
aka
PGP with
Blackjack
Forward
secrecy
Deniable
authentication
[Tails]
aka
All you need
to go
underground
Boot with USB
stick, leave no
trace
Stateless* -
no persistent
spyware
Pretty good
integrity
All the toys
included
Probably
easiest way to
start with Tor
Encrypted
persistent
storage
Perfect cold
storage for
your
Master gpg
key
Bitcoin
savings
Airgap mode
[Passwords]
aka
Stop doing
stupid things
Check Top of
most common
passwords
password, 123456, qwerty,
dragon, baseball, sex,
letmein, football, shadow,
tigger, fuck, batman, ... -
are not passwords
Don’t use same
password for all
services
Try generated
passwords and
use managers
Part 4: Where
to start?
https://
cryptoparty.in
read “The
CryptoParty
Handbook”
read How-Tos
Learn why mass
surveillance a
problem
Educate
yourself
Find help on
mailing lists
Find nearest
CryptoParty
to visit
Find friends
Find place
with Wi-Fi
Invite friends
Throw a Party
Drop me an
email
AND FINALLY
Party like it’s
1984
and make
surveillance
bastards cry

CryptoParty: Introduction by Olexii Markovets