[57north-discuss] maybe catch up sessions for some?

[Iain R. Learmonth]

Suggest we move this discussion to the aberdeen-crypto list to include
the non-hacklab people too.

On 09/03/14 20:48, Tony Shannon wrote:
> Hi Mojca,
> 
> I ran the Tor talk & would be happy to go over things, though this week is
> rather busy, as I'm running a Locksport / lock picking workshop on Thursday
> evening (feel free to pop in if interested)
> 

We do plan to run more Cryptoparties where each one would be focused on
a particular topic. They will still all be followed by interactive
freestyle workshops where volunteers with knowledge would be able to
assist people with any problems they have and help them with security tools.

> As regards your accounts, it is possible that some may have locked as a
> "security feature" as they noticed logins from outside your normal
> geographic location - this is because the Tor exit node could be anywhere
> in the world & a far as yahoo / eBay  is concerned, your access is coming
> from the exit node - Im assuming they have (rightly) assumed you're not in
> that location & may have warned / emailed you as a result.  There may be
> options to disable the warnings / set certain behaviour limits with your
> accounts, however I will be the first to say I haven't used either of those
> services over Tor myself.
> 
> Beyond that, I'm happy to say that I'm not a Tor expert, but I am
> interested in learning more myself & would be happy to sit down, go over
> the issues you've experienced & see if we can research / identify a cause
> together.
> 

I'd like to get some tools documented on the Wiki[1], possibly with the
aim of producing a free e-book that explains to people how to set up the
tools and how to troubleshoot common issues when they arise.

[1]: http://57north.co/wiki/

> 
> On 9 Mar 2014, at 20:35, "lassyalone ." <lassyalone at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> hi,
> I am Mojca and came to the first crypto session...........spent the next
> week paranoid.Installed tor but after re-booting it won't work the next
> day.Also started reading the source code files and well,wish I KNEW
> MORE.my E-BAY ACCOUNT as well as my yahoo account will not recognize my log
> in even after getting a new code ect.Yahoo informed me my PC was accessed
> ?EH? Same with yahoo mail.Is there any chance you guys could run a few
> workshops on how to understand the information and how to read the
> logs?Just a couple of sessions and a pointer to the right books,websites?
> I also have a couple of laptops plus a tower,I was wondering if you might
> like them,the tower is only 8 months old but went dead,the laptops have
> problems.I would really like to have a laptop if you could fix one and you
> can keep the others?There is also a printer in the loft from the last
> tenants,looks unused ,if you want it and a spare hub.
> Best of all would be a couple of sessions on basics about whats under the
> system.I generally fix stuff by elimination but there is so much more I
> don't know.Maybe the space could help me and any others catch up?
> , 07725772130
> 
> Mojca
> 


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