[57north-discuss] [aberdeen-crypto] Cryptonoise

[Tony Shannon]

I'm interested.

I saw this talk on de-anonymising Tor users at BSides London last month - I'd strongly recommend a watch, as well explained

http://youtu.be/rwawq8PsozU

Regards
Tony

> On 11 May 2014, at 01:06, "Iain R. Learmonth" <irl at fsfe.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 03:48:47PM +0000, Iain R. Learmonth wrote:
>> A potential solution to this has been suggested: a regular meetup in a
>> pub or coffee shop in Aberdeen with free wi-fi where we create some
>> cryptonoise. We all take our laptops and chat about crypto and use Tor
>> to generate background noise.
> 
> This has now been "organised".
> 
> When the time comes that you *need* to use cryptography, it will be too late
> to learn. Technologies like Tor are not magic bullets, an individual user
> alone stands out. The use of Tor also stands out and if a user starts to use
> Tor, this stands out. Cryptonoise is about two things:
> 
> 1. to provide an oppertunity to learn about cryptographic technologies, and
> 2. to provide an oppertunity to hide in the crowd.
> 
> Cryptonoise meetups provide a low barrier to entry to the use of
> cryptography and learning about being safe online.
> 
> https://cryptonoise.org/
> 
> Our meeting will initially be in Cafe Nero on Union Street, every second
> Tuesday starting on the 13th. The meeting will be from 5pm until 7pm.
> 
> http://opentechcalendar.co.uk/group/184-cryptonoise-aberdeen
> 
> If these times/dates are going to be consistently bad for you, you should
> speak up. We are open to changes.
> 
> Iain.
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