A (very incomplete) talk on digital security A couple of basics Your Your phone Browsing
Why? ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.’ “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.” - Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Password At least 12 characters; use a mix of letters, numbers, and UPPER and lower case. Use different passwords for each site Trouble remembering? Use a secure password manager like Keepass 10 most common: password qwerty baseball 9.dragon 10.football
Two step authentication Something you know + Something you have
Encryption – PGP/GPG Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo – Mailvelope Riseup.org or tutanota.com
Your phone IOS Messaging: Signal Calling: Signal Android Messaging: Textsecure Calling: Redphone
Your browsing Anonymise yourself: TOR
What traces do you leave behind?
Resources Digital Security: Security in a box Tactical Tech Digital First Aid Kit Electronic Frontier Foundation Information security for journalists, Committee to Protect Journalists Physical safety: Front Line Defenders Global Investigative Journalism Network