-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Computer Security for Activists Workshop #2 (Baltimore, MD) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:56:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Rob Carlson <rob@vees.net> Organization: vees.net To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> This is mainly a Baltimore/DC item, but I think that subset of your Politech readers would find it appealing. Workshop #2: Security Mindset When: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:00 PM Where: Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse 800 Saint Paul Street Baltimore, MD 410-230-0450 Concerned about online security culture? Worried about your privacy and anonymity as an activist? Curious about the technical aspects of government surveillance of the internet? This second workshop in our "Computer Security for Activists" series will focus on thinking in a security mindset and understanding the big picture of keeping secrets secret. Major topics: -Identifying Interception Points (Group Exercise) -Basic Threat Assessment (Group Exercise) -Understand the Law Enforcement Point of View -Thinking Outside the Beige Box -Understanding Trust For more information, see www.redemmas.org or e-mail rob@vees.net. This event is free and open to the public and no technical background is required. It is not necessary to have attended Workshop #1 to enjoy this one. Please buy and enjoy the fair trade coffees and peruse the books of our gracious host. Also, Richard Stallman has tentatively confirmed to be a speaker for the Mid-Atlantic Radical Bookfair which will be held just a block away from Red Emma's at CENTERSTAGE on Friday, June 30 through Sunday, July 2, 2006. For more information on the Bookfair, see: http://redemmas.org/bookfair/2006/section/main Rob -- Rob Carlson rob@vees.net http://vees.net/ _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]