[Liverpool] IT Security Advice For LSC

[David Hughes]

On 06/11/12 21:19, Dan Lynch wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Dave down at the LSC has been in touch to ask if anyone from LivLUG would
> be willing to teach them about encryption and security. I suggested PGP
> obviously and told him there are many good browser and mail client
> extensions to make it simpler to use. I also recommended he look at Tor.
> Another obvious one.
> 
> It's for the Mersey Anarchist group. They'd like to learn how to
> communicate more securely. They're nice people and just a bit unsure where
> to start with IT security. They have a meeting on the evening of Thursday
> November 15th at LSC and want to know if anyone is willing to attend to
> help.
> 
> Unfortunately I have an event that night but I may still be able to call in
> for a very brief while. Anyone else interested in helping them out and
> offering advice?
> 
> We can talk about it at the meeting tomorrow I just thought I'd post here
> so I don't forget :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dan

I'd be happy to do it - presumably they want something along the lines
of a 30-60 minute primer on how to get started with PGP and Tor + a
basic overview of best practices? Presumably there'll be a mixture of
Windows, Mac and Linux users amongst them?

Cheers,

David