thanks mick, thats fab! I just sent the following out to a ton of intresting folk:
We have come together to organise Manchester's first CryptoParty http://cryptoparty-mcr.org/, which will be on Saturday the 7th of December in Madlab http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/events/, Manchester.
CryptoParty is a decentralized, global initiative which introduces the concept of digital privacy and basic cryptography software to the general public.
The theme of the first Cryptoparty Manchester is "Normal, Every-day Privacy" - where we achieve the level of privacy we would expect in our homes or in the street, but in the digital world. The event will be friendly, fun and relaxed. There will be tea and cake and lots game-based learning.
*/We really need your help to promote this event this week. /*
Here is how you can help:
* Come to the event - here http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/events/ are the details * Tweet it to your followers http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/&text=Want%20to%20have%20normal%20everyday%20privacy%20on-line?%20Come%20to%20CryptoParty%20Manchester&via=CryptoPartyMCR&related=yarrcat * Blog about the event - email me at /gingerling@inventati.org/ and we will promote you in return * Email your friends and supporters (some suggested promotional text is here http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/) * We are also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cryptopartymcr/512149928880928?fref=ts (sort-of) * Circulate our artwork http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/our-leaflets-get-printed/ - use it on twitter, facebook and on your blogs. * Volunteer on the day - join our mailing list https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/manchester or email me for info.
Thanks in advance for your help
/*Anna Morris*/**(FSFE-MCR) and all the groups and folk involved in running the event.
Also feel free to addapt :)
Anna
On 01/12/13 11:35, Mick Fuzz wrote:
hi there,
I just sent this out to my contacts, feel free to adapt if you want to. I've done flyers at 8th Day and MMU also.
nice one Mick
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Free Cake & Learn to Encrypt Email & Data (and browse the web without being tracked) Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 11:26:44 +0000 From: Mick Fuzz mickfuzz@clearerchannel.org To: mickfuzz@clearerchannel.org
"For Normal Privacy Please Encrypt Your Data”
Saturday 7th December - Mad Lab 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36-40+Edge+St,+Manchester,+M4+1HN&sll=53.484215,-2.236311&sspn=0.000833,0.001617&g=m4+1hn&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=36-38+Edge+St,+Manchester,+Lancashire+M4+1HN,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.484118,-2.236311&spn=0.001666,0.003235&z=18
(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)
1.30pm - Free Entry - Cake provided Event supported by Manchester Open Rights Group http://manchester.openrightsgroup.org/ and Manchester FSFE http://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Manchester.
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If you would like to learn how to ensure normal, every-day privacy when using your computer, tablet or mobile phone, then come to CryptoParty-Mcr. http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/events/You can learn simple and effective ways to encrypt your emails and chat, and how to browse the internet anonymously. By using encryption, you can protect your privacy, make sure you do your job properly (if you handle sensitive data), and help to protect the privacy of others, including political and environmental activists from all around the world.
Our Next Event will be on the 7th of December http://www.cryptoparty-mcr.org/events/- tickets are free and cake will be provided. Bring your phone, tablet, laptop etc!
We thought how can we make people think about why we don't use encryption by default. We came up with the following text.
"When we stand at a cash machine or at the reception desk of the doctors surgery, we expect people to keep their distance. When we work on our laptops, text our friends or read a book in a public place – we don’t want people to lean over our shoulders. When we sit and talk in a café or on the train, we feel uncomfortable when someone appears to be listening too intently. In the physical world we expect normal, every-day privacy… so why do those same rules not apply on-line?"
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plz forward to lists if you haven't seen these details on there. thnkx
If you can't make it I run an online course at P2PU on how to encrypt your email which you could try out. https://*p2pu*.org/en/groups/*encrypt*-and-sign-your-*email*/ https://p2pu.org/en/groups/encrypt-and-sign-your-email/
Manchester mailing list Manchester@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/manchester