The CryptoParty movement, kicked off by Australian activist @Asher_Wolf over a year ago, intends to help people with any level of technical knowledge acquire useful skills to protect their privacy in the digital world. The 350-page, crowd-sourced handbook includes, among others, sections on browsing the web safely, securing your email, using disk encryption and secure telephony. Explanations progress from the basic (Don’s use personal details in your passwords; make sure no one’s looking over your shoulder when you’re typing in your password) to the rather more advanced instructions for using email encryption on your phone.
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