Cyberpunk Librarian

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 16 – Cypherpunk Librarian

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Join Daniel Messer as he goes cypherpunk and talks about keeping yourself secure and private online and in the digital world.

Notes and Links

Use a VPN.

  • Private Internet Access
  • ProXPN
  • TorGuard

    • Secure Browsing

    • Use incognito or privacy mode
    • Use Firefox over Chrome
    • TOR Browser
    • AdBlock Plus
    • Privacy Badger

      • Mobile

      • ChatSecure – Secure chat with Google and XMPP (Android and iOS)
      • TextSecure – Secure SMS and MMS (Android only)
      • RedPhone – Secure calling (Android only)
      • Cryptocat – Secure group chat (iOS only)
      • Wickr – Secure chat with optional time bomb to delete after given time (Android and iOS)
      • Connec+ +or – Secure browsing for Android
      • Red Onion – TOR for iOS

        • As an aside, Facetime and iMessage on iOS are end-to-end encrypted.

        Secure Email

        • Hush Mail
        • Bitmessage
        • GPG

          • Leave No Trace

          • TAILS – The Amnesiac Incognito Live System
            • Used by Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden.
            • Runs on a flash drive (I wear mine around my neck)
            • Completely anonymous,  as it goes around the computer’s hard drive.
            • Uses TOR
            • Encrypts your userspace

              • Or use a live distro of Linux without any persistent storage. You can set up a live USB of Ubuntu or many other distros of Linux. For instance, I also carry Kubuntu around my neck as a live stick.

              • Unetbootin – works everywhere and it’s easy to use:
              • Create a live USB stick with Ubuntu

                • Use Good Passwords

                This is one of the most important things of all. If you’re using weak passwords, then you’re not securing anything at all. It’s the equivalent of leaving a key under your doormat.

                • Lastpass – The browser plug in is the best, and it works everywhere since it’s just a browser plug in.
                • 1Password
                • KeePass – Stand alone, works everywhere
                • Strong Password Generator
                • Four Methods to Create a Secure Password You’ll Actually Remember (LifeHacker)

                  • Things You Should Be Aware Of

                  If you’re using software to enhance or protect your privacy, chances are you’re going to be put on a watch list.

                  • NSA’s XKEYSCORE dissected: All Tor users marked as ‘extremists’ (Silicon Angle)
                  • XKeyscore exposed: How NSA tracks all German Tor users as ‘extremists’ (RT)
                  • If you read Boing Boing, the NSA considers you a target for deep surveillance (Boing Boing)
                  • NSA targets Linux Journal as ‘extremist forum’: Report (ZDNet)
                  • Use Tor or ‘EXTREMIST’ Tails Linux? Congrats, you’re on an NSA list (The Register)
                  • Use or Look at Online Privacy Tools? NSA Labels You an ‘Extremist’ (Daily Beast)
                  • How the NSA Targets Tor Users (Vice)
                  • NSA targets the privacy-conscious (DasErste)
                  • No Facebook, no iPhone, no problem: how I declared my digital independence (Dan Gilmore @ The Guardian)
                  • Information on Carnivore, an electronic communications and packet sniffer once used by the FBI and the IAO.
                  • Information on Magic Lantern, a keylogger used by the FBI.
                    • Music

                    This week’s music is brought to you by Tardiss and the Free Music Archive!

                    • Slow Stich
                    • Silver Fences

                      • As always, the title track is Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita.

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