We’ve all seen headlines like “FBI denies link to leak of 12 million

Apple codes,” but not all of us know what they mean, how they affect

our daily lives, or how not to be the victim of such attacks. The

CryptoParty movement has been created to help educate and inform our

communities on practicing security in our daily lives.

“[CryptoParties are] a set of global get-togethers where more

experienced users can teach beginners how to use the commonly

available tools that tap into the incredibly powerful technology of

cryptography,” says Parker Higgins of the EFF. But not only do they

give people exposure to the tools needed to keep themselves safe, they

also introduce people to communities of security-minded individuals

allowing people to further their education in security and privacy in

a fun party environment.

On October 14th, HacDC will be holding its first CryptoParty. The

party will have many talks and workshops on different modern day

security and privacy applications and utilities and how to incorporate

them into our routine. Tor, OpenPGP, SSL, Crypto.cat, Truecrypt and

LUKS will be covered in depth as well as many, many other talks and

workshops. Pizza will be provided, and drinks will be had (BYO). Like

all HacDC events, our CryptoParty will be free and open to the public.

Bring a laptop, a mobile smartphone, and yourself. Install all

applicable updates before you come to the party. Do not bring

removable media (thumbdrives, external hard drives, etc), by

definition it can’t be trusted.

For more details on event specifics check out the meetup event for our cryptoparty: https://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/84193712/

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