Free screening of The Great Hack & Subject Access Request workshop
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Join us for a special election season event about disinformation and manipulation in political campaigning.
First up, we’re got a FREE screening of the Netflix documentary The Great Hack, which uncovers the dark world of data exploitation through the journeys of players from the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data scandal.
After the film, we’ll show you how to submit a subject access request (SAR) to UK political parties so you can find out exactly what personal data they are holding on you.
To complete a (SAR), you’ll need to bring a laptop or phone and a photo ID that proves your identity and lists your current voting address. A driving licence will suffice if the address is your current voting address. If the address is outdated, you'll need to add a second document with your current voting address. This could be a utility bill, council tax bill or a bank statement from the last 3 months.
Register your free ticket here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/org-newcastle-free-screening-of-the-great-hack-tickets-82936803211
• What we'll do
A Newcastle Libraries and Open Rights Group North East event to help you get the digital security and privacy skills you need to make the most of the Internet and your mobile phone.
Boost your browsing (12:30-14:00)
How your browser is configured can change your Internet experience and determine how much information others can see about your browsing habits.
However, there are simple ways to make your browsing more private and more secure.
In this session we will explore how tracking in the browser works and then what steps you can take to limit the information your browser gives away. By the end you will be able to make informed decisions about how you share your data, know how to change default settings and install add-ons and extensions.
PS: Do bring your smartphone or laptop with you!
Mastering your mobile (14:30-15:30)
Your phone is talking to you, and it is constantly generating and transmitting data to others. This workshop will open the box on your mobile phone. Explore how it works and find what choices and changes you can make to increase your security and privacy. Walk away with practical tips and tricks on basic phone security and detoxing your data traces.
You are welcome to attend one or both sessions.
Feature image: left icon created by Ayub Irawan; right icon by Gregor Cresnar. Both from the Noun Project.
• What to bring
laptop, phone
• Important to know
We understand you may not want to use Eventbrite and therefore booking for these sessions is not mandatory. If however you do not mind using Eventbrite we would be very grateful if you registered so that quite simply we can make sure we have enough seats for everyone!
Skeptics in the pub is organising a hustings for the Newcastle candidates.
This is a great opportunity to ask the candidates what their proposals for human rights and digital rights under Brexit are, and also to ensure that issues around surveillance, privacy and censorship are included in the debate.
Questions to ask the candidates:
• Will you commit to staying in the European Convention on Human Rights?
• With the passing of the Investigatory Powers Act last year, what is your opinion on the level of surveillance in the UK?
• Will you protect digital rights after Brexit?
• Will you commit to guaranteeing data protection rights that have been secured through the General Data Protection Regulation?
This event is free and open to the public so bring friends or family along who might be interested. Find out more information about the hustings here: https://www.meetup.com/North-East-Skeptics/events/239326838/
So it's been a while since our last one, but I would like to propose holding another social meet sometime soon.
I recently met up in Birmingham with a number of the other organisers for the Open Rights Group's local meetups. Some great ideas were shared about how to move forward with groups and campaigns, and how to gain attention in the local area from press and others.
Would be great to share some of these ideas and have a casual meetup to discuss the state of things like the Digital Economy Bill, Espionage Act and potential future plans for events.
Our choice of venue seemed reasonably popular last time, so I'm going to suggest that again and just throw out a random date. If you are interested and can/can't make this, please comment and let me know!
All welcome, so I hope to see you there!
Forum thread: https://forum.cryptopartynewcastle.org/t/next-social-22-april-tbc/234
ORG North East / CryptoParty Newcastle New Year's Meetup
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Hi Guys!
Hope everyone is having a good new year!
I'd like to start the year by suggesting an informal CryptoParty Newcastle meetup sometime in the coming weeks. This won't be a formal CryptoParty, but a social event where we can discuss all things privacy/security/crypto - or just whatever everyone feels like talking about.
As always, all are welcome to attend!
The above is not a fixed date/time, so expect it to change based on what people think. I picked a weekend since I'm expecting that will be easiest for most people, and the pub in question is usually quiet and very close to Newcastle train station for easy access. If you have other suggestions though, please feel free to comment in the forum thread linked below.
For further details, please see our forum thread here.
Cryptoparties are a great way for anyone to learn how to install and use tools to help secure their online communications.
Find out more information about the meeting here: https://forum.cryptopartynewcastle.org/t/next-cryptoparty-12-november-2016/30
Our next event will be taking place:
1:30PM to 3:30PM on Saturday 12 November 2016
at Newcastle City Library!
Location
Newcastle City Library is located in the Charles Avison Building on Newbridge Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. You can find a map here.
As with our previous party, we will be in the former-Crèche room on Level 2 of the library.
Event Topics
Our event topics are subject to change, depending on volunteer availability, but they are likely to include:
Tor Browser2 and TAILS4
Signal Private Messenger1
Full Disk Encryption1
Email Encryption with PGP
Password Managers (such as KeePass1)
Attending
You don't need to register to attend. Please feel free to turn up and have a browse around. At the event, we will organise volunteers into a series of informal tables, each covering a different topic relevant to the CryptoParty ethos. Attendees can move between tables they are interested in, learn a variety of technologies, and hopefully have a fun time!
We would recommend bringing:
A laptop (we can show you how to install and configure the Tor Browser, and encrypt your data)
An empty USB drive (if you want to learn how to use TAILS)
A notepad/pen (always useful)
Any questions you may have about privacy or crypto. We will try our best to answer them!
Volunteering
If you know a bit about some of the topics above, or feel like there's a topic missing which we could cover at the event, please let us know in this thread. We would greatly appreciate any help!
If you feel like you might be able to help out in other ways (advertising the group, organising meetings etc.) then please don't hesitate to comment either. You don't have to be a tech expert! We are here to help everyone as much as we can!
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