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'''CryptoParty''' ([[Cryptography|Crypto]]-[[Party]]) is a [[grassroots]] global endeavour<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/11/privacy-ubuntu-1210-full-disk-encryption |title=Privacy in Ubuntu 12.10: Full Disk Encryption &#124; Electronic Frontier Foundation |publisher=Eff.org |date=2012-11-06 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> to introduce the basics of practical cryptography such as the [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor anonymity network]], [[key signing party|key signing parties]], [[disk encryption]] and [[virtual private network]]s to the general public.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pauli |first=Darren |url=http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/314275,cryptoparty-goes-viral.aspx |title=Cryptoparty goes viral - Crypto - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence |publisher=Scmagazine.com.au |date=2012-09-04 |accessdate=2012-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/the-woman-behind-cryptoparty/24782719.html |title=The Woman Behind CryptoParty |publisher=Rferl.org |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> The project primarily consists of a series of free public workshops.
'''CryptoParty''' ([[Cryptography|Crypto]]-[[Party]]) is a [[grassroots]] global endeavour<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/11/privacy-ubuntu-1210-full-disk-encryption |title=Privacy in Ubuntu 12.10: Full Disk Encryption &#124; Electronic Frontier Foundation |publisher=Eff.org |date=2012-11-06 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> to introduce the basics of practical cryptography such as the [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor anonymity network]], [[I2P]], [[Freenet]], [[key signing party|key signing parties]], [[disk encryption]] and [[virtual private network]]s to the general public.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pauli |first=Darren |url=http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/314275,cryptoparty-goes-viral.aspx |title=Cryptoparty goes viral|publisher=Scmagazine.com.au |date=2012-09-04 |accessdate=2012-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/the-woman-behind-cryptoparty/24782719.html |title=The Woman Behind CryptoParty |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |publisher=Rferl.org |date= 27 November 2012|accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> The project primarily consists of a series of free public workshops.


==History==
==History==


[[File:SantiagoChileCryptoParty.jpg|thumb|A flyer for a CryptoParty in [[Santiago, Chile]] featuring [[Alice in Wonderland]] imagery.|right]]
[[File:SantiagoChileCryptoParty.jpg|thumb|A flyer for a CryptoParty in [[Santiago, Chile]] featuring [[Alice in Wonderland]] imagery.|right]]
A successor to the [[Cypherpunk]]s of the 1990s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121009/06132920660/cryptoparty-like-its-1993.shtml |title=CryptoParty Like It's 1993 |publisher=Techdirt |date=2012-10-11 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> CryptoParty was conceived in late August 2012 by an Australian journalist who goes by the ''[[pen name]]'' Asher Wolf in a [[Twitter]] post<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/asher_wolf/status/238224764739653632|title=Asher Wolf on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref> following the passing of the Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 and the proposal of a [[Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015|two-year data retention law in that country]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newmatilda.com/2012/09/05/no-australian-will-live-privacy|title=Your Data Is Safe With Nicola Roxon|publisher=Newmatilda.com|access-date=2012-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919184730/http://newmatilda.com/2012/09/05/no-australian-will-live-privacy|archive-date=2012-09-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4575 |title=Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 – Parliament of Australia |publisher=Aph.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2012-09-26}}</ref> The [[DIY]], [[self-organization|self-organizing]] movement immediately went [[viral phenomenon|viral]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-D_kFfIRY |title=Ain't no party like a cryptoparty: privacy goes viral |publisher=YouTube |date=2012-09-21 |accessdate=2012-09-26}}</ref> with a dozen autonomous CryptoParties being organized within hours in cities throughout Australia, the US, the UK, and Germany.
As a successor to the [[Cypherpunk]]s of the 1990s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121009/06132920660/cryptoparty-like-its-1993.shtml |title=CryptoParty Like It's 1993 |publisher=Techdirt |date=2012-10-11 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> CryptoParty was conceived in late August 2012 by the Australian journalist Asher Wolf in a [[Twitter]] post<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/asher_wolf/status/238224764739653632|title=Asher Wolf on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref> following the passing of the Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 and the proposal of a [[Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015|two-year data retention law in that country]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newmatilda.com/2012/09/05/no-australian-will-live-privacy|title=Your Data Is Safe With Nicola Roxon|publisher=Newmatilda.com|access-date=2012-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919184730/http://newmatilda.com/2012/09/05/no-australian-will-live-privacy|archive-date=2012-09-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4575 |title=Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 – Parliament of Australia |publisher=Aph.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2012-09-26}}</ref> The [[DIY]], [[self-organization|self-organizing]] movement immediately went [[viral phenomenon|viral]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-D_kFfIRY |title=Ain't no party like a cryptoparty: privacy goes viral |publisher=YouTube |date=2012-09-21 |accessdate=2012-09-26}}</ref> with a dozen autonomous CryptoParties being organized within hours in cities throughout Australia, the US, the UK, and Germany.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/crypto-partys-eins-ist-unsicher-unsere-daten-11909519.html |title=Crypto Partys: Eins ist unsicher: Unsere Daten - Debatten |publisher=FAZ |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> Many more parties were soon organized or held in Chile,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entodaspartes.org/cryptoparty/ |title=entodaspartes.net representando &#124; Just another WordPress site |publisher=Entodaspartes.org |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Netherlands, Hawaii, Asia, etc. Tor usage in Australia itself spiked,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metrics.torproject.org/users.html?graph=direct-users&start=2012-02-01&end=2012-09-28&country=au&dpi=72#direct-users |title=Tor Metrics Portal: Users |publisher=Metrics.torproject.org |date= |access-date=2013-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222052658/https://metrics.torproject.org/users.html?graph=direct-users&start=2012-02-01&end=2012-09-28&country=au&dpi=72#direct-users |archive-date=2014-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and CryptoParty London with 130 attendees—some of whom were veterans of the [[Occupy London]] movement—had to be moved from [[London Hackspace]] to the Google campus in east London's [[Tech City]].
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/crypto-partys-eins-ist-unsicher-unsere-daten-11909519.html |title=Crypto Partys: Eins ist unsicher: Unsere Daten - Debatten |newspaper=Faz.net |publisher=FAZ |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20|last1=Küchemann |first1=Fridtjof }}</ref> Many more parties were soon organized or held in Chile, The Netherlands, Hawaii, Asia, etc. Tor usage in Australia itself spiked,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metrics.torproject.org/users.html?graph=direct-users&start=2012-02-01&end=2012-09-28&country=au&dpi=72#direct-users |title=Tor Metrics Portal: Users |publisher=Metrics.torproject.org |date= |access-date=2013-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222052658/https://metrics.torproject.org/users.html?graph=direct-users&start=2012-02-01&end=2012-09-28&country=au&dpi=72#direct-users |archive-date=2014-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and CryptoParty London with 130 attendees—some of whom were veterans of the [[Occupy London]] movement—had to be moved from [[London Hackspace]] to the Google campus in east London's [[Tech City]].


As of mid-October 2012 some 30 CryptoParties have been held globally, some on a continuing basis, and CryptoParties were held on the same day in Reykjavik, Brussels and Manila.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1701745/Cryptoparties-teach-privacy-to-the-public |title=Cryptoparties Teach Data Privacy To The Public &#124; Cryptoparty Sydney &#124; SBS World News |publisher=Sbs.com.au |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref>
As of mid-October 2012 some 30 CryptoParties have been held globally, some on a continuing basis, and CryptoParties were held on the same day in Reykjavik, Brussels, and Manila.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1701745/Cryptoparties-teach-privacy-to-the-public |title=Cryptoparties Teach Data Privacy To The Public &#124; Cryptoparty Sydney &#124; SBS World News |publisher=Sbs.com.au |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20 |archive-date=2012-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018185625/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1701745/Cryptoparties-teach-privacy-to-the-public |url-status=dead }}</ref>


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The first draft of the 442-page ''CryptoParty Handbook'' (the hard copy of which is available at cost) was pulled together in three days using the [[book sprint]] approach, and was released 2012-10-04 under a [[CC BY-SA]] license.<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-10-11 |title=CryptoParty Like It's 1993 |url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121009/06132920660/cryptoparty-like-its-1993.shtml |publisher=Techdirt |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref>
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==Media response==
[[File:GetDownGetEncrypted.jpeg|thumb|Sample promotional art work. The [[electromechanical]] computer in the background is the U.S. Navy [[Bombe]] which helped [[cryptanalysis|cryptanalyze]] the [[Enigma machine]] during WWII.|right]]
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CryptoParty has received early messages of support from the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Seth Schoen |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/2013-review-encrypting-web-takes-huge-leap-forward |title=2013 in Review: Encrypting the Web Takes A Huge Leap Forward |publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation |date=2013-12-28 |accessdate=2014-05-29}}</ref> and (purportedly) [[Anonymous (group)|AnonyOps]], as well as the [[National Security Agency|NSA]] [[whistleblower]] [[Thomas Andrews Drake|Thomas Drake]], [[WikiLeaks]] central editor [[Heather Marsh]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsh|first=Heather|title=CryptoParty Melbourne|url=http://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/cryptoparty-melbourne/|publisher=GeorgieBC's Blog|accessdate=September 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=0.00 |url=http://soundcloud.com/cryptoparty |title=cryptoparty's stream on SoundCloud |publisher=Soundcloud.com |date=2012-09-23 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> and [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] reporter [[Quinn Norton]].<ref>{{cite web|author=0.00 |url=http://soundcloud.com/cryptoparty |title=cryptoparty's sounds on SoundCloud |publisher=Soundcloud.com |date=2012-09-23 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> [[Eric Hughes (cypherpunk)|Eric Hughes]], the author of ''A Cypherpunk's Manifesto'' nearly two decades before, delivered the keynote address, ''Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers'', at the Amsterdam CryptoParty on 2012-09-27.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DrWhax/status/251361545790033921 |title=Twitter / DrWhax: I might as well reveal the |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2012-09-27 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> Marcin de Kaminski, founding member of [[Piratbyrån]] which in turn founded [[The Pirate Bay]], regards CryptoParty as the most important civic project in cryptography today,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/cryptoparty-bewegung-die-cypherpunks-sind-zurueck-a-859473.html |title=Cryptoparty-Bewegung: Die Cypherpunks sind zurück |work=Der Spiegel |date=2012-10-09 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fnetzwelt%2Fnetzpolitik%2Fcryptoparty-bewegung-die-cypherpunks-sind-zurueck-a-859473.html |title=Google Translate |publisher=Translate.google.com |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> and [[Cory Doctorow]] has characterized a CryptoParty as being "like a [[Tupperware]] party for learning crypto."<ref>{{cite web|author=Cory Doctorow at 10:00 am Fri, Oct 12 |url=http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/cryptoparty-like-a-tupperware.html |title=CryptoParty: like a Tupperware party for learning crypto |publisher=Boing Boing |date=2012-10-12 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' in December 2014 mentioned "crypto parties" in the wake of the [[Edward Snowden]] leaks in an article about the [[NSA]].<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/inside-the-nsa-s-war-on-internet-security-a-1010361.html /inside-the-nsa-s-war-on-internet-security]</ref>


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=== Edward Snowden involvement ===
==Publications==
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In May 2014, ''Wired'' reported that [[Edward Snowden]], while employed by [[Dell]] as an [[National Security Agency|NSA]] contractor, organized a local CryptoParty at a small [[hackerspace]] in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]] on December 11, six months before becoming well known for leaking tens of thousands of secret U.S. government documents. During the CryptoParty, Snowden taught 20 Hawaii residents how to encrypt their hard drives and use the Internet anonymously. The event was filmed by Snowden's then-girlfriend, but the video has never been released online. In a follow-up post to the CryptoParty wiki,<ref>{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Snowden's Post in the CryptoParty Wiki |url=http://besva.de/mirror-cryptoparty.org/wiki/Oahu.html |accessdate=2015-03-01}}</ref> Snowden pronounced the event a "huge success."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Poulsen |first=Kevin |date=2014-05-21 |title=Snowden's First Move Against the NSA Was a Party in Hawaii |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/05/snowden-cryptoparty/ |magazine=Wired |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref>


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==Media response==
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The first draft of the 442-page ''CryptoParty Handbook'' (the hard copy of which is available at cost) was pulled together in three days using the [[book sprint]] approach,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121009/06132920660/cryptoparty-like-its-1993.shtml |title=CryptoParty Like It's 1993 |publisher=Techdirt |date=2012-10-11 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> and was released 2012-10-04 under a [[CC-BY-SA]] license; it remains under constant revision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/CryptoPartyHandbook |title=CryptoPartyHandbook |publisher=CryptoParty |date=2013-01-31 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref>
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CryptoParty has received early messages of support from the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Seth|last=Schoen |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/2013-review-encrypting-web-takes-huge-leap-forward |title=2013 in Review: Encrypting the Web Takes A Huge Leap Forward |publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation |date=2013-12-28 |accessdate=2014-05-29}}</ref> and (purportedly) [[Anonymous (group)|AnonyOps]], as well as the [[National Security Agency|NSA]] [[whistleblower]] [[Thomas Andrews Drake|Thomas Drake]], [[WikiLeaks]] central editor [[Heather Marsh]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsh|first=Heather|title=CryptoParty Melbourne|url=http://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/cryptoparty-melbourne/|publisher=GeorgieBC's Blog|accessdate=September 22, 2012|date=2012-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://soundcloud.com/cryptoparty |title=cryptoparty's stream on SoundCloud |publisher=Soundcloud.com |date=2012-09-23 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> and [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'']] reporter [[Quinn Norton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soundcloud.com/cryptoparty |title=cryptoparty's sounds on SoundCloud |publisher=Soundcloud.com |date=2012-09-23 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> [[Eric Hughes (cypherpunk)|Eric Hughes]], the author of ''A Cypherpunk's Manifesto'' nearly two decades before, delivered the keynote address, ''Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers'', at the Amsterdam CryptoParty on 2012-09-27.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DrWhax/status/251361545790033921 |title=Twitter / DrWhax: I might as well reveal the |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2012-09-27 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> Marcin de Kaminski, founding member of [[Piratbyrån]] which in turn founded [[The Pirate Bay]], regards CryptoParty as the most important civic project in cryptography today,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/cryptoparty-bewegung-die-cypherpunks-sind-zurueck-a-859473.html |title=Cryptoparty-Bewegung: Die Cypherpunks sind zurück |work=Der Spiegel |date=2012-10-09 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fnetzwelt%2Fnetzpolitik%2Fcryptoparty-bewegung-die-cypherpunks-sind-zurueck-a-859473.html |title=Google Translate |date= |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> and [[Cory Doctorow]] has characterized a CryptoParty as being "like a [[Tupperware]] party for learning crypto."<ref>{{cite web|first=Cory|last=Doctorow|url=http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/cryptoparty-like-a-tupperware.html |title=CryptoParty: like a Tupperware party for learning crypto |publisher=Boing Boing |date=2012-10-12 |accessdate=2013-02-20}}</ref> {{Lang|de|[[Der Spiegel]]}} in December 2014 mentioned "crypto parties" in the wake of the [[Edward Snowden]] leaks in an article about the [[NSA]].<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/inside-the-nsa-s-war-on-internet-security-a-1010361.html /inside-the-nsa-s-war-on-internet-security]</ref>

==Attack and site takedown==

In April and May 2013, the movement's main wiki page, cryptoparty.org, was subject to a series of [[Spamming|spam attack]]s that eventually resulted in the site being taken out of service. Protection against spam attacks was rendered more difficult than on other wikis by a site-specific policy permitting edits from users employing anonymization services. Spam attacks were also facilitated by the use of inappropriate MediaWiki settings in ConfirmEdit plugin. The use of [[Captcha|SimpleCaptcha]] is not recommended by the ConfirmEdit authors (" [...] used by very few wikis outside WMF if any, probably because of scarce effectiveness").<ref>[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit#Not_recommended ConfirmEdit, Mediawiki extension.] mediawiki.org 15-06-2013. Retrieved 23-06-2013</ref>

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==Edward Snowden involvement==

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In May 2014, ''Wired'' reported that [[Edward Snowden]], while employed by [[Dell]] as an [[National Security Agency|NSA]] contractor, organized a local CryptoParty at a small [[hackerspace]] in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]] on December 11, six months before becoming well known for leaking tens of thousands of secret U.S. government documents. During the CryptoParty, Snowden taught 20 Hawaii residents how to encrypt their hard drives and use the Internet anonymously. The event was filmed by Snowden's then-girlfriend, but the video has never been released online. In a follow-up post to the CryptoParty wiki,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://besva.de/mirror-cryptoparty.org/wiki/Oahu.html |title=Snowden's Post in the CryptoParty Wiki |date=2012 |accessdate=2015-03-01}}</ref> Snowden pronounced the event a "huge success."<ref>{{cite web|author=Kevin Poulsen |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/05/snowden-cryptoparty/ |title=Snowden's First Move Against the NSA Was a Party in Hawaii |publisher=Wired |date=2014-05-21 |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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{{Portal| Anarchism | Australia | Freedom of speech | Politics }}
* [[Cyber self-defense]]
* [[Cyber self-defense]]


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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://cryptoparty.in CryptoParty Wiki]
* [https://cryptoparty.in CryptoParty Wiki]
* [https://www.cryptoparty.fr Another CryptoParty Wiki]
* [https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AQvNeBGHrxYbZGhoY3gzdHJfNDMyNzNycnF4Z3M An Australian crypto primer preso]
* [https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AQvNeBGHrxYbZGhoY3gzdHJfNDMyNzNycnF4Z3M An Australian crypto primer preso]
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/pub?id=1JIaqy-AngwSUC9uUvjfg7YNePzoM7leAimcm07iCCNE&start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p14 Beginning of CryptoParty London's slideshow]
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/pub?id=1JIaqy-AngwSUC9uUvjfg7YNePzoM7leAimcm07iCCNE&start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p14 Beginning of CryptoParty London's slideshow]
* [http://cryptohub.nl/cryptoparty/eric_hughes_cryptoparty.ogg Eric Hughes's keynote address at the Amsterdam CryptoParty]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140810042044/http://cryptohub.nl/cryptoparty/eric_hughes_cryptoparty.ogg Eric Hughes's keynote address at the Amsterdam CryptoParty]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK6Cx7zxlDc Asher Wolf on privacy concerns and the origin and spread of CryptoParty]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK6Cx7zxlDc Asher Wolf on privacy concerns and the origin and spread of CryptoParty]
* [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/dsausa/pages/2866/attachments/original/1499803591/DSAInformationSecurityRecommendations_June2017.pdf?1499803591[[Democratic Socialists of America]]'s Information Security Recommendations]
* [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/dsausa/pages/2866/attachments/original/1499803591/DSAInformationSecurityRecommendations_June2017.pdf?1499803591]


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CryptoParty (Crypto-Party) is a grassroots global endeavour[1] to introduce the basics of practical cryptography such as the Tor anonymity network, I2P, Freenet, key signing parties, disk encryption and virtual private networks to the general public.[2][3] The project primarily consists of a series of free public workshops.

History

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A flyer for a CryptoParty in Santiago, Chile featuring Alice in Wonderland imagery.

As a successor to the Cypherpunks of the 1990s,[4] CryptoParty was conceived in late August 2012 by the Australian journalist Asher Wolf in a Twitter post[5] following the passing of the Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 and the proposal of a two-year data retention law in that country,[6] the Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011.[7] The DIY, self-organizing movement immediately went viral,[8] with a dozen autonomous CryptoParties being organized within hours in cities throughout Australia, the US, the UK, and Germany. [9] Many more parties were soon organized or held in Chile, The Netherlands, Hawaii, Asia, etc. Tor usage in Australia itself spiked,[10] and CryptoParty London with 130 attendees—some of whom were veterans of the Occupy London movement—had to be moved from London Hackspace to the Google campus in east London's Tech City.

As of mid-October 2012 some 30 CryptoParties have been held globally, some on a continuing basis, and CryptoParties were held on the same day in Reykjavik, Brussels, and Manila.[11]

The first draft of the 442-page CryptoParty Handbook (the hard copy of which is available at cost) was pulled together in three days using the book sprint approach, and was released 2012-10-04 under a CC BY-SA license.[12]

Edward Snowden involvement

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In May 2014, Wired reported that Edward Snowden, while employed by Dell as an NSA contractor, organized a local CryptoParty at a small hackerspace in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 11, six months before becoming well known for leaking tens of thousands of secret U.S. government documents. During the CryptoParty, Snowden taught 20 Hawaii residents how to encrypt their hard drives and use the Internet anonymously. The event was filmed by Snowden's then-girlfriend, but the video has never been released online. In a follow-up post to the CryptoParty wiki,[13] Snowden pronounced the event a "huge success."[14]

Media response

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CryptoParty has received early messages of support from the Electronic Frontier Foundation[15] and (purportedly) AnonyOps, as well as the NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, WikiLeaks central editor Heather Marsh,[16][17] and Wired reporter Quinn Norton.[18] Eric Hughes, the author of A Cypherpunk's Manifesto nearly two decades before, delivered the keynote address, Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers, at the Amsterdam CryptoParty on 2012-09-27.[19] Marcin de Kaminski, founding member of Piratbyrån which in turn founded The Pirate Bay, regards CryptoParty as the most important civic project in cryptography today,[20][21] and Cory Doctorow has characterized a CryptoParty as being "like a Tupperware party for learning crypto."[22] Der Spiegel in December 2014 mentioned "crypto parties" in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks in an article about the NSA.[23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Privacy in Ubuntu 12.10: Full Disk Encryption | Electronic Frontier Foundation". Eff.org. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  2. ^ Pauli, Darren (2012-09-04). "Cryptoparty goes viral". Scmagazine.com.au. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
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