Email Encryption: Pretty Good Privacy Even when Someone's Listening

This event was hosted by the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.

https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/cis-tech-workshop-tom-lowenthal-ema...

Pretty-good-privacy or PGP is the world's most widely-used email encryption system, capable of protecting the contents of messages from interception by anyone from an ISP to the NSA. In this workshop Tom Lowenthal introduced us to PGP, explained how to use it and taught us some of its foibles.

Tom Lowenthal is a technologist and an activist who specializes in operational security and grassroots surveillance self-defense. A year ago, his opinions on computer security sounded over-the-top, but now they barely seem adequate. He believes strongly in individual privacy & personal freedom and tries to avoid making eye contact with security cameras., which doesn't work nearly as well as it sounds. Tom works to improve the state of usable liberations technologies and teach at-risk users about the steps they can take to be safe. He previously worked as a paranoia advocate at Mozilla, and the Tor Project's coordinator. He holds a B.A. in Political Theory with Computer Science and Technology Policy from Princeton University. You can harangue him on Twitter @flamsmark, or find other contact info at tomlowenthal.com.

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