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One Thing To Do Today: Learn about The Onion Router, Tor

January 4, 2017January 6, 2017 carlyn 1 Comment onething, privacy, tor

TL;DR Educate yourself before using. If you’re in, download the software, set it up correctly, use it with care.  Next steps include donating to

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Tuesday Sweep: Welcome Back!

January 3, 2017January 3, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments onething, privacy, security, TuesdaySweep

Still angry? Me too! But now I’ve got some beautiful smoldering coals that can roast anything.  Let get back to work,

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Thank You Shuttleworth Foundation

December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments onething

I’m very honored to announce to have been the recipient of Shuttleworth Foundation “Flash Grant” grant to continue working on the

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One Thing To Do Today: On dark days, be the light.

December 21, 2016June 14, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments defaults, onething

On this darkest day of the year, let’s talk about the chilling effect poor privacy and security policies can have on

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One Thing To Do Today: Phones get lost and stolen. Encrypt them.

December 20, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments encryption, mobile phones, onething, privacy, security

TL;DR: After doing the Tuesday Sweep, read ArsTechnica’s guide on disk encryption. Add making sure devices have encryption turned on

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One Thing To Do Today: If one must use Social Media, follow Army Rules

December 19, 2016January 3, 2017 carlyn 2 Comments onething, opsec, privacy, social media

TL;DR: The military knows it can’t prevent it’s soldiers from using social media. It doesn’t even want to. But there are

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One Thing To Do Today: Time for some tinfoil

December 17, 2016June 14, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments faraday cage, mobile phones, onething, privacy, security

In action movies the experienced guide grabs the befuddled hero’s mobile phone and rips out the battery.   Fiddling with location settings helps,

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One Thing To Do Today: Institute “Beyoncé Rules” for vetting apps

December 16, 2016June 14, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments checklist, mobile phones, onething, privacy, security

TL;DR: An app or service you don’t have can’t spy on you. Be choosey.  From all of the previous work

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One Thing To Do Today: Threat Model 4, What the Ulitmate Threat Actor Sees

December 14, 2016December 14, 2016 carlyn 3 Comments onething, privacy, security, threat actor, threat model

So now we look at our diagram as if we were one of our threat actor personas. To do things

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One Thing To Do Today: Collect phone numbers for future Tuesday Sweeps

December 13, 2016January 15, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments activism, onething, privacy, security, TuesdaySweep

Back on November 20th, Michelle kicked of the Civic Engagement Survival Guide with the Who’s My Representative Mini Hackathon. She not only

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One Thing To Do Today: Threat Model Part 3, Map The Ecosystem

December 12, 2016June 14, 2017 carlyn 1 Comment diagram, onething, privacy, security, threat model

I’m the weirdo that loved diagraming sentences, so this next part makes me nerdily happy.  Time to take one of

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One Thing To Do Today: Learn a new phrase “Threat Model”

December 9, 2016December 10, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments onething, security, threat model

Option 1: You know something can go wrong. “They” can get you …THEM…today it will be in some new way that

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Welcome to CRASH Space. We are a collection of hackers, programmers, builders, makers, artists and people who generally like to break things and see what new things we can build with the pieces. CRASH Space is a 501(c)3 non-profit.

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