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THE LAST CRYPTOHARLEM... BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

click to watch CRYPTOHARLEM on FULL FRONTAL w/ SAMANTHA BEE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En8MlBKxojw)

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click to watch CRYPTOHARLEM on FULL FRONTAL w/ SAMANTHA BEE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En8MlBKxojw)

DRINK UP ( KNOWLEDGE ) WITH FRIENDS!

$0.00 / FREE !!!

ALL ARE WELCOME TO THE NEXT CRYPTOHARLEM SURVEILLANCE CLINIC TO TALK ABOUT !

WONDERING HOW THIS NEW PRESIDENCY HURTS YOU AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO ENHANCE YOUR DIGITAL SAFETY? WE WILL MENTION SOME COOL WORKFLOWS TO HELP YOU GET YOUR "BLACK EDWARD SNOWDEN" ON.

This event is being held in solidarity with CRYPTOPARTY LONDON! Whose event is the same day! :)

WHO IS THE INSTRUCTOR:

Matt "mateo" Mitchell
@geminiimatt (https://www.twitter.com/geminiimatt)

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CryptoHarlem's @GEMINIIMATT was recently named "BEST PERSON TO HELP YOU ENCRYPT SHIT!" (http://www.villagevoice.com/best-of/2016/smart-city/best-person-to-help-you-encrypt-shit-9242713) Matt is a security researcher, operational security trainer, and data journalist who leads CryptoHarlem, impromptu workshops teaching basic cryptography tools to the predominately African American community in upper Manhattan. Previously, he worked as a data journalist for The New York Times and as a developer for CNN, Aol/Huffington Post, and other news organizations. Matt currently trains activists and journalists in digital security (with Global Journalist Security - https://www.journalistsecurity.net/team/ (https://www.journalistsecurity.net/team/) ). Matt also trains activists with a special focus on marginalized populations who are often aggressively monitored, over-policed, and disenfranchised. Currently Matt is a Mozilla Foundation ( https://advocacy.mozilla.org/en-US/open-web-fellows/fellows2016 ) (https://t.co/tCZ1yVNOyk) / Ford Foundation ( https://www.fordfoundation.org/ideas/equals-change-blog/posts/announcing-the-2016-ford-mozilla-open-web-fellows/ (https://www.fordfoundation.org/ideas/equals-change-blog/posts/announcing-the-2016-ford-mozilla-open-web-fellows/) ) 2016 Open Web Fellow based at civil rights/social justice organization, ColorOfChange ( http//www.colorofchange.org) pioneering tools and discovering compelling user engagement strategies. Matt is a New America Cybersecurity Initiative fellow ( https://www.newamerica.org/cybersecurity-initiative/cybersecurity-fellows (https://www.newamerica.org/cybersecurity-initiative/cybersecurity-fellows) ). Matt is also a member of the Open Tech Fund Advisory Council ( https://www.opentech.fund/about/people/advisory-council (https://www.opentech.fund/about/people/advisory-council) )

INTRODUCING SPECIAL GUEST TRAINER:
@NERDONICA

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Veronica Ray is an iOS engineer at LinkedIn on the Video team. She has spoken at domestic and international conferences on software testing and functional programming. Once she rode her bike between two moose.

CAN"T MAKE IT?! WAITLISTED?! We meet every month.

JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL WORKSHOP AT CRYPTOHARLEM!

Bring your laptop for a general discussion and answers to your questions.

you are under surveillance right now! - data & goliath (https://www.schneier.com/books/data_and_goliath/Data_and_Goliath_Introduction.pdf)

Wednesday, December 14th 2016 · 5:45 PM*
@ Creative Workspace (inside Harlem Business Alliance)
275 Malcolm X Blvd. (aka Lenox Avenue )
between West 124th street & West 123rd street
NY, NY 10027

OPEN TO ALL! NO PREVIOUS UNDERSTANDING OR KNOWLEDGE NEEDED &
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS!
Save the date! Bring your questions & thoughts. This month we will do our best to cover some of the security issues and hacker news of the day. We also will have a special guest (who will talk about their work).
#harlemcryptoparty
# I AM A PRO & WANT TO SPEAK, PRESENT, HELP OUT

security pros interested in helping out? volunteering? contact:
geminiimatt[at}protonmail.com via secure email &/or otr
pgp signature: 381A B2F0 0378 2939 B00C 467F 0B87 70AA 0704 6231
pgp pubkey: http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x0B8770AA07046231

# WHAT'S A CRYPTOPARTY ## ## ## ##
Cryptoparty Harlem:

Sorry no chips, dip, awesome music or drinks. Just food for your mind. Ever wonder how to stay private, safe, & secure in today's digital age? What is a cryptoparty anyway? A CryptoParty is free, public and fun. People bring their computers, mobile devices, and a willingness to learn! In the time of the event, people will learn and teach how to use basic cryptography tools. Cryptoparties (http://cryptoparty.in) are decentralized global events that are organized to answer questions and instruct people on technology & privacy. Cryptoparties are always free to attend, public, commercially and politically non-aligned and absolutely against sexual harassment and discrimination.

There are no dumb questions, you do not need to know anything about this subject, nor do you even need to bring a computer or phone. However that will help you get the most of it.

This event is always open to everyone and free. We spend hours promoting the event in the community each month not just online. We purposely hand our flyers to anyone & everyone. We also do not ever discriminate. All are welcome regardless of gender/gender non-conformity, age, technical knowledge, race, class, privilege,sexual orientation,etc. Harlem is a diverse beautiful melting pot and we want to represent that.

For more information see the global cryptoparty website:

http://www.cryptoparty.in/

# WHERE ## ## ## ##

Creative Workspace @ HBA
@CreativeWrkspce
The #Harlem co-working space located at
275 Lenox Avenue (also known as Malcom X Blvd)
NY,NY
10027

"Power to the Creatives!"

  • always free $

closest train 2/3 to 125th Street Station

short wallk from A/B/C/D/ 125th Street Station

ok walk from 4/5/6 125th Street Station

# WHEN ## ## ## ##

Monday, December 14th, 2016 @ 5:45pm (-9pm)
( get there early to meet people, get a nice seat, get on the wifi)

# WHY ## ## ## ##

we will be available to answer, discuss, teach, and learn about secure mobile use, secure browsing (using tor), secure email (using gpg), and secure chat (using otr).

# BUT WHY HARLEM?! ## ## ##

Watch on Youtube - Did NYPD use social media to jail an innocent teen?

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Watch on Youtube - Did NYPD use social media to jail an innocent teen? (

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDq-OzMWQwg

) *

Watch on Youtube - Verizon Innovative Learning: "You Don't Know Me" (

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Watch on Youtube - Verizon Innovative Learning: "You Don't Know Me" (

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbY384L07G4

) A lot of people don't know that back in December of 2013 NYC lauched The Harlem WiFi network ( http://harlemfreewifi.com/ ) rolled out by Sky-Packets ( (http://harlemfreewifi.com/) http://www.sky-packets.com/muni-wifi/ ) it extends 95 city blocks, from 110th to 138th Streets between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Madison Avenue making it at the time the largest continuous free outdoor public wireless network in the nation. The internet is literally all around us and free in Harlem! Throw in the fact that african americans over index on mobile phone usage (92% of African Americans own a cell phone, and 56% own a smartphone (http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/01/06/african-americans-and-technology-use/)). So what better place to learn about using tech safely.

@geminiimatt has lived in harlem for over a decade and has seen it change for the good & bad. However one thing that has stayed the same is the high level of surveillance & scrutiny faced by residents. ONLINE: Please read Ben Popper's examination of the fallout from NYPD's Operation Crew Cut , "How the NYPD is using social media to put Harlem teens behind bars" ( http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/10/7341077/nypd-harlem-crews-social-media-rikers-prison ) , ON THE CORNER: Via official nypd cctv surveillance cameras & private owned cameras & FROM UP ABOVE: via SkyWatch tactical platform units and shotspotter ( https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-future/shotspotter-ceo-answers-questions-gunshot-detectors-cities ), gunshot detection devices.

Our objective is to liberate the people of Harlem. We have sky watch towers on our streets, we have flood lights in our public housing courtyards, we have remote control surveillance cameras on our corners, automatic license place readers scan the roads, and shot stopper microphones listen from the rooftops. whenever there is a protest, cell phone calls & text are intercepted by stingrays. The inner city is the test bed for these technologies, many of which were designed to fight the war on terror. If this surveillance over reach & over policing isnt confronted in the urban areas of this country who knows where it will grow to next.

WHO:

a random assortment of decentralized volunteers and organizers.

latest list of technologist/instructors at the workshop:

@cryptoharlem

@geminiimatt (https://www.twitter.com/geminiimatt)

@huertanix (https://twitter.com/huertanix)

@corcra (https://twitter.com/corcra) ( organizer at large )

& guest ( TBA )

In association with

@Cryptoparty (https://www.twitter.com/cryptoparty)

@CryptoPartyNYC (https://www.twitter.com/cryptopartynyc)

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