Did you get a new computer this xmas?

It's a good idea to keep old computers (which are not used any more or that may be thrown away soon), install Linux on them and use them for few tasks which both need be done in a secure environment like OpenPGP email, OTR chat and browsing the web using Tor Project

This is very simple, everybody can do that. It does not really cost anything (just one empty CD/DVD on which you burn, say, Debian 7... which is free to download).

In this way Windows and Mac users get used to using Linux without the shock of their whole system changing. No technical preparation is necessary, just the idea needs to be spread.

So help us spread it! 

Cryptoparty Assembly at 30c3

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/wiki/Assembly:Cryptoparty

Cryptoparty

Website	https://www.cryptoparty.in/
Contact	info@cryptoparty.in
Description	What is CryptoParty? Interested parties with computers, devices, and the desire to learn to use the most basic crypto programs and the fundamental concepts of their operation! CryptoParties are free to attend, public, and are commercially and politically non-aligned. Available on GSM extension 9669.
Members	K3t, Kaie, N34l0, Samthetechie, VKnight, Zombb
Projects	CAcert, Datendichtung für Firefox, Detector.io
Self-organized Sessions	DataSeal Firefox // Datendichtung Firefox
Subassembly of	NoisySquare
Related to assembly	Anarchist Village, Cypherpunk.at, I2P, Youbroketheinternet
Registered on	1 December 2013 21:08:03
Location for self-organized sessions	maybe
Self-organized session notes	Cryptoparty, Cryptoparty Best Practices

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world. ~A Cypherpunk's Manifesto by Eric Hughes, 1993
Welcome cypherpunk! Whether you are an operating leviathan of cryptoanarchism or an interested newbie: 30C3 is the perfect place for enhancing your cryptoskills and sharing your knowledge with others. Beginners welcome!
The Cryptoparty assembly will basically focus on two aspects:

• Doing practical workshops on cryptographic computer applications
• Collecting experiences and sharing best practices on how to organize a cryptoparty

Get in touch!

Please join our irc at #cryptoparty on irc.oftc.net (Tor friendly!) and follow us on Twitter. There is also a jabber group chat at cryptoparty@conference.jabber.cryptoparty.is.

For joint planning of Cryptoparty assembly we have set up a PAD. Please feel free to contribute!