Security First [videos]

Posted by secfirstmd on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:28AM
from the advocacyassembly.org dept.

https://advocacyassembly.org/en/partners/securityfirst/

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Re:Security First [videos] by tptacek on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:53PM (#14547505)

If anyone wants to sign up for these and give me deltas from: https://techsolidarity.org/resources.html I'd appreciate it.

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Re:Security First [videos] by secfirstmd on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:12PM (#14549468)

Hey, we have a ton of resources that we try to share widely, so happy to have a look. I'm guessing you want to keep your basic guide short and pithy? E.g try to keep it to single sentences etc...

Happy to have a look at what you got tomorrow morning.

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Re:Security First [videos] by tptacek on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @02:53AM (#14551074)

Exactly right. Thank you!

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Re:Security First [videos] by trendia on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @04:53PM (#14548554)

What's the deal with recommending iPhone over Android?

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Re:Security First [videos] by tptacek on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:45PM (#14548940)

Does this guide recommend Android?

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Re:Security First [videos] by secfirstmd on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:14PM (#14549477)

For a normal threat model user, it's hard to fault an iPhone these days, especially compared to the cluster*ck that is Android security updates.

However, most of the stuff we have written about in both the online trainings and Umbrella is for Android. Mostly because it is by far the most prominent platform for the major of countries that have the highest prominence of security threats to citizens, activists, journalists, aid workers etc.

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Re:Security First [videos] by tptacek on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @02:54AM (#14551080)

You can understand why I'm not eager to wade into this particular discussion on HN --- it has nothing to do with your comments!

But yes: we do strongly recommend iPhones.

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Re:Security First [videos] by mitchpron on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:32AM (#14544956)

I'd also recommend reading Troy Hunt's blog regularly. It's especially helpful for keeping up with whether account information on any site has been compromised. Look up his tool "have i been pwned"

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Re:Security First [videos] by enzanki_ars on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:55AM (#14545196)

Troy Hunt's Blog: https://www.troyhunt.com/ Have I been pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

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Re:Security First [videos] by secfirstmd on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:11PM (#14549458)

Hey, thanks to everyone for the kind upvotes. Hopefully it will be useful. For those who somehow don't already know, we also build a free, open source, android app with tons of guides on digital and physical security - called Umbrella. We are currently doing an update of content and features (more at www.secfirst.org)

Available on Google Play, Amazon, F-Droid Repo etc:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.secfirst.u...

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Re:Security First [videos] by david_arcos on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:48AM (#14545119)

Another recommendation: http://kfrankc.me/cs88s/

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Re:Security First [videos] by travmatt on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @12:21PM (#14545948)

Also an excellent resource: https://decentsecurity.com/, from @SwiftOnSecurity

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Re:Security First [videos] by teddyh on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:26PM (#14547267)

No .onion link (Tor hidden service)?

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Re:Security First [videos] by secfirstmd on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:17PM (#14549496)

We built the videos on providers platform, so a little out of our hands. But Alec Muffet has done loads on making it easier to spin up Tor hidden services - so I might reach out and see can we make that happen for them.

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