[Discuss] Tonight - BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - CryptoParty - Weds, Feb 4, 2015

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

Will,

Given the widespread failures on the T and the massive gridlock which 
tied up roads for hours last night, I'd like to know if there's any 
chance to reschedule the meeting.

Bill Horne


On 2/4/2015 10:42 AM, Will Rico wrote:
> *Sorry for the last minute notice.  Some extenuating family (health) issues
> have slowed me down as of late.  If you plan to attend tonight, please
> email me at willrico at gmail.com so I can give a proper headcount to Akamai
> and they can order enough food.
>
> When: Wednesday, February 4, 6:30 - 8:30PM
>
> Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
>
> Directions
>        http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
>        Also easily accessibly by T.
>
> Cost: Free
>
> Notes
>
>    1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
>       standard MIT meeting location.
>
>    2) Akamai has generously agreed to provide space
>       and 'free as in food' for this meeting.
>       Thank you to our sponsor!
>       http://www.akamai.com/
>
> Summary
>
> Albert Willis along with Steve Revilak, Quartermaster for the Massachusetts
> Pirate Party<https://masspirates.org>, will show us how to protect
> ourselves online.  Topics will include:
>
>     * How Packet Sniffing Works and Why You're Vunerable
>
>     * Securing Email (PGP)
>
>     * Securing Web Browsing
>
>     * Q&  A for other topics of interest (e.g. chat, VOIP, etc.)
>
>   Plus, J?r?mie Astori will present cryptic
> <https://github.com/astorije/cryptic>  [github.com], a script to very easily
> split root and home partitions when installing Ubuntu on a fully encrypted
> disk.
>
> More events and announcements:
>
>    Natick FOSS
>    Thurs, Feb 5 at Natick Community-Senior Center at 117 East Central Street
>    http://natickfoss.org/
>
>    Mesh Nets with William Fleurant
>    Weds, Mar 4 at Akamai
>    http://meetu.ps/2G5Rkm
>
>     Linux Soup 15 with Christoph Doerbeck
>    Weds, Mar 18 at MIT
>    http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2015-mar
>
>    LibrePlanet 2015
>    Sat&  Sun, Mar 21 - 22 at MIT
>    https://libreplanet.org/2015/
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