[TriLUG] [ta3m-durham] may TA3M - hands-on android hardening party

[Sean Alexandre]

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On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:41:25AM -0400, lisa lorenzin wrote:
> hi all!
> 
> sorry for the delay in writing this up - but here is the information
> for monday's TA3M meeting!  as we discussed last month, i'll be
> bringing a google nexus 7 for us to re-flash, install cyanogenmod,
> and harden using the tor HOWTO.  if you're feeling adventuresome,
> feel free to bring your own sacrificial android device and we can
> work on them in parallel!
> 
> 					regards,
> 
> 						lisa
> 
> May 19
> 
> You're invited to the May Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) in
> Durham! TA3M is an informal meetup designed to connect software
> creators and activists who are interested in censorship,
> surveillance, and open technology. The event takes place in
> different cities around the globe every third Monday of the month.
> 
> WHAT: TA3M in Durham [1,2]
> WHEN: Monday May 19th from 7:15pm 'till 9:15pm
> WHERE: SplatSpace [3]
> TOPIC: Hands-on - Hardening Android for Security & Privacy
> 
> Mobile devices - smartphones and tablets - have become one of our
> primary platforms for accessing the Internet.  Great for
> convenience, but not so much for security and privacy!  Mobile OSes
> offer much more limited options for configuration - leading to much
> greater exposure of personal information such as identity, location,
> browsing habits, etc. - than a traditional desktop OS.
> 
> The security/privacy gurus at Tor have posted a HOWTO for hardening
> Android [4], but it's not for the faint of heart - reflashing the
> firmware, installing a new OS, lots of packages to install and knobs
> to twiddle!  So we decided to make it a joint effort and walk
> through the process together on a reference device - a Google Nexus
> 7.  Join us to see how it's done - or bring your own Android phone
> or tablet and give it a shot yourself!
> 
> The links below provide an overview of the CyanogenMod OS, FDroid
> repository of FOSS apps for Android, Orbot Tor package for Android,
> and DroidWall Android firewall used in the installation.
> 
> Lightning talks are always welcome!
> 
> [1] https://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays
> [2] https://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays:durham
> [3] http://splatspace.org/location/
> [4] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-impossible-hardening-android-security-and-privacy
> [5] http://www.cyanogenmod.org/
> [6] http://teamw.in/
> [7] https://f-droid.org/
> [8] https://www.torproject.org/docs/android.html.en
> [9] https://code.google.com/p/droidwall/
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