If you think governments and corporations have shown themselves to be untrustworthy stewards of the internet, you might want to go along to the CryptoFestival 2013 on 30 November at Goldsmiths, University of London.

The festival (a  major event, that builds on the smaller ‘CryptoParties’ that have been springing up around the place) will have practical skill-sharing sessions on how to have private conversations over instant messaging, how to encrypt emails, how to browse anonymously and how to reliably encrypt your hard disk amongst other things.

Dan McQuillan, Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing at Goldsmiths, says the Festival is going to be the biggest event since Edward Snowden’s revelations and is for anyone who wants to get themselves  ‘off the reading list of the NSA.’

As well as the practical skill sessions, there will be discussion of the erosion of privacy and threats to the global commons and the organisers are keen to see a broad cross spectrum of people there.  They think it could be particularly useful for those who work in health care and for lawyers for whom confidentiality of data is of utmost importance.

Find out more about the sessions,  the speakers and the venue CryptoFestival 2013.

There will be a sister event in Brighton the next day –Brighton CryptoFestival

Tags: Crypto Festival, Edward Snowden, Global Commons, Goldsmiths, NSA, privacy