Quick Organizer's Security Discussion - Ken's (Pro)posterous Posts

A couple of nights ago, while talking to an organizer, I realized there are so many security elements which aren't covered in the security training for organizers which I had the pleasure of consulting on with Third World Majority.

Among them:

Unpredictability: being unpredictable is a very strong security mechanism
Hushmail: using web-based strongly encrypted email should be standard
Tor: Tor should run on most organizer computers
Storage: Find someone to host, ideally privately, an SSH box for you and connect to it using tools such as MacFUSE/SSHFS
Disk Encryption: Create an encrypted disk image and an encrypted disk image inside the mother image
External Devices: If you have an external device, encrypt it...and if you can, give it to someone you trust such as an attorney or clergy person who is less susceptible to search than your average organizer.

I'm going to revisit some of these in greater depth in q2 2011 and publish the TWM Training.

For more information, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has a great primer here:

https://ssd.eff.org/ --