Cryptoparty SlovenijaDomen Savič, Državljan Ddomen@drzavljand.si

Is it safe?

• In 2014 Edward Snowden revealed that the masses are being digitally spied on.

• In the spring of 2015 Slovenia was shaken by Tetra affair.• In autumn 2015 the Balkans experienced the Eikonal scandal.

Who will help the user?

• People do not know who to turn to. • The big word is still #security and not #privacy.• There is no government or EU grant for these kinds of activities.

Who is there to help?

• Telecoms are not chartered for this type of consultation.• The state does not sponsor such activites in the NGO sector.• The majority of companies focus on the business #security

sector.

Let‘s do it ourselves!

• Step 1: Bring together experts and let them talk to the community.

• Step 2: Develop a single point of online contact. • Step 3: Popularize the concept of #privacy, not just #security.

Cryptoparty Slovenia

• Lecture: An annual event + 6 workshops twice a year.• Inform: A weekly column in Dnevnik, blog, social media

accounts.• Participate: Co-create national cryptostrategy, push for

political changes.

Target Audience

• General population: Point out the tools and teach them how to use them.

• Journalists: Develop privacy-based behaviour.• Corporate entities: Encourage them to start thinking about

corporate IT privacy.

Tools and skills

• Promoted tools: PGP, Tor, Signal, Spideroak, CryptoCat.• Promoted skills: Privacy awarness, habit change.

Cryptoparty Slovenia event

Online presence

Weekly column onDnevnik.siWeekly column

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12 Sold outworksho

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Growing online

community

Lessons learned

• We need to frame the debate about privacy.• People are interested, but unable to participate.• Journalists are particulary vulnerable.

Find out more:www1: www.e-demokracija.si/cryptoparty

www2: www.drzavljand.si