Secure communications

Why?

Snowden

Wikileaks

Legislative Summary of Bill C 51

Craig Forcese   New Book: False Security

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

How Bill C51 Changes things

• kinetic power
• Formerly CSIS could only gather info, RCMP acted
• Mess you up
• Diffuse, Disrupt, and destroy 
• Broad interpretation of "activities that undermine the security of Canada"

• pipeline protesters
• First Nations activists
• Eco folks
• Anything that looks vaguely Muslim

Media freedom not absolute, court hears as RCMP seeks reporter’s notes https://t.co/dXIjFCuHmr

— Ring of Truth (@ggatin) March 29, 2016

Lots of sharing of private information between government service without permission or warrant http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/several-agencies-using-information-sharing-provisions-in-bill-c-51-1.2830576

No need for conventional processes warrant-less collection and sharing of information. 

• "reasonable cause"
• Spidy senses
• No warrant
• 7 day hold

Data Hygiene 

Personal Security Basics

• Commerce https VPN
• Browsing TOR
• Email Protonmail
• SMS Signal
• Social Media hmmm

Security Self Defense 

Activists

• Cryptoparty

In Journalism

How many use it in Canada? Canadaland Survey

Since then...

Secure Drop

Encryption for journalists