Chelsea Manning’s statement for Aaron Swartz Day 2015 / Boing Boing

Snowden’s top 5 secure programs

1. #Tor
Anonymization software which bounces traffic through several computers to conceal where it is coming from. The easiest way of using is through “Tor browser” – a web reader configured for Tor.
►https://www.torproject.org

2. #Signal
Easy-to-use mobile application for IOS or Android which encrypts calls and chat conversations.
►https://whispersystems.org

3. Off the record
Encryption method for chats which often is shortened #OTR. Comes built in to some chat programs, for example Adium, exists as an add on to others.
▻https://adium.im/help/pgs/AdvancedFeatures-OTREncryption.html

4. #Tails_OS
Operative system specifically for integrity issues. Can be carried on a USB-stick and used in for example internet cafés. Leaves no traces on the computer.
►https://tails.boum.org

5. #Qubes
Operative system for the person who really cares about their security. Qubes splits the system’s parts and isolates them from each other, as if you had a computer for every program you were running, so that a security problem in one program will not affect other programs.
▻https://www.qubes-os.org

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