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 100 Understanding and setting up email encryption sounds like a daunting task
 101 to many people. That's why helping your friends with GnuPG plays such an
 102 important role in helping spread encryption. Even if only one person shows
 103 up, that's still one more person using encryption who wasn't before. You have
 104 the power to help your friends keep their digital love letters private, and
 105 teach them about the importance of free software. If you use GnuPG to send and
 106 receive encrypted email, you're a perfect candidate for leading a workshop!</p>
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 122
 123 <h2><em>#1</em> Get your friends or community interested </h2>
 124
 125 <p>If you hear friends grumbling about their lack of privacy, ask them if
 126 they're interested in attending a workshop on Email Self-Defense. If your
 127 friends don't grumble about privacy, they may need some convincing. You might
 128 even hear the classic "if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to
 129 fear" argument against using encryption.</p>
 130
 131 <p>Here are some talking points you can use to help explain why it's worth
 132 it to learn GnuPG. Mix and match whichever you think will make sense to
 133 your community:</p>
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 145
 146 <h3>Strength in numbers</h3>
 147
 148 <p>Each person who chooses to resist mass surveillance with encryption makes
 149 it easier for others to resist as well. People normalizing the use of strong
 150 encryption has multiple powerful effects: it means those who need privacy
 151 the most, like potential whistle-blowers and activists, are more likely to
 152 learn about encryption. More people using encryption for more things also
 153 makes it harder for surveillance systems to single out those that can't
 154 afford to be found, and shows solidarity with those people.</p>
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 158
 159 <h3>People you respect may already be using encryption</h3>
 160
 161 <p>Many journalists, whistleblowers, activists, and researchers use GnuPG,
 162 so your friends might unknowingly have heard of a few people who use it
 163 already. You can search for "BEGIN PUBLIC KEY BLOCK" + keyword to help make
 164 a list of people and organizations who use GnuPG whom your community will
 165 likely recognize.</p>
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 169
 170 <h3>Respect your friends' privacy</h3>
 171
 172 <p>There's no objective way to judge what constitutes privacy-sensitive
 173 correspondence. As such, it's better not to presume that just because you
 174 find an email you sent to a friend innocuous, your friend (or a surveillance
 175 agent, for that matter!) feels the same way. Show your friends respect by
 176 encrypting your correspondence with them.</p>
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 180
 181 <h3>Privacy technology is normal in the physical world</h3>
 182
 183 <p>In the physical realm, we take window blinds, envelopes, and closed doors
 184 for granted as ways of protecting our privacy. Why should the digital realm
 185 be any different?</p>
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 189
 190 <h3>We shouldn't have to trust our email providers with our privacy</h3>
 191
 192 <p>Some email providers are very trustworthy, but many have incentives not
 193 to protect your privacy and security. To be empowered digital citizens,
 194 we need to build our own security from the bottom up.</p>
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 206
 207 <h2><em>#2</em> Plan The Workshop</h2>
 208
 209 <p>Once you've got at least one interested friend, pick a date and start
 210 planning out the workshop. Tell participants to bring their computer and
 211 ID (for signing each other's keys). If you'd like to make it easy for the
 212 participants to use Diceware for choosing passwords, get a pack of dice
 213 beforehand. Make sure the location you select has an easily accessible
 214 Internet connection, and make backup plans in case the connection stops
 215 working on the day of the workshop. Libraries, coffee shops, and community
 216 centers make great locations. Try to get all the participants to set up
 217 an Enigmail-compatible email client before the event. Direct them to their
 218 email provider's IT department or help page if they run into errors.</p>
 219
 220 <p>Estimate that the workshop will take at least forty minutes plus ten minutes
 221 for each participant. Plan extra time for questions and technical glitches.</p>
 222
 223 <p>The success of the workshop requires understanding and catering to
 224 the unique backgrounds and needs of each group of participants. Workshops
 225 should stay small, so that each participant receives more individualized
 226 instruction. If more than a handful of people want to participate, keep the
 227 facilitator to participant ratio high by recruiting more facilitators, or by
 228 facilitating multiple workshops. Small workshops among friends work great!</p>
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 239
 240 <h2><em>#3</em> Follow the guide as a group</h2>
 241
 242 <p>Work through the Email Self-Defense guide a step at a time as a group. Talk
 243 about the steps in detail, but make sure not to overload the participants
 244 with minutia. Pitch the bulk of your instructions to the least tech-savvy
 245 participants. Make sure all the participants complete each step before the
 246 group moves on to the next one. Consider facilitating secondary workshops
 247 afterwards for people that had trouble grasping the concepts, or those that
 248 grasped them quickly and want to learn more.</p>
 249
 250 <p>In <a href="index.html#section2">Section 2</a> of the guide, make
 251 sure the participants upload their keys to the same keyserver so that
 252 they can immediately download each other's keys later (sometimes
 253 there is a delay in synchronization between keyservers). During <a
 254 href="index.html#section3">Section 3</a>, give the participants the option to
 255 send test messages to each other instead of or as well as Edward. Similarly,
 256 in <a href="index.html#section4">Section 4</a>, encourage the participants
 257 to sign each other's keys. At the end, make sure to remind people to safely
 258 back up their revocation certificates.</p>
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 269
 270 <h2><em>#4</em> Explain the pitfalls</h2>
 271
 272 <p>Remind participants that encryption works only when it's explicitly used;
 273 they won't be able to send an encrypted email to someone who hasn't already
 274 set up encryption. Also remind participants to double-check the encryption icon
 275 before hitting send, and that subjects and timestamps are never encrypted.</p>
 276
 277 <p> Explain the <a
 278 href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.html">dangers
 279 of running a proprietary system</a> and
 280 advocate for free software, because without it, we can't <a
 281 href="https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2013/fall/how-can-free-software-protect-us-from-surveillance">meaningfully
 282 resist invasions of our digital privacy and autonomy</a>.</p>
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 293
 294 <h2><em>#5</em> Share additional resources</h2>
 295
 296 <p>GnuPG's advanced options are far too complex to teach in a single
 297 workshop. If participants want to know more, point out the advanced subsections
 298 in the guide and consider organizing another workshop. You can also share
 299 <a href="https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/index.html">GnuPG's</a> and
 300 <a href="https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/documentation">Enigmail's</a>
 301 official documentation and mailing lists. Many GNU/Linux distribution's Web
 302 sites also contain a page explaining some of GnuPG's advanced features.</p>
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 313
 314 <h2><em>#6</em> Follow up</h2>
 315
 316 <p>Make sure everyone has shared email addresses and public key fingerprints
 317 before they leave. Encourage the participants to continue to gain GnuPG
 318 experience by emailing each other. Send them each an encrypted email one
 319 week after the event, reminding them to try adding their public key ID to
 320 places where they publicly list their email address.</p>
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