Learn how to surf the Web anonymously and protect your smart phone from hackers

The Journalism Institute’s cyber security course continues this Saturday, June 27 with a daylong hands-on training in anonymous Web browsing, smart phone security, and counter-surveillance techniques.

Organized by the Institute’s Freedom of the Press Committee, the class is the second in a three-part series. Tickets to each session are $30 for National Press Club members and $40 for nonmembers and can be purchased here.

Attendees must bring a personal laptop. Lunch will be provided. A networking hour at a nearby bar will follow this Saturday’s session, which will run from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Saturday’s class will focus on cyber security threats associated with mobile devices and the risks they present to digital reporting. From talking to sources and conducting interviews to filing the story, attendees will learn the skills necessary to effectively protect their reporting when using a mobile device.

Specific covered topics include:
• Tor: how to properly and safely use this free Web application to circumvent censorship when conducting Web research
• Secure phone line: how to establish one for conducting sensitive phone interviews
• Private messaging: how to send encrypted end-to-end text messages from your mobile device
• Password management for your smart phone

There will also be a two-hour module focused on counter-surveillance techniques including developing greater situational awareness of your physical surroundings and the use of “misdirection” and counter-forensics to throw off potential tails.