Digital Security Editathon: A workshop to keep crowdsourced online digital security information relevant

Presented at Still Hacking Anyway (SHA2017), Aug. 5, 2017, 10:30 a.m. (30 minutes)

The internet is just as much a treasure trove of digital security knowledge as it is a compost bin for neglected wikis. Some organizations have a dedicated staff to keep their online tutorials and documentation up-to-date. Most don’t, however, and most of humankind won’t know which guides are the most up-to-date when they find them. Thankfully, some of these online resources are wikis (Riseup Security, Learn.Equalit.ie) and can be updated by anyone. But updating them alone is daunting, so we’re doing to update them as a group! If you are interested in something that has the bad techno and caffeine of a hackathon but with writing words instead of code, stop by to help make online security training stronger together! Hosted by David Huerta and Arikia Millikan of CryptoParty NYC. #Sharing #Training Examples: Equalit.ie https://learn.equalit.ie/wiki/Main_Page Riseup: https://riseup.net/en/security CryptoParty Handbook https://github.com/cryptoparty/handbook Wikipedia pages on crypto tools, privacy & security policy issues

Presenters:

  • huertanix
    David Huerta is a Digital Security Fellow at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, where he’s working on methods to train journalists to take advantage of privacy-enhancing technology to empower a free press
  • Arikia
    Arikia Millikan is a journalist and engineer based in New York City. She specializes in information systems engineering and managing online communities, as well as journalistic longform writing on science and technology. After founding LadyBits LLC to provide an alternative publishing environment for technology journalists, she traveled to 35 countries researching journalistic practice around the world. She is now heading up a new project that will launch this summer.

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