Presented at
The Eleventh HOPE (2016),
July 24, 2016, 3 p.m.
(60 minutes)
This talk will cover the reign of surveillance that has secretly taken over the United States at the local level through use of federal grant money, and offer suggestions on how we can fight back. It's the story of how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tried to create a fusion center in Oakland, California. In particular, the presentation will share details of the Oakland privacy policy the speakers helped create in response to this intrusive spy system, and the advocacy that led to its creation. The hope is to teach the framework that was created, shed light on how these issues affect both Americans and Europeans, and show how businesses and governments can find a balance between security and privacy.
Presenters:
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aestetix
aestetix served on the Oakland Domain Awareness Center ad hoc privacy committee as a technical expert. In addition, he has been involved in many privacy-aware projects, including Noisetor, the first nonprofit sponsored Tor exit node in the United States, and The Last HOPE and The Next HOPE badges, which involved RFID location-aware social networking. He also refuses to eat hot dog buns on Sundays, in accordance with the wishes of Our Goddess.
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Brian Hofer
Brian Hofer is a member of the Oakland Privacy Working Group, which formed to oppose the Domain Awareness Center. He chaired the DAC ad hoc privacy committee, which has since introduced two City Council adopted privacy and data retention policies, along with an ordinance making the privacy committee permanent.
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