Presented at
The Eleventh HOPE (2016),
July 23, 2016, 7 p.m.
(60 minutes)
You'll never believe this one weird trick that lets you flip the script on mass surveillance. Oppressive institutions hate it. In this call to arms, we'll learn how to change up debates about secure software and fight calls for backdoors more persuasively, as well as develop a way of thinking about building and supporting tools which really serve people's security needs. The trick? Think (and talk) about journalists.
Presenters:
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Tom Lowenthal
Tom Lowenthal is a technologist and activist committed to combating our contemporary cyberpunk mass-surveillance dystopia. By day, he's the staff technologist for the tech program at the Committee to Protect Journalists. By night, he practices healthy self-care because mental health is really important and burnout can be a killer. Tom's also a fellow at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society; he's previously worked at the Tor Project and Mozilla. He's a big believer in individual privacy, self-determination, and practical usable tools.
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