Presented at
THOTCON 0x9 (2018),
May 4, 2018, 11 a.m.
(50 minutes)
The world is made out of computers. If we don't secure computers, we're toast. No one can agree on the best way to secure computers. But everyone can agree on the *worst* way to secure computers: ban independent security investigation; give companies a veto over who can warn their customers about defects in their products; criminalize reconfiguring computers, making users completely dependent on manufacturers' (often inadequate) patches. Unfortunately for the survival of our species, all our infosec policies are the *worst*. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has fought for the rights of coders and security researchers for more than a quarter century, back when no one else could figure out why this stuff mattered. We need your help -- for all our sakes.
Presenters:
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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of WALKAWAY, a novel for adults, a YA graphic novel called IN REAL LIFE, the nonfiction business book INFORMATION DOESN'T WANT TO BE FREE, and young adult novels like HOMELAND, PIRATE CINEMA and LITTLE BROTHER and novels for adults like RAPTURE OF THE NERDS and MAKERS. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles.
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