What: TA3M-Seattle #2 event announcement When: October 21st (3rd Monday), 6:30-9:00pm Where: Black Coffee Coop, 501 E. Pine St; Seattle, WA 98122 http://blackcoffeecoop.com TA3M-Seattle (Techno-Activism, 3rd Mondays) is a monthly event for people that either work on or want to learn more about online surveillance and censorship, the open source tools that are used to combat it, and issues and initiatives associated with this area. The idea is to bring together software developers, activists, concerned citizens, and others, so we they can both educate each other, and share knowledge. TA3M events take place in dozens of cities worldwide; Seattle started in September 2013. For more information about TA3M-Seattle, see the wiki. https://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays:seattle We're happy to have a busy event for you this month, with three guests! Two speakers, with educational talks, and one to briefly announce an upcoming hackathon. And if that weren't enough, we're starting a book study group for the Crypto Party Handbook in the pre-event networking time. And for those that only attend for the stickers, this month Chris has some DuckDuckGo stickers for anyone that gives us feedback as to how we can make TA3M-Seattle a better event. :-) ========== New ta3m-seattle announce mailing list Note: This will be the last month we spam lots of mailing lists to announce our meetings. We have a new ta3m-seattle mailing list setup, and will use that for the November-onward meetings. Please subscribe to this announce-only mailing list for future announcements (or at least view the list's archives on the 3rd Sunday). https://lists.openitp.org/pipermail/ta3m-seattle/ ========== Schedule: 6:30-7:00, pre-event networking; and Theresa leads Crypto Party Handbook study group 7:00-7:10, Chris, "Welcome to TA3M-Seattle #2" 7:10-7:15, Noah Swartz, "Announcing the Seattle Aaron Swartz Hackathon" 7:15-7:25, break (10min) 7:25-8:10, Jeremy Johnson, "Protecting your privacy, anonymity and security with Linux and Open Source tools" 8:10-8-25, break (15min) 8:25-9-00, Jamela Debelak, Technology & Liberty Director, ACLU of Washington, "Reigning in Government Surveillance in Washington" ========== Pre-event activity: Crypto Party Handbook study group starts this month The first presentation begins at 7:00, but we'll be there starting at 6:30 for networking, since other TA3M cities apparently find networking as useful as presentations. Starting this month, we're going to try something new, we're starting a book study group for the "Crypto Party Handbook". Beginners are encouraged to participate and learn; advanced users are encouraged to help teach beginners, and optionally submit patches to the book. If interested, please bring a copy of the PDF or EPUB on your tablet/netbook/phone, read chapters 1-2 before attending, and come with a list of open questions, and be prepared to discuss the material. It's a short 30-minute period, so come prepared with questions. This month, Theresa will be leading the round-table discussion. http://www.cryptoparty.in/documentation/handbook https://github.com/cryptoparty/handbook ========== Special Event Announcement: Noah Swartz, "Announcing the Seattle Aaron Swartz Hackathon" Noah Swartz will be briefly announcing an upcoming event, the "Seattle Aaron Swartz Hackathon", taking place November 8-10. This will be part of a second set of global hackathons centered around Aaron's work and legacy, with the hope of fostering a recurring bi-yearly event promoting social and technical activism. While goal of the event is to continue the Aaron started, what Noah needs help with is figuring out what current problems need solutions, as well as finding local participants and project ideas for this hackathon. The event will happen simultaneously with a number of other coordinated events around the world, but the Seattle event will need to have it's own specific projects to work on, so please start thinking of ideas to give Noah. http://aaronswartzhackathon.org/ https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Worldwide_Aaron_Swartz_Memorial_Hackathon_S... ========== Presentation 1: Jeremy Johnson, "Protecting your privacy, anonymity and security with Linux and Open Source tools" Our first speaker is Jeremy Johnson. In this presentation, "Protecting your privacy, anonymity and security with Linux and Open Source tools", Jeremy gives an overview of the available tools and configurations for basic through advanced level security and privacy measures. He will discuss example configurations, communication methods, and on-going operational security. All slides and presentation notes will be available for download. The talk will not include specific instructions for setup, but will have several resources available in the downloadable materials. If conditions allow, Jeremy will have a QubesOS laptop for demonstrations and hands-on purposes. Jeremy has been using UNIX/Linux since 1996 both personally and professionally. While Ubuntu/Debian based distributions are his current platforms, Jeremy remains agnostic about which OS is superior as they all have strengths and weaknesses. Since 2001, Jeremy has been concerned about privacy and users' rights and has been doing something about it since 2004. The latest NSA revelations have spurred him to share with anybody who will listen (and sometimes those who won't) the tools and techniques that he uses. Jeremy currently works as a System Security Administrator at a Tribal Casino but has been a Database Administrator, Web Developer, HIPAA Compliance Officer, Network Engineer, and a UNIX Administrator in the past. For fun, he volunteers with a Mountain Rescue unit and attends the annual DefCon conference, a large and popular hacker conference. Twitter: @beyondnegative Tumblr: https://beyondnegative.tumblr.com Email: jeremy/at/sectiva/com GPG Key: https://sectiva.com/public.key ========== Presentation 2: Jamela Debelak, "Reigning in Government Surveillance in Washington" Our second speaker is Jamela Debelak. In this presentation, "Reigning in Government Surveillance in Washington", Jamela will be speaking about the ACLU-WA's work focused on government use of surveillance technology. She will discuss various types of new technology such as automated license plate readers and drones and what the ACLU-WA is doing to ensure that government use of these technologies does not infringe upon our privacy rights. Jamela Debelak is the Technology and Liberty Director at the ACLU of Washington where she works to promote technology policy that protects and advances civil liberties in Washington. Prior to joining the ACLU-WA, she was Executive Director of the Center on Law and Information Policy at Fordham Law School. While there, she led research and programming on issues related to children's privacy, internet intermediary liability and online speech. She previously worked as an attorney at Dechert LLP in Philadelphia and New York, specializing in corporate and intellectual property issues. Jamela graduated magna cum laude from Temple University School of Law in 2005 and holds an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. http://aclu-wa.org/ ==========