[Ta3m-Seattle] Announcing TA3M Seattle, January 2016

[Christopher Sheats]

Announcement: https://www.seattleprivacy.org/ta3m-seattle-january-2016/

Please reply to me if you have any questions.

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Greetings!

Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) is an informal meetup designed to
connect software creators and activists who are interested in
censorship, surveillance, and open technology. Currently, TA3M are held
in various cities throughout the world, with many more launching in the
near future. In Seattle, thanks to a special donor, there will be free
pizza!

When: Monday, January 18, 2016, 6:30 – 9:00 PM

Where: University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering building
(CSE) room 403

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The State of Internet Censorship (7PM)

By: Will Scott

The techniques to control access to the Internet, and the ability to
bring transparency to those processes are both continuing to evolve.
We’ll give an update on the landscape of online information controls,
and our ability to measure them.

The talk will give an update on current country-level practices, the
techniques in use to measure them, and an overview of major tools in use.

Over the past couple years, restrictions on Internet access have grown
even more ubiquitous. Many take the form of URL or Domain blacklists
implemented by western countries, along with increased levels of self
censorship on social platforms with user generated content.

The measurement community continues to play a catch-up game. Through a
mixture of watching legislature, an increased understanding of what we
need to build to keep track of internet controls, and discoveries of
side channels that let us externally measure connectivity, we’re making
progress!

Will is a fourth year graduate student in the networks lab at the
University of Washington. Over the last two years, Will has been
teaching computer science in Pyongyang, North Korea. Will’s research
centers on how to make a more resilient web, through working with
in-browser peer-to-peer and caching, and applying operating systems
lessons to web frameworks.

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Introduction to Tor and Onion Services

By: Christopher Sheats

The Tor ecosystem, including Tor Browser, tor relays, and onion services
are critical parts of your digital hygiene even if you’re not a
journalist, lawyer, or domestic violence survivor. This talk will
include an overview of how the Tor network works, how using Tor can
protect you, Tor Browser best practices, how onion services (including
“the dark web”) work, and examples for why you and the organization(s)
that you work for should host an onion site along side your normal HTTPS
website.

Christopher is an Encryption Evangelist at the ACLU of Washington, a
board member of Seattle Privacy Coalition, a TA3M organizer, and a
surveillance self-defense lecturer.

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