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Brighton CryptoFestival 2013
Critical thinking & practical privacy in an age of mass surveillance
What?
Inspired by London CryptoFestival, Brighton CryptoParty & Festival aims to encourage critical thinking about technology, data, surveillance, censorship and privacy as well as offer practical tips, tools and behaviour. The CryptoFestival is free and intended for everyone; no prior technical expertise or knowledge is assumed. Kids are most welcome, all children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
The format will be a mixture of talks, workshops, cryptoparty.
Organised in collaboration with Lighthouse and Open Rights Group
When?
Sunday December 1st, 12:00-19:00
Where?
Lighthouse , 28 Kensington Street, Brighton BN1 4AJ
Who?
Duncan Campbell is an investigative journalist, author, consultant and television producer specialising in privacy, civil liberties and surveillance issues. His best-known investigations led to major legal clashes with successive British governments. Campbell now also works and is recognised as a forensic expert witness on computers and communications data.
Open Rights Group is the UK’s leading voice defending freedom of expression, privacy, innovation, creativity and consumer rights on the Internet. ORG is a member organisation of European Digital Rights (EDRi).
3. Smári McCarthy – Executive director at IMMI. He was a co-founder of the Icelandic Digital Freedoms Society in 2008 with the aim of promoting digital rights, free culture, free software, and free hardware in Iceland. He has worked on developing and spreading digital fabrication technology through Fab Labs and Hacker Spaces. He's very passionate about systems and information, and having grown up on the Internet, he feels it's very important to protect it. @smarimc
Talk to be confirmed.
Grooming the Kitten (or cleaning up possible malware from a USB using Raspberry PI)
more to be confirmed
Timetable
12 noon: Doors
Welcome coffee
12:30: Opening presentation
13:00 - 14:30: talks/workshops
14:30: lunch
15:00 - 17:00: CryptoParty
17:00: Break
17:30 - 18:15: Duncan Campbell
18:15 - 19:00: Networking drinks
more to be confirmed