They stream the talks live on youtube, search hope_16 I think. It was a talk about privacy and surveillance, ... an audience member called her out and she never replied
EDIT: I'm asking about Gaza
I don't know if you're paying attention to the HOPE hacker con but there's some sharp audience questions. Today, there was a talk about hacking from the defender perspective talking about Ukraine, and an audience member asked why the speaker was on her way to Tel Aviv to a conference
I'm literally not trying to pick a fight with anyone lol, I was just watching HOPE talks and thinking infrastructure.
Like fuck me, I don't know how to help stop a genocide
Man I've just been watching the HOPE conference videos and one attendee called out a speaker for delivering a talk about hacking against an opponent in the context of Ukraine, but she declined to answer why she's speaking at a conference in Tel Aviv
Data copied from devices during advanced searches at entry points into the U.S. gets saved for 15 years in a database searchable by thousands of CBP employees without a warrant.
There is very little to reason to believe that any data copied by agencies like this is deleted ever. You should assume any data copied like this is kept forever, shared between agencies and corporate contractors, compiled into various databases and lists, used to train shady security contractor AI systems.
There are no comprehensive federal data privacy laws in the United States, and even if we get one in the future, it probably won't apply to security agencies.
That might be a big scope increase compared to the type of software it is currently, but what a great idea. Maybe file a feature request in their github project?
It would be funny if websites started using Elon's fat or bald pictures for articles
I'm seeing the same, not even using a VPN.
They just don’t want to spend the money (that the government gave them years ago to do specifically that)
There was a great talk about this at a hacker convention a few years back. Infuriating, but great.
The Circle of HOPE (2018): $500 Billion Broadband Scandal: It’s Time to Break Up AT&T... Again
One thing I've been doing is doing random online classes instead of doom scrolling. There's a ton of free ones that you can do at your own pace and spend an hour or two each day learning new stuff. Just generally being more mindful and curating my media inputs and replacing algorithmic rage inducement with better stuff. Here's a few examples, but there's tons all over the web:
basically like, what are you doing scheduling a talk in te aviv amongst war criminals? the person that asked the question was very polite too, I owe him a beer