ACLU at DEFCON 19!

Aug 04, 2011
By:
ACLU of Northern California
ACLU of Northern CA

In honor of Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET) and "James Bond Man from U.N.C.L.E. type spy stuff" being the themes of this year's DEFCON 19, the ACLU is serving up some special activities. Hope you will join us if you are in Vegas for DEFCON!

Develop4Privacy Challenge Award Celebration- Friday Night, August 5, 6 p.m. – Main Event Stage

Come see whose mobile privacy app reigned supreme and won the Develop4Privacy challenge organized by the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU of Washington, the Tor Project, and the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office. www.develop4privacy.org

The top 3 developers and contest judges will be on the main event stage to present the open source apps and how they do PET right.

Big Brother on the Big Screen- Fact/Fiction? Saturday Night, August 6 , 6 p.m.

You are cordially invited to join Nicole Ozer, Tech and Civil Liberties Policy Director at the ACLU of Northern California, at the movies on Saturday night to take a closer look at how current technology has caught up with the spy gadgets dreamed up for Hollywood flicks.

When movies like Brazil and Gattaca were produced, they were largely regarded as big brother fables or futuristic, science fiction tales. However, as technology has advanced and legal and procedural safeguards for civil liberties have been diminished, some of the depictions have even outpaced our current reality. And what about newer films like Dark Knight and Bourne- are its depictions of surveillance closer to technological and legal fact or fiction?

We are going to go on a tour of the movies and talk about what is technologically possible, what is legal, and discuss what should be the balance between surveillance and individual liberty. Movie snacks and jaunty tin foil hats will be provided!

ACLU DEFCON Booth – Friday, Saturday, Sunday – Vendor Area

Get materials on everything from Demand Your dotRights (www.dotrights.org) to what to do when the FBI comes knocking. Ask questions. And pick up a limited edition t-shirt or sticker for joining the ACLU.