DEFCON 201 @defcon201@hostux.social

The #DEFCON201 guide to EVERYTHING #defconsafemode from talks, panels, contest, parties, infrastructure and more is now live:

https://medium.com/@defcon201/ultimate-hacker-summer-camp-part-five-defcon-safe-mode-662aac0aef3f?sk=53fa1d968c23eacf77754dde9201fb80

#defcon #dc201

CIPPIC and CIRA Warn Federal Court of Pirate Site Blocking Dangers https://torrentfreak.com/cippic-and-cira-warn-federal-court-of-pirate-site-blocking-dangers-200806/ #SiteBlocking #Anti-Piracy #canada #CIPPIC #cira

I feel attacked.

https://www.killthegibson.com/dc28

Free software is a cornerstone of recent scientific progress, including the first ever photograph of a black hole! Learn about the fight for #UserFreedom and join the movement: https://fsf.org/appeal

All publicly available EEG datasets
https://github.com/meagmohit/EEG-Datasets

(submitted by rkul)

Something you never hear from natsec types: a substantial plurality of Germans are in favor of reducing the number of US troops stationed there https://www.dw.com/en/nearly-half-of-germans-in-favor-of-us-military-withdrawal-survey/a-54427490

This initiatives was founded by companies that put back doors in everything, so only fools and crackpots would believe it's about genuine security rather than domination https://linuxinsider.com/story/new-open-source-initiative-consolidates-security-goals-86790.html

Turns out constant spying on people to microtargetting ads at them doesn't even actually work particularly well

https://www.wired.com/story/can-killing-cookies-save-journalism/

The Creeping Scourge of Tooling Config Files
https://github.com/nodejs/tooling/issues/79

(submitted by flaque)

If we had a booth at #HOPEConf we'd encourage one and all to attend "Principles of Digital Autonomy," a talk presented by our friends and sometime-co-workers Karen Sandler and Molly de Blanc, guaranteed to be enlightening!

howdy all

greetings from #hopeconf!

According to the calendar alert I set ages ago, it's day one of #hopeconf.

In reality, it's day seven of being blown away by all my HOPE colleagues, our presenters and speakers, our volunteers, and especially our attendees are all doing to make this a truly special event.

Watching the "Ask the @eff" #HOPEconf talk recapping the past year in digital civil liberties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKd6M7zO8w #hope #hope2020