Live EFF Web event: How to make technology safe for use by dissidents in authoritarian regimes?

Rebecca from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "Iranians protesting the results of the recent election found an outlet and a means of organizing with the Internet, and showed that new digital media can help free speech and fight repression globally. But what happens now the headlines and the Twitter trends have died down? Join EFF for a panel discussion Monday Aug. 3 from 7pm - 9pm PDT. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can find details on attending in person here. If not, you will be able to watch the live stream here. Let's make technology useful and safe for netizens in authoritarian regimes!"

BayFF on August 3: Iranian Protests and Digital Media (Thanks, Rebecca!)

[#1 posted by Anonymous, July 30, 2009 11:08 PM]

This is important stuff, but when I see that picture, I immediately jump to Left4Dead 2. I think it's the green. And the hand. And the two fingers.

[#2 posted by simonbarsinister, July 31, 2009 8:09 AM]

> Let's make technology useful and safe for netizens in authoritarian regimes!"

Because soon there won't be any other kind.

On a related note, I just re-read 'Animal Farm' and was struck by how it read like an instruction manual for the current U.S. policies.

"You wouldn't want terrorists, pedophiles and pot-smokers to win, would you comrade?"
"No, of course not!"
"Then kindly open your bag for a search."

[#3 posted by sackdean, July 31, 2009 11:01 AM]

I want to embrace this stuff so much more than I do, powerful tools are in our hands, but they can easily be used against us... I do hope this event gets posted on-line in some form. (@#1, I thought... "St. Patrick's Day 2, The Reckoning.")

[#4 posted by standardman, August 3, 2009 2:54 PM]

Is that Captain Kirk's hand?