[NBLUG/talk] Tonight: Electronic Frontier Foundation talk in Terra Linda

Jim Oser oserj at oserconsulting.com
Mon Sep 21 09:14:29 PDT 2015




http://www.meetup.com/Golden-Gate-Computer-Society/events/225469232/

> Learn about internet privacy and security from Noah Swartz of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. EFF, a non-profit organization founded in 1990, is one of the leading champions civil liberties in the digital world in such areas as user privacy and free expression. Noah will cover some projects he is involved with, including:
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> • The state of tracking on the web and how websites incorporate large amounts of third-party resources. Although these third parties can provide a better browsing experience, all too often they abuse their inclusion on sites to track information about website visitors. This type of non-consensual tracking is not acceptable. 
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> • From the “Do Not Track” header to Firefox’s “Block All Third Party Cookies” to the EFF’s Privacy Badger extension and the work being done to reform the web ecosystem.
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> • Ways that users are under attack online and how to protect them from online surveillance.
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> • Ad tracking and the EFF’s effort to encrypt the web with its new certificate authority “Let’s Encrypt."
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> • Recent findings in web security and so-called NSA downgrade attacks on widely used encrypted communication.
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> This is sponsored by the Golden Gate Computer Society. This is our monthly General Meeting at 7:15pm and is preceded by an Introduction to Computers Class at 6:00pm. See separate Meetup announcement. Topic: Windows 10 Privacy settings, Cortana settings and personalization settings.
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> Cost: The meeting is open to the public at a cost of $5.00 for visitors and includes the Introduction to Computers class (pay at the door by cash, check or credit card). You get free admission and a raffle ticket if you join the club at the event for $48/yr.
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