Apathy and Arsenic: a Victorian Era lesson on fighting the surveillance state
A tale of a two hundred year old method for fighting the surveillance state, based on the advocacy led by 19th century scientists to abolish the domestic use of arsenic. This talk offers advice on how to help everyday people have more power over their own information and how to sustain hope for the future.
How to Disappear Completely
This talk provides an overview of the latest urban camouflage technology and how to deploy it in order to foil facial recognition. We'll dive into the ethics of biometric identification, the way current legislation affects this technology, and what is needed for facial recognition technology to be both useful and just.
Rage against the Ghost in the Machine
Outside of 'Black Mirror' episodes and art installations, the question of personal data and digital legacies is rarely seriously considered. This talk is a space to take stock of how the software we write today could be used in fifty years, and what design decisions we should make to ensure we can respect the wishes of the dead.