Micky explores digital threats and solutions, including Internet Access, Big Data, and Surveillance Capitalism. Discover how the data collected by big tech can be used to incriminate you and learn practical tips to enhance online privacy. Explore ethical considerations and challenges posed by emerging technologies like AI and social media. Gain a deeper understanding of online privacy and learn to navigate the digital world confidently while protecting your personal information effectively.
Micky Metts, a worker-owner of Agaric Technology Collective, is a passionate advocate for privacy, cooperative software development, and privacy. As an elected board member of May First Technology Movement, she actively supports free software and works to protect our online privacy. As the founder of CommunityBridge.com she focuses on communication technologies utilizing the BigBlueButton video chat platform. Micky's dedication to our privacy since 1995 has made a significant impact in fostering privacy respecting online communities and promoting cooperation. Her visionary approach inspires others to prioritize privacy and collaboration in their lives.
Resources mentioned in her talk can be found at https://agaric.coop/blog/did-internet-make-you-criminal-how-can-it-be-proven
Shotspotter:
Minneapolis schools secretly partnered with ShotSpotter surveillance
company, cyber attack reveals
https://www.minnpost.com/other-nonprofit-media/2023/05/minneapolis-schools-secretly-partnered-with-shotspotter-surveillance-company-cyber-attack-reveals/
Predictive Policing:
https://youtu.be/Fd_YfwoVaEg
Facial Recognition:
Is the iPhone X's Facial Recognition Twin Compatible?
https://youtu.be/e8-yupM-6Oc
Geofencing: Creepy or cool, privacy experts are concerned
https://youtu.be/ijPcyy8xsdw
BlueLeaks: San Diego fusion center's records hacked, posted online
https://youtu.be/6R7jjhi9qT8
For Black drivers, a police officer's first 45 words are a portent of
what's to come
A Black driver is more likely to face being searched, handcuffed, or
arrested when a police officer's first words are commands rather than a
greeting or an explanation.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/29/1178279383/for-black-drivers-a-police-officers-first-45-words-are-a-portent-of-whats-to-com
Meet the Robo Cops | Law Enforcement's AI and law enforcement
https://youtu.be/fqEyYP_FYiw
RICO> Music industry
Self-snitching
Solutions ---
Work locally think and when possible act globally - if it is happening
there it will be happening here sooner than later.
Signal Messenger or Telegram Messenger
BigBlueButton
BLOG - Daily Business Operations Using Free Software
https://agaric.coop/blog/daily-business-operations-using-free-software
ActSecure - https://actsecure.github.io
Find Free Software -
http://switching.software
http://alternativeto.net
Really good news. Restore the Fourth - https://restorethe4th.com is
working to protect 4th amendment rights and we submitted a brief urging
the SCOTUS to accept a civil asset forfeiture case, Culley v. Marshall,
and they did! There is only a 2% chance of any given case being accepted.
Links:
Culley v. Marshall:
https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/culley-v-marshall
What is civil asset forfeiture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM92ccVQdRE