FemH3ck - Basic privacy and digital security for feminist & LGTBQIA, Argentina

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Title f3mhack, privacy and digital security training for feminist & LGTBQIA activists, Argentina
Category Privacy Advocacy Digital Security Gender and Tech
Start 2015/06/23
End 2015/06/30
Hours
Scale Buenos Aires, Argentina
Geolocalization
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Organisation Tes, hacktivist & Intui, feminist & LGTBQIA activist (HACKELARRE)
Website http://www.tierra-violeta.com.ar/

http://anred.org/IMG/pdf/doc_campana_contra_las_violencias.pdf

Target audience First event is open with a feminist focus, second event is closed for specific feminist & LGTBQIA activists.
Number of participants 40
Context and motivations Lots of interest, lack of spaces and tools led us to think together and plan a space that would meet these needs with a consideration of what the specific needs of the community are.

We opened the floor to think specifically about obstacles and proposals for technology for this community.

A need to think politically about technology and the need to think of Software Libre and Opensource Technology as a tool for liberation and organization.

Topics Digital security and privacy with a gender focus, GPG, alternative emails, Software Libre.
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Agenda 23rd of May, 10-18hs Tierra Violeta Cultural Centre

10-11.30pm Discussion of specific tech needs & experiences of feminist & LGTBQIA community members present.

11.30-13hs presentation of privacy & surveillance issues, and how internet works/ how email works & GPG.

13-14hs vegan & vegetarian lunch and drinks.

14-17.30hs Feminist Hackerspace

- migration to riseup/openmailbox,

- installation of Thunderbird with Enigmail

- generation of key pairs

- testing and verification.

17.30hs + - Closing circle & feedback.




30th of May, 10-18hs Awkache Cultural Centre

10-12.30pm Discussion of specific tech needs & experiences of feminist & LGTBQIA community members present, with two exercises using specific risk analysis mapping (personal and in groups).

12.30-14hs Presentation about ICT as a "new space for gender based violence", risks and strategies.

14-14.30hs vegan & vegetarian lunch and drinks.

14.30-17.30hs Feminist Hackerspace

- Working with installing TextSecure / Surespot for secure on the run organising.

- Secure passwords and Keypass to keep phones & computers safe.

- How do we find the information and guides we need (Tor, StartPage, Reddit) while avoiding triggers and sexism.

17.30hs + - Closing circle & feedback.

Methodologies Hackerspace organisation & ideology

Feminist pedagogy

Resources Security in a Box,

EFF, Email Self Defense, Floss Manuals, Safe Hub Collective, HackLab Coop, Hacktivist Tool kit, THF blog, FOSSBOX, Prism SL Tool alternatives, APC toolkit, Witness.org

Gendersec Security in the box
Feelings Lots of new & reconnected feelings around the meeting of different values in open space.

Lots of opening up about technophobia & surveillance fears in closed space.

Shared spaces create a meeting of minds, differing opinions about political meaning of technology.

Conflicted feelings around inclusiveness of cis men in feminist spaces / non-inclusiveness of cis-men's opinions and voices.

Feedbacks Very specific feedback and needs for future meetings:

- Need for tools to perform secure erase of data.

- Need for good digital security tools when "on the run" (mobiles), need to create spaces to "slow down and learn" outside of urgent organisational moments.

- Need to construct open access libraries outside of existing structures which have limited access for many communities, especially those outside traditional institutional spaces.

- About government computers which are given out in schools - they have a chip which blocks SL and surveills activity. How can we overcome this, or use this? Approcahes to hardware.

- The need to use search engines which do not 'profile' users or perform censorship in order to reach wider info. Different experiences of information available when using TOR.

General feedback:

- Where does the anxiety around technolgy come from? How do we overcome it?

- What happens in open spaces vs closed spaces? Do women and LGTBQIA folk need their own spaces and their own approaches to technology and learning?

Start Creating spaces to generate access and empowerment around technology.

Motivating from joy not fear. Appropiate new knowledge and make it ours.

Stop Fearing what we do not know :)
Keep Being positive about each other's intentions. Growing together. Creating positive dialogue and learning new tools and foundations for knowledge.