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id: afsi
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title: Adopting Free Software Ideals
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location: LibrePlanet 2021
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date: 2021-03-20
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locimg: lp-2021
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abstract: Adopting free software ideals can be confusing and challenging for
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+ individuals, filled with cognitive dissonance and questioning of
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+ practicality. Am I a bad person if I use non-free software? What
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+ example should I set as a free software activist or advocate? How does
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+ that relate to responsibilities of developers and distributors?
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+
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+ This is a talk about practical ethics and ideals. It is personal,
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+ drawing upon my experiences and evolution over the past fifteen
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+ years. It contains some awkward discussions that free software
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+ activists like to avoid, and hopes to guide those seeking to adopt
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+ more free software ideals, but fear they may not be able to meet such
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+ high standards. It's a talk about evolution and growth.
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+
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+ But complacency in the face of conflict can also dilute our
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+ ideals. So this is also a talk about balancing ideals in the context
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+ of one's own unique circumstances, while at the same time preserving a
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+ strong message about software freedom.
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video_url: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/adopting-free-software-ideals/
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link: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/adopting-free-software-ideals-audio-only/ Listen to Audio
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link: /talks/afsi.pdf Slides
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link: /projects/afsi/ Source Code
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event_link: https://libreplanet.org/2021
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id: sapsf
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title: The Surreptitious Assault on Privacy, Security, and Freedom
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location: LibrePlanet 2017
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date: 2017-03-26
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locimg: lp-2017
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abstract: Privacy, security, and personal freedom: one cannot be had without the
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+ others. Each of these essential rights are being surreptitiously
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+ assaulted; only the most technical among us even know what to look for,
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+ let alone how to defend ourselves. Governments, corporations, and groups
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+ of ill-minded individuals are spying and preying upon both users and
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+ bystanders with unprecedented frequency and breadth. For those of us who
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+ do understand these issues, it would be irresponsible not to fight for
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+ the rights of others and continue to bring these assaults to light.
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+
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+ This talk will survey the most pressing issues of today, including
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+ topics of government surveillance and espionage; advertisers and data
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+ analytics; the Internet of Things; corporate negligence; public policy
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+ and the crypto wars; dangers of a non-free Web and untrusted, ephemeral
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+ software; pervasive monitoring; remote servers, services, and “the
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+ cloud”; modern vehicles; the fight against decentralization and free
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+ software; societal pressures and complacency with the status quo; and
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+ more.
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+
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+ Attendees will walk away with a broad understanding of these topics; an
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+ overview of mitigations; and dozens of resources for further research
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+ and discussion with others. No prior knowledge of security or
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+ cryptography are necessary.
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video_url: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/the-surreptitious-assault-on-privacy-security-and-freedom/
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link: /talks/sapsf.pdf Slides
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link: /projects/sapsf/plain/sapsf.bib Bibliography
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link: /projects/sapsf/ Source Code
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event_link: https://libreplanet.org/2017
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id: cs4m
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title: Computational Symbiosis: Methods That Meld Mind and Machine
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location: LibrePlanet 2019
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date: 2019-03-24
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locimg: lp-2019
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abstract: Words like "wizardry" and "incantation" have long been used to describe
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+ skillful computational feats. But neither computers nor
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+ their users are performing feats of magic; for systems to think, we must
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+ tell them how.
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+
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+ Today, users most often follow a carefully choreographed workflow that
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+ thinks _for_ them, limited by a narrow set of premeditated
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+ possibilities. But there exist concepts that offer virtually no limits on
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+ freedom of expression or thought, blurring the distinction between "user"
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+ and "programmer".
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+
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+ This session demonstrates a range of practical possibilities when
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+ machine acts as an extension of the user's imagination, for the technical
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+ and nontechnical alike.
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video_url: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/computational-symbiosis-methods-that-meld-mind-and-machine/
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link: /talks/cs4m.pdf Slides
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link: /projects/cs4m/ Source Code
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event_link: https://libreplanet.org/2019
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id: ethics-void
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title: The Ethics Void
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location: LibrePlanet 2018
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date: 2018-03-25
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locimg: lp-2018
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abstract: Many communities have widely adopted codes of ethics governing the
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+ moral conduct of their members and professionals. Some of these codes may
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+ even be enshrined in law, and for good reason—certain conduct can have
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+ enormous consequences on the lives of others.
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+
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+ Software and technology pervade virtually every aspect of our lives. Yet,
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+ when compared to other fields, our community leaders and educators have
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+ produced an ethics void. Last year, I introduced numerous topics concerning
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+ privacy, security, and freedom that raise serious ethical concerns. Join me
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+ this year as we consider some of those examples and others in an attempt to
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+ derive a code of ethics that compares to the moral obligations of other
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+ fields, and to consider how leaders and educators should approach ethics
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+ within education and guidance.
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video_url: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/the-ethics-void/
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link: /talks/ethics-void.pdf Slides
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link: /projects/ethics-void/ Source Code
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event_link: https://libreplanet.org/2018
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id: online-freedom
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title: Restore Online Freedom!
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location: LibrePlanet 2016
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date: 2016-03-20
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locimg: lp-2016
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abstract: Imagine a world where surveillance is the default and users must
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+ opt-in to privacy. Imagine that your every action is logged and analyzed to
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+ learn how you behave, what your interests are, and what you might do
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+ next. Imagine that, even on your fully free operating system, proprietary
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+ software is automatically downloaded and run not only without your consent,
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+ but often without your knowledge. In this world, even free software cannot
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+ be easily modified, shared, or replaced. In many cases, you might not even
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+ be in control of your own computing—your actions and your data might be in
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+ control by a remote entity, and only they decide what you are and are not
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+ allowed to do.
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+
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+ This may sound dystopian, but this is the world you’re living in right
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+ now. The Web today is an increasingly hostile, freedom-denying place that
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+ propagates to nearly every aspect of the average users’ lives—from their PCs
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+ to their phones, to their TVs and beyond. But before we can stand up and
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+ demand back our freedoms, we must understand what we’re being robbed of, how
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+ it’s being done, and what can (or can’t) be done to stop it.
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video_url: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/restore-online-freedom/
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link: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/restore-online-freedom-14bf/ Slides
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link: /projects/online-freedom/ Source Code
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event_link: https://libreplanet.org/2016
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