The panel on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) will discuss current issues, technology projects and solutions to protect privacy in the electronic world. The areas covered in this session are diverse in order to give the audience an overview of the many PET projects going on these days. They specifically cover mail encryption, anonymizing technologies and RFID protection initiatives. Moreover, reports will be given on political and educational work going on in the area, specifically in 3rd world countries, in the US as well as in Germany. --> more
Mod: Sarah Spiekermann Assistant Professor, Institute of Information Systems, Humboldt University Berlin
Robert Guerra privaterra.org & Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Toronto
Privacy and information security for the Civil Society
Robert will talk about the work privaterra has done providing technological education and support for civil society organizations (Human Rights NGOs) in the developing world in the area of privacy and information security. --> more
Roger Dingledine Projektleiter Free Haven, Eigentümer & Gründer der Moria Research Labs, Boston
Tor: an anonymizing overlay network for TCP
Tor (second-generation Onion Routing) is a distributed overlay network that anonymizes TCP-based applications like web browsing, secure shell, and instant messaging. --> more
Increasing privacy in an NGO setting
An overview of the impact privacy issues have on NGOs is given. More specifically, two tools suitable for increasing privacy in an NGO setting are being introduced, GPGRemail and Stickyx. --> more
Rena Tangens FoeBuD & Big Brother Awards Germany, Bielefeld
Privacy Gadget against RFID spychips and scanners
"I don't care!" and "I have nothing to hide!" are common excuses of those who ignore or condone the violation of their fundamental civil right of privacy. But how would you know in advance what you don't want others to know in the future? --> more