Privacyworld

Library privacy orgs and lists

• Data Privacy Project (NYC focus, train-the-trainer) https://dataprivacyproject.org/
• Library Privacy Guides (IMLS-funded)
• Data Doubles (learning analytics, datafied school, student perspectives, IMLS-funded) https://datadoubles.org/
• U of Illinois public library privacy study (IMLS-funded). Results forthcoming
• Library VPN (IMLS-funded) https://libraryvpn.org/faq/
• ALA IFC privacy subcommittee
• ALA CORE (formerly LITA) privacy interest group https://www.ala.org/core/
• Security4Lib (more cybersecurity) http://security4lib.org/
• Code4Lib (more general tech but cool people and helpful) https://code4lib.org/
• ALA Choose Privacy Everyday (formerly Choose Privacy Week) https://chooseprivacyeveryday.org/
• DLF surveillance group https://www.diglib.org/groups/technologies-surveillance-interest-group/x

Library privacy people to follow

• Becky Yoose @yo_bj; https://ldhconsultingservices.com/
• Dorothea Salo @LibSkrat
• Library Freedom on Twitter @LibraryFreedom. Lots of LFP people have @LibraryFreedom in bios, plus there is a Twitter list
• Sarah Lamdan @greenarchives1
• Library Futures @library_futures
• Kyle Courtney @KyleKCourtney
• Yasmeen Shorish @yasmeen_azadi

General privacy orgs

• ACLU (and local affiliates): Support for projects, programming, legal help, resources, and more
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: Resources and technology, legal fights, as well as the Electronic Frontier Alliance
• Fight for the Future: Resources, campaigns, and more. Their Twitter is a good resource too.
• Freedom of the Press Foundation: Some privacy focus, especially with tech
• AI Now Institute: Focus on AI, ML; data, enviro, labor impacts
• Algorithmic Justice League: Focus on algorithmic bias
• Georgetown Center on Privacy and Technology: All kinds of stuff, law heavy
• Media Justice: Focus on impacts in BIPOC and marginalized commmunities
• Lucy Parsons Labs: Police accountability, FOIA, tech
• Oakland Privacy: https://oaklandprivacy.org/
• Secure Justice: https://secure-justice.org
• Digital Defense Fund: Digital security for abortion providers https://digitaldefensefund.org/
• Detroit Community Technology Project: https://detroitcommunitytech.org/
• SPARC: More OA but moving into privacy https://sparcopen.org/
• Data and Society: Events and research https://datasociety.net/
• Future of Privacy Forum: Captured by the industry https://fpf.org/
• Center for Democracy and Technology: Policy and infrastructure https://cdt.org/
• Berkman Klein Center https://cyber.harvard.edu/
• Privacy International: EU focus and beyond
• Tactical Technology Collective: Amazing resources, lots translated
• Open Privacy: Canada; tech and policy, queer-led
• Digital due process clinic at Cornell: https://dueprocess.sts.cornell.edu/

Free software/tech projects

• The Tor Project: Tor Browser, close relationship to Tails, other anonymity tech like SecureDrop and OnionShare
• Riseup: Mailing lists, email, and other tools for activists
• Mozilla: Firefox, bigger community work, influential in free software space
• The Guardian Project: Privacy tools for Android
• Debian: One of the bigger Linux communities

Privacy, infosec, and related conferences

• LibrePlanet: Massachusetts, annually, good community but also connection to FSF which is not good
• HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth): Biannual, NYC, Alison’s fave
• CCC (Chaos Communication Congress): Annual in Germany; recorded talks in English
• Internet Freedom Festival: Annual in Spain; big international community
• Color of Surveillance: Annual in DC; focus on BIPOC communities
• DefCon/BlackHat/Bsides: High tech, lots of heavyweights, recordings
• Allied Media Conference: biannual in Detroit, not so much privacy but fellow travelers
• RightsCon: Very international; industry captured

Press and people to follow

• The Intercept
• Vice (Motherboard)
• The Verge
• ProPublica
• The Markup
• Logic Magazine
• Janus Rose (Vice)
• April Glaser (NBC)
• Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo)
• Sidney Fussell (Wired)
• Kate Conger (New York Times)
• Kashmir Hill (New York Times)
• Simone Browne @wewatchwatchers
• Joy Buolamwini @jovialjoy
• Ruha Benjamin @ruha9
• Chelsea Manning @xychelsea
• Safiya Umoja Noble @safiyanoble
• Biella Coleman @biellacoleman
• Cory Doctorow @doctorow
• Hacking/hustling @hackinghustling
• Data for Black Lives @Data4BlackLives
• Cyber Collective @getcyco

Places to learn

• Cryptoparties: Worldwide; Cryptoparty Harlem is a good one.
• Tech Learning Collective (TLC): Free, taught collectively, range of topics https://techlearningcollective.com/
• Data and Society: talks and events, mailing list
• Recurse Center (NYC): For people who really want to get into the tech world in a supportive environment