Event Details
Date & Time
Monday, Mar 14, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Department
School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department of Computer Science
The Renouard Distinguished Lecturer Series
Cost
Free
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø This Event
Cybersecurity and the Protection of Dissent
Intended for a general audience
Privacy enhancing technologies combat the creep of mass surveillance, but they are often first protecting those who are susceptible to targeted surveillance. This talk will look at a history of surveillance-enabled suppression of social movements up to the modern era. We will delve into the digital security needs of contemporary activists and their responses to a complex landscape of digital security threats and defenses.
Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø Dr. Borradaile
Glencora Borradaile is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in Engineering at Oregon State Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø. They are on the advisory board of the , where they helped initiate and continue to build the Digital Security Program to support activists and their lawyers. They have initiated a research program whose mission is to support the digital needs of activists, and ensure that everyone can communicate freely and safely, regardless of their identity. They are the author of the open book . Dr. Borradaile has a B.Sc. in applied mathematics from the Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø of Western Ontario (2002) and a Ph.D. in computer science from Brown Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø (2008), and held a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø of Waterloo before joining Oregon State Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø.