Sorry to announce that the next Privacy Salon, scheduled for Tuesday, June 18th, has been postponed. The new date will be announced shortly.

In this edition of the Privacy Salon we will look at attitudes towards Internet Security of the participants, based on the recently released Eurobarometer of the European Commission.

We will ask the same questions in the report to participants of the Salon, compare the results to those from Luxembourg and the EU and look at ways to deal with the concerns raised.

So come along and see if your concerns match those of your fellow Luxembourgers and Europeans 😉

For more information on Privacy Salon read this @sachaheck post about a Salon and this interview with Rosi, asking about her transition from Privacy Salon attendee to speaker. The interview is also available in French and German.

Digital Privacy Salons are skill & knowledge sharing sessions which aim to teach people the basic ways of protecting themselves and their data from intrusive surveillance and unwanted/unwitting information gathering.

Generally the salons deal with how to have private conversations over instant messaging, emails, how to browse anonymously amongst other things.

It is very important that you leave the Privacy Salon with tools & knowledge you can use on a daily basis, and explain to your friends how to do it too. All the attendees should come with device(s) they want to install tools on.

– We’ll discuss why cryptography, anonymity and anti-tracking tools are important today
– We’ll install online anonymity tools
– We’ll secure our communications
– We’ll make sure we can’t be easily tracked online
– We’ll have a drink and a chat

(doors open 18:30)

Date:
Tuesday 18/06/19, 19:00

Address:
Level2
87 route de Thionville
L-2611 Luxembourg

Luxembourg Digital Privacy Salon is free, intended for everyone, no prior technical expertise is assumed. This year the Privacy Salon is presented in collaboration with BEE SECURE in the frame of the campaign “Love Stories 4.0.”

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Got a question about Internet privacy but never knew who to ask? Then this edition of the Privacy Salon is for you. Our knowledgeable panel will be on hand to answer your queries.

No prior technical expertise or knowledge is assumed, so ask away about anything – there are no “stupid” questions (hopefully we are not too stupid to answer them, though 😉 ).

So please prepare all your questions and come along on April 9th.

For more information on Privacy Salon read this @sachaheck post about a Salon and this interview with Rosi, asking about her transition from Privacy Salon attendee to speaker. The interview is also available in French and German.

Digital Privacy Salons are skill & knowledge sharing sessions which aim to teach people the basic ways of protecting themselves and their data from intrusive surveillance and unwanted/unwitting information gathering.

Generally the salons deal with how to have private conversations over instant messaging, emails, how to browse anonymously amongst other things.

It is very important that you leave the Privacy Salon with tools & knowledge you can use on a daily basis, and explain to your friends how to do it too. All the attendees should come with device(s) they want to install tools on.

– We’ll discuss why cryptography, anonymity and anti-tracking tools are important today
– We’ll install online anonymity tools
– We’ll secure our communications
– We’ll make sure we can’t be easily tracked online
– We’ll have a drink and a chat

(doors open 18:30)

Date:
Tuesday 09/04/19, 19:00

Address:
Level2
87 route de Thionville
L-2611 Luxembourg

Luxembourg Digital Privacy Salon is free, intended for everyone, no prior technical expertise is assumed. This year the Privacy Salon is presented in collaboration with BEE SECURE in the frame of the campaign “Love Stories 4.0.”

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

https://twitter.com/nd_kane/status/1105401570873749504

European Media Literacy Week https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/european-media-literacy-week

EU Action Plan against Disinformation https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/54866/action-plan-against-disinformation_en

First Draft https://firstdraftnews.org/

Crash Course Navigating Digital Information https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU

Snopes https://www.snopes.com/

Bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/

Which Face Is Real http://www.whichfaceisreal.com/

Calling Bullshit https://callingbullshit.org

This Person Does Not Exist https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

Privacy Salon will be taking a deep dive into the murky waters of disinformation in the context of the European Media Literacy Week and the upcoming European elections.

We will be investigating how disinformation spreads, how our data feeds it, what skills we need to identify it and what can be done to combat it.

No prior technical expertise or knowledge is assumed, so ask away about anything

For more information on Privacy Salon read this @sachaheck post about a Salon and this interview with Rosi, asking about her transition from Privacy Salon attendee to speaker. The interview is also available in French and German.

Digital Privacy Salons are skill & knowledge sharing sessions which aim to teach people the basic ways of protecting themselves and their data from intrusive surveillance and unwanted/unwitting information gathering.

Generally the salons deal with how to have private conversations over instant messaging, emails, how to browse anonymously amongst other things.

It is very important that you leave the Privacy Salon with tools & knowledge you can use on a daily basis, and explain to your friends how to do it too. All the attendees should come with device(s) they want to install tools on.

– We’ll discuss why cryptography, anonymity and anti-tracking tools are important today
– We’ll install online anonymity tools
– We’ll secure our communications
– We’ll make sure we can’t be easily tracked online
– We’ll have a drink and a chat

(doors open 18:30)

Date:
Tuesday 12/03/19, 19:00

Address:
Level2
87 route de Thionville
L-2611 Luxembourg

Luxembourg Digital Privacy Salon is free, intended for everyone, no prior technical expertise is assumed. This year the Privacy Salon is presented in collaboration with BEE SECURE in the frame of the campaign “Love Stories 4.0.”

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Here are the links to to things shown at the Privacy Salon: Safer Internet Day edition:

Gender and IoT research project: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/steapp/research/themes/digital-policy-laboratory/gender-and-iot

General links on the topic of Gender & IoT: https://pinboard.in/search/u:cataspanglish/?query=g-iot

Tweet about El Chapo & spyware : https://twitter.com/alanfeuer/status/1083033189956964353

Video of victim: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/tech-abuse-domestic-abuse-technology-marketplace-1.4864443

Tweet about new spyware app: https://twitter.com/sarahditum/status/1092728965595312134/photo/1

Smart locks:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44765830
https://tisiphone.net/2019/01/28/security-things-to-consider-when-your-apartment-goes-smart/

Various stories from around the world:
https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2019/01/220847/domestic-abuse-violence-harassment-smart-home-monitoring
https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/23/apps-are-being-used-by-abusers-to-control-victims-and-its-time-for-big-tech-companies-to-act-8166642
https://mshelt.onl/p/matthews_et_al_2017.pdf
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/02/23/how-tech-is-failing-victims-of-intimate-partner-violence-thomas-ristenpart-at-citp
http://autonomy.work/portfolio/beware-the-smart-home
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/how-to-not-trap-your-partner-in-a-smart-home-techno-prison.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/05/victims-of-domestic-violence-challenged-by-abusers-using-technology.html
https://thewirecutter.com/blog/keep-your-smart-home-secure-from-domestic-abusers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-01/drones-used-to-stalk-women-in-new-age-of-harassment/10297906
https://eu.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2018/09/04/how-mobile-tech-social-media-stalk-harass-control-you/902776002/
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/16685707.stalker-wayne-bamford-faces-jail-for-bugging-exs-house/
https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/abusive-partners-use-home-technology-to-stalk-and-abuse-women-study-shows-a3921386.html
https://journalofcyberpolicy.com/2018/07/27/preventing-iot-based-domestic-violence-abuse-stalking/
https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/verbalabuseinrelationships/2018/7/tech-abuse-the-abuse-of-technology-in-domestic-violence
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44765830

For the Safer Internet Day  2019 edition of Privacy Salon we will be taking a deep dive into the increasing use of tech, including IoT, in domestic abuse and stalking cases.

No prior technical expertise or knowledge is assumed, so ask away about anything

For more information on Privacy Salon read this @sachaheck post about a Salon and this interview with Rosi, asking about her transition from Privacy Salon attendee to speaker. The interview is also available in French and German.

Digital Privacy Salons are skill & knowledge sharing sessions which aim to teach people the basic ways of protecting themselves and their data from intrusive surveillance and unwanted/unwitting information gathering.

Generally the salons deal with how to have private conversations over instant messaging, emails, how to browse anonymously amongst other things.

It is very important that you leave the Privacy Salon with tools & knowledge you can use on a daily basis, and explain to your friends how to do it too. All the attendees should come with device(s) they want to install tools on.

– We’ll discuss why cryptography, anonymity and anti-tracking tools are important today
– We’ll install online anonymity tools
– We’ll secure our communications
– We’ll make sure we can’t be easily tracked online
– We’ll have a drink and a chat

(doors open 18:30)

Date:
Tuesday 05/02/19, 19:00

Address:
Level2
87 route de Thionville
L-2611 Luxembourg

Luxembourg Digital Privacy Salon is free, intended for everyone, no prior technical expertise is assumed. This year the Privacy Salon is presented in collaboration with BEE SECURE in the frame of the campaign “Love Stories 4.0.”

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Resolved to protect your privacy more in 2019?

Got new devices for Xmas and want to make sure they are only sharing what YOU want them to?

Come to the first Salon of the year, we’ve got you covered!

We’ll give practical tips and advice and install some tools so you leave the Salon well on the way to keeping (at least one of) your resolutions!

There will also be an introduction to Cyberwayfinder, a cybersecurity workforce development programme for women.

No prior technical expertise or knowledge is assumed, so ask away about anything

For more information on Privacy Salon read this @sachaheck post about a Salon and this interview with Rosi, asking about her transition from Privacy Salon attendee to speaker. The interview is also available in French and German.

Digital Privacy Salons are skill & knowledge sharing sessions which aim to teach people the basic ways of protecting themselves and their data from intrusive surveillance and unwanted/unwitting information gathering.

Generally the salons deal with how to have private conversations over instant messaging, emails, how to browse anonymously amongst other things.

It is very important that you leave the Privacy Salon with tools & knowledge you can use on a daily basis, and explain to your friends how to do it too. All the attendees should come with device(s) they want to install tools on.

– We’ll discuss why cryptography, anonymity and anti-tracking tools are important today
– We’ll install online anonymity tools
– We’ll secure our communications
– We’ll make sure we can’t be easily tracked online
– We’ll have a drink and a chat

(doors open 18:30)

Date:
Wednesday 16/01/19, 19:00

Address:
Level2
87 route de Thionville
L-2611 Luxembourg

Luxembourg Digital Privacy Salon is free, intended for everyone, no prior technical expertise is assumed. This year the Privacy Salon is presented in collaboration with BEE SECURE in the frame of the campaign “Love Stories 4.0.”

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

People have been asking us when there would be a new Privacy Salon and finally the wait is over… details to follow but save the day

Digital Privacy Salons are skill & knowledge sharing sessions which aim to teach people the basic ways of protecting themselves and their data from intrusive surveillance and unwanted/unwitting  information gathering.

Generally the salons deal with how to have private conversations over instant messaging, emails, how to browse anonymously amongst other things.

It is very important that you leave the Privacy Salon with tools & knowledge you can use on a daily basis, and explain to your friends how to do it too. All the attendees should come with device(s) they want to install tools on.

– We’ll discuss why cryptography, anonymity and anti-tracking tools are important today
– We’ll install online anonymity tools
– We’ll secure our communications
– We’ll make sure we can’t be easily tracked online
– We’ll have a drink and a chat

No prior technical expertise or knowledge is assumed, so ask away about anything

For more information read this @sachaheck post about a Salon here and this recent interview with Rosi, asking about her transition from Privacy Salon attendee to speaker. The interview is also available in French and German.

Date:
Wednesday 14/11/18, 19:00 (doors open 18:30)

Address:
Level2
87 route de Thionville
L-2611 Luxembourg

Luxembourg Digital Privacy Salon is free, intended for everyone, no prior technical expertise is assumed. This year the Privacy Salon is presented in collaboration with BEE SECURE in the frame of the campaign “Love Stories 4.0.”

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

The next Privacy Salon will be part of the #GLASSROOM  Experience exhibition created by Tactical Tech and Mozilla and organised  by BEE SECURE . The Glassroom has already been a great success worldwide with 10,000 visitors in New York in 2016, and nearly 20,000 visitors in London in 2017.

In this special edition of the Privacy Salon we’ll explore the exhibition, look at the issues raised and begin a Data Detox with the 8 day Data Detox Kit.
As usual, snacks will be served

On Saturday July 7th we will also be having an open event at the Glassroom from 10:00-15:00. During the event we will be exploring the exhibition, looking at how facial recognition works and how to avoid it, doing a “walkshop” to see traces of the internet, data and surveillance in the streets, making Faraday pouches to block signals, starting a Data Detox and more.

You can come for part or all of the event and Detox snacks and cocktails will be served!

Date:
Privacy Salon: Wednesday 04/07/18, 19:00 (doors open 18:30)
Open Event: Saturday 07/07/18, 10:00-15:00

Address:
Forum Geesseknäppchen
40, boulevard Pierre Dupong
L-1430 Luxembourg

Luxembourg Digital Privacy Salon is free, intended for everyone, no prior technical expertise is assumed. This year the Privacy Salon is presented in collaboration with BEE SECURE in the frame of the campaign “Big Data – Who does what with my data?.”

WITH THE SUPPORT OF