Privacy Awareness Week ’22: The foundation of trust
The OPTF is once again a supporter of Privacy Awareness Week in 2022. We are encouraging people to take a proactive approach to privacy!
Antitrust Day ’22: Putting people back in control of tech
We need to give internet users more power and choice, and stop dominant tech companies from exploiting people’s digital rights in the name of profit.
Call for submissions: Articles and short essays on digital rights and privacy issues
The OPTF is calling journalists, researchers, and writers to propose articles and short essays about digital rights, digital privacy, and cyber security issues.
I need a new identity: Social media and the identity ecosystem
Originally published on Session. Platforms like Facebook have been pushing social media identities for a long time. These days you can login or create an account on pretty much any website using your Facebook, Google, or Apple account. Everything is neatly tied together with details like your interests, friend network, and personal info (like your …
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Disposing of Big Tech: Building better algorithms (Part Two)
Originally published on Session. Maths is maths — it can’t lie, it can’t be biased, it’s a force of nature that’s too pure and honest to be meddled with by mere humans. And algorithms…well algorithms are just a special kind of maths, so the same applies to those too, right? For a long time, people …
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Disposing of Big Tech: Free speech is not disposable (Part One)
Originally published on Session. In the United States—the capital of the tech world—there is an ongoing struggle between the belief in people’s right to free speech and concerns over the violent and malicious content being spread online. The outcomes of the conflict between big tech companies, regulators, and digital rights advocates on the US battleground …
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Whistleblowers’ bravery recognised at 2021 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize ceremony
Ten courageous whistleblowers have been recognised with prizes at this year’s Blueprint for Free Speech Whistleblowing Awards.
Livin’ on the land of Big Tech: The gentrification of the internet
Do you believe in technology? In the world wide web of mega-corporations, rent goes up while innovation goes down.
The anonymity argument: Debunking the real name fallacy
Originally published on Session. When the internet began, anonymity (or really, pseudonymity) was built into the experience. For the first time in history, we had mass-scale pseudonymous connection and communication. People were posting on bulletin boards, messaging on mailing lists, and working every day with people that they didn’t really know. It didn’t take long for questions …
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Global Encryption Day 2021: Live Q&A
Digital security is becoming increasingly undermined both at home in Australia and around the world. It’s important to explain and celebrate the important role encryption plays in keeping us safe and secure online. Join Executive Director of Digital Rights Watch, Lucie Krahulcova, and CTO of Oxen Privacy Tech Foundation, Kee Jefferys, on Global Encryption Day …