Re: [liberationtech] Palantir at Amsterdam Privacy Conference
This is not new. I remember the Privacy Conference in Canada some years ago (i think it was on 2013 or 2014), sponsored by Facebook, and the most famous privacy-advocate activists going there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Some of them read this mailing list, and work on privacy-advocate NGOs, or related conferences organization. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ On 21/09/18 22:52, Whonix wrote: > what kind of fucked up "Privacy Conference" to make Google and Microsoft > the sponspors? > > Félix Tréguer: >> Thanks for this initiative, which I gladly join. >> >> Microsoft and Google are also among the sponsors of this conference. And >> many of the concerns expressed about Palantir similarly applies to them. >> >> I think their ties to this conference, and more generally to the >> academic field, is also problematic. I just wish the statement had also >> acknowledged that. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Félix >> >> >> >> On 9/21/18 11:36 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> The Amsterdam Privacy Conference is about to kick off with Palantir as >>> the Platinum Sponsor. We, as a group of researchers and advocates are >>> dismayed by this. If you are too, consider signing up to the statement >>> below, by sending an email with your name and affiliation (or just your >>> organization if you want to sign up with your organization) to >>> sig...@fundingmatters.tech. You can also find the statement at >>> https://fundingmatters.tech/ >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Niels >>> >>> -- Esta comunicación puede ser ilegal y/o legalmente vista, recogida, almacenada y utilizada por distintos actores. Si duda sobre el contenido a compartir por estos motivos, evite enviar correos sin cifrar. Si no sabe cifrar, nosotros podemos ayudarla ;-) -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Palantir at Amsterdam Privacy Conference
This is horrbile , im unsubscribing to this bullshit. Cristina (99): > This is not new. I remember the Privacy Conference in Canada some years > ago (i think it was on 2013 or 2014), sponsored by Facebook, and the > most famous privacy-advocate activists going there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > Some of them read this mailing list, and work on privacy-advocate NGOs, > or related conferences organization. > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > > On 21/09/18 22:52, Whonix wrote: >> what kind of fucked up "Privacy Conference" to make Google and Microsoft >> the sponspors? >> >> Félix Tréguer: >>> Thanks for this initiative, which I gladly join. >>> >>> Microsoft and Google are also among the sponsors of this conference. And >>> many of the concerns expressed about Palantir similarly applies to them. >>> >>> I think their ties to this conference, and more generally to the >>> academic field, is also problematic. I just wish the statement had also >>> acknowledged that. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> >>> Félix >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9/21/18 11:36 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote: Dear all, The Amsterdam Privacy Conference is about to kick off with Palantir as the Platinum Sponsor. We, as a group of researchers and advocates are dismayed by this. If you are too, consider signing up to the statement below, by sending an email with your name and affiliation (or just your organization if you want to sign up with your organization) to sig...@fundingmatters.tech. You can also find the statement at https://fundingmatters.tech/ Best, Niels > -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Palantir at Amsterdam Privacy Conference
what kind of fucked up "Privacy Conference" to make Google and Microsoft the sponspors? Félix Tréguer: > Thanks for this initiative, which I gladly join. > > Microsoft and Google are also among the sponsors of this conference. And > many of the concerns expressed about Palantir similarly applies to them. > > I think their ties to this conference, and more generally to the > academic field, is also problematic. I just wish the statement had also > acknowledged that. > > Thanks again, > > Félix > > > > On 9/21/18 11:36 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> The Amsterdam Privacy Conference is about to kick off with Palantir as >> the Platinum Sponsor. We, as a group of researchers and advocates are >> dismayed by this. If you are too, consider signing up to the statement >> below, by sending an email with your name and affiliation (or just your >> organization if you want to sign up with your organization) to >> sig...@fundingmatters.tech. You can also find the statement at >> https://fundingmatters.tech/ >> >> Best, >> >> Niels >> >> As privacy scholars and advocates concerned with human rights, we write >> to express our dismay with the decision to have Palantir as a platinum >> sponsor for the Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC). >> >> Privacy is one of the central challenges of our time and a pressing >> topic in today’s discussions on platforms, algorithms and policy making. >> The APC is a powerful forum for academics and advocates from around the >> world to move the field of privacy research forward. The conference is >> an important venue for privacy scholars from many different disciplines. >> The presence of Palantir as a sponsor of this conference legitimizes the >> company’s practices and gives it the opportunity to position itself as >> part of the agenda. This is deeply problematic and extremely regrettable. >> >> Palantir’s business model is based on a particular form of surveillance >> capitalism that targets marginalized communities and accelerates the use >> of discriminatory technologies such as predictive policing, for which >> the company has already been heavily criticized [1, 2]. Among Palantir’s >> public clients are police agencies and defense departments from all over >> the world. In the last year, Palantir has helped the Trump >> administration to find and deport asylum seekers, undocumented >> immigrants and refugees, raising serious concerns about wide-scale human >> rights violations [3]. While the company is largely secretive about its >> operations, it reportedly collaborated with Cambridge Analytica [4, 5], >> hedge funds, banks and financial service firms [6]. >> >> Despite criticism over Palantir’s sponsorship since the conference’s >> 2015 edition, APC’s sponsorship strategy has not changed. This stance >> has consequences: it contributes to the marginalization and exclusion of >> scholars that otherwise would have participated and enriched the >> conversation at these events. Hence, it also impacts APC’s ability to >> nurture public debate on privacy. >> >> Palantir has also surfaced as a sponsor at a range of other prominent >> privacy and technology policy events. Due to similar concerns, some of >> these conferences have discontinued Palantir sponsorship, an example >> that we hope to see replicated. Given the political, economic and >> societal implications of privacy today, the funding strategies of our >> conferences matter more than ever. However complicated the process may >> be, it is time to develop sponsorship criteria and guidelines that >> ensure academic independence and proper consideration of human rights. >> >> We therefore call for: >> >> 1. The discontinuation of Palantir’s sponsorship of the Amsterdam >> Privacy Conference, >> 2. Organizers and participants alike to engage in an action-oriented >> discussion on corporate funding of academic events, >> 3. The development of rigorous criteria and guidelines for corporate >> sponsorship, for example, based on Human Rights Impact Assessments. >> >> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] EFF hiring Client Platform Engineer & Help Desk Technician
Ahoy libtech! EFF is hiring for two full-time positions on our Technical Operations team, in SF, CA. The *Client Platform Engineer* will manage our mixed-environment fleet of laptops, tablets, and mobile phones. We're looking for someone who picks the best modern tool available, but is also comfortable maintaining legacy systems and will make meaningful contributions to our tight-knit six-person team. While we would be very excited to hire someone with client platform engineering experience, we are also prepared to provide training for the particular CPE tools we employ to someone with scripting skills, basic server administration skills, and a desire to specialize in client platform engineering. More @ https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/client-platform-engineer The *Help Desk Technician* will provide technical support to EFF’s staff by responding to a wide variety of help desk tickets, ranging from solving mysterious macOS backup errors to debugging monitors on the fritz, from troubleshooting non-native software on Linux to dealing with temperamental printers. Our ideal applicant is someone who is resourceful, organized, able to manage multiple tickets simultaneously and make a meaningful contribution to our tight-knit six-person team. More @ https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/help-desk If either feels like where you want to be for a while, please apply! If you have computer privacy computer nerds in your networks, please reshare! leez -- Lisa Wright Technologist General, Electronic Frontier Foundation GPG: https://www.eff.org/files/key_leez.txt -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Palantir at Amsterdam Privacy Conference
OH BOY WHAT ELSE? This is just unreal. PALANTIR, one software company dedicated to breaching individual privacy in favor of government interference, sponsors a “PRIVACY CONFERENCE?” “COSAS VEREDES, SANCHO,” Don Quijote said.. SMH > On Sep 21, 2018, at 7:58 AM, Félix Tréguer wrote: > > Thanks for this initiative, which I gladly join. > > Microsoft and Google are also among the sponsors of this conference. And many > of the concerns expressed about Palantir similarly applies to them. > > I think their ties to this conference, and more generally to the academic > field, is also problematic. I just wish the statement had also acknowledged > that. > > Thanks again, > > Félix > > > > On 9/21/18 11:36 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote: >> Dear all, >> The Amsterdam Privacy Conference is about to kick off with Palantir as >> the Platinum Sponsor. We, as a group of researchers and advocates are >> dismayed by this. If you are too, consider signing up to the statement >> below, by sending an email with your name and affiliation (or just your >> organization if you want to sign up with your organization) to >> sig...@fundingmatters.tech. You can also find the statement at >> https://fundingmatters.tech/ >> Best, >> Niels >> >> As privacy scholars and advocates concerned with human rights, we write >> to express our dismay with the decision to have Palantir as a platinum >> sponsor for the Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC). >> Privacy is one of the central challenges of our time and a pressing >> topic in today’s discussions on platforms, algorithms and policy making. >> The APC is a powerful forum for academics and advocates from around the >> world to move the field of privacy research forward. The conference is >> an important venue for privacy scholars from many different disciplines. >> The presence of Palantir as a sponsor of this conference legitimizes the >> company’s practices and gives it the opportunity to position itself as >> part of the agenda. This is deeply problematic and extremely regrettable. >> Palantir’s business model is based on a particular form of surveillance >> capitalism that targets marginalized communities and accelerates the use >> of discriminatory technologies such as predictive policing, for which >> the company has already been heavily criticized [1, 2]. Among Palantir’s >> public clients are police agencies and defense departments from all over >> the world. In the last year, Palantir has helped the Trump >> administration to find and deport asylum seekers, undocumented >> immigrants and refugees, raising serious concerns about wide-scale human >> rights violations [3]. While the company is largely secretive about its >> operations, it reportedly collaborated with Cambridge Analytica [4, 5], >> hedge funds, banks and financial service firms [6]. >> Despite criticism over Palantir’s sponsorship since the conference’s >> 2015 edition, APC’s sponsorship strategy has not changed. This stance >> has consequences: it contributes to the marginalization and exclusion of >> scholars that otherwise would have participated and enriched the >> conversation at these events. Hence, it also impacts APC’s ability to >> nurture public debate on privacy. >> Palantir has also surfaced as a sponsor at a range of other prominent >> privacy and technology policy events. Due to similar concerns, some of >> these conferences have discontinued Palantir sponsorship, an example >> that we hope to see replicated. Given the political, economic and >> societal implications of privacy today, the funding strategies of our >> conferences matter more than ever. However complicated the process may >> be, it is time to develop sponsorship criteria and guidelines that >> ensure academic independence and proper consideration of human rights. >> We therefore call for: >> 1. The discontinuation of Palantir’s sponsorship of the Amsterdam >> Privacy Conference, >> 2. Organizers and participants alike to engage in an action-oriented >> discussion on corporate funding of academic events, >> 3. The development of rigorous criteria and guidelines for corporate >> sponsorship, for example, based on Human Rights Impact Assessments. > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of > list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at > zakwh...@stanford.edu. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Palantir at Amsterdam Privacy Conference
Thanks for this initiative, which I gladly join. Microsoft and Google are also among the sponsors of this conference. And many of the concerns expressed about Palantir similarly applies to them. I think their ties to this conference, and more generally to the academic field, is also problematic. I just wish the statement had also acknowledged that. Thanks again, Félix On 9/21/18 11:36 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote: Dear all, The Amsterdam Privacy Conference is about to kick off with Palantir as the Platinum Sponsor. We, as a group of researchers and advocates are dismayed by this. If you are too, consider signing up to the statement below, by sending an email with your name and affiliation (or just your organization if you want to sign up with your organization) to sig...@fundingmatters.tech. You can also find the statement at https://fundingmatters.tech/ Best, Niels As privacy scholars and advocates concerned with human rights, we write to express our dismay with the decision to have Palantir as a platinum sponsor for the Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC). Privacy is one of the central challenges of our time and a pressing topic in today’s discussions on platforms, algorithms and policy making. The APC is a powerful forum for academics and advocates from around the world to move the field of privacy research forward. The conference is an important venue for privacy scholars from many different disciplines. The presence of Palantir as a sponsor of this conference legitimizes the company’s practices and gives it the opportunity to position itself as part of the agenda. This is deeply problematic and extremely regrettable. Palantir’s business model is based on a particular form of surveillance capitalism that targets marginalized communities and accelerates the use of discriminatory technologies such as predictive policing, for which the company has already been heavily criticized [1, 2]. Among Palantir’s public clients are police agencies and defense departments from all over the world. In the last year, Palantir has helped the Trump administration to find and deport asylum seekers, undocumented immigrants and refugees, raising serious concerns about wide-scale human rights violations [3]. While the company is largely secretive about its operations, it reportedly collaborated with Cambridge Analytica [4, 5], hedge funds, banks and financial service firms [6]. Despite criticism over Palantir’s sponsorship since the conference’s 2015 edition, APC’s sponsorship strategy has not changed. This stance has consequences: it contributes to the marginalization and exclusion of scholars that otherwise would have participated and enriched the conversation at these events. Hence, it also impacts APC’s ability to nurture public debate on privacy. Palantir has also surfaced as a sponsor at a range of other prominent privacy and technology policy events. Due to similar concerns, some of these conferences have discontinued Palantir sponsorship, an example that we hope to see replicated. Given the political, economic and societal implications of privacy today, the funding strategies of our conferences matter more than ever. However complicated the process may be, it is time to develop sponsorship criteria and guidelines that ensure academic independence and proper consideration of human rights. We therefore call for: 1. The discontinuation of Palantir’s sponsorship of the Amsterdam Privacy Conference, 2. Organizers and participants alike to engage in an action-oriented discussion on corporate funding of academic events, 3. The development of rigorous criteria and guidelines for corporate sponsorship, for example, based on Human Rights Impact Assessments. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Palantir at Amsterdam Privacy Conference
Dear all, The Amsterdam Privacy Conference is about to kick off with Palantir as the Platinum Sponsor. We, as a group of researchers and advocates are dismayed by this. If you are too, consider signing up to the statement below, by sending an email with your name and affiliation (or just your organization if you want to sign up with your organization) to sig...@fundingmatters.tech. You can also find the statement at https://fundingmatters.tech/ Best, Niels As privacy scholars and advocates concerned with human rights, we write to express our dismay with the decision to have Palantir as a platinum sponsor for the Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC). Privacy is one of the central challenges of our time and a pressing topic in today’s discussions on platforms, algorithms and policy making. The APC is a powerful forum for academics and advocates from around the world to move the field of privacy research forward. The conference is an important venue for privacy scholars from many different disciplines. The presence of Palantir as a sponsor of this conference legitimizes the company’s practices and gives it the opportunity to position itself as part of the agenda. This is deeply problematic and extremely regrettable. Palantir’s business model is based on a particular form of surveillance capitalism that targets marginalized communities and accelerates the use of discriminatory technologies such as predictive policing, for which the company has already been heavily criticized [1, 2]. Among Palantir’s public clients are police agencies and defense departments from all over the world. In the last year, Palantir has helped the Trump administration to find and deport asylum seekers, undocumented immigrants and refugees, raising serious concerns about wide-scale human rights violations [3]. While the company is largely secretive about its operations, it reportedly collaborated with Cambridge Analytica [4, 5], hedge funds, banks and financial service firms [6]. Despite criticism over Palantir’s sponsorship since the conference’s 2015 edition, APC’s sponsorship strategy has not changed. This stance has consequences: it contributes to the marginalization and exclusion of scholars that otherwise would have participated and enriched the conversation at these events. Hence, it also impacts APC’s ability to nurture public debate on privacy. Palantir has also surfaced as a sponsor at a range of other prominent privacy and technology policy events. Due to similar concerns, some of these conferences have discontinued Palantir sponsorship, an example that we hope to see replicated. Given the political, economic and societal implications of privacy today, the funding strategies of our conferences matter more than ever. However complicated the process may be, it is time to develop sponsorship criteria and guidelines that ensure academic independence and proper consideration of human rights. We therefore call for: 1. The discontinuation of Palantir’s sponsorship of the Amsterdam Privacy Conference, 2. Organizers and participants alike to engage in an action-oriented discussion on corporate funding of academic events, 3. The development of rigorous criteria and guidelines for corporate sponsorship, for example, based on Human Rights Impact Assessments. -- Niels ten Oever Researcher and PhD Candidate Datactive Research Group University of Amsterdam PGP fingerprint2458 0B70 5C4A FD8A 9488 643A 0ED8 3F3A 468A C8B3 -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
