The "Crypto and Privacy" village at Defcon demands you agree to the privacy policies of Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, and Discord to interact with them. It is a disgrace.
They have a sign similar to the ones at stadiums or events that say recording is in progress and that by being there you agree to be recorded... being here means you agree... not that there is any enforcement but very flocky and thus ironic.
You have your choice of salesforce, google, or discord to interact with them.
They even virtue signal with their "crypto means cryptography!" sign without actually promoting tools that let people have control of their own keys.
They do not use or support any privacy preserving comms, and thus, they are just yet another surveillance capitalism marketing village.
I actually encourage Defcon attendees to visit the village with context, as it really is a symbol of everything wrong with privacy advocacy in America, and why we are so so so far behind Europe.
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What does this look like in practice?
They have a sign similar to the ones at stadiums or events that say recording is in progress and that by being there you agree to be recorded... being here means you agree... not that there is any enforcement but very flocky and thus ironic.
That's not Google though?
You have your choice of salesforce, google, or discord to interact with them.
They even virtue signal with their "crypto means cryptography!" sign without actually promoting tools that let people have control of their own keys.
They do not use or support any privacy preserving comms, and thus, they are just yet another surveillance capitalism marketing village.
I actually encourage Defcon attendees to visit the village with context, as it really is a symbol of everything wrong with privacy advocacy in America, and why we are so so so far behind Europe.