MozWeekend @ LPU - Privacy

[shashikanth171]

• Title Privacy and Security Workshop @ LPU Understanding privacy and measures to protect your privacy in the digital world

• Brief description about the content to be covered

  1. Introduction to Privacy and Privacy Risks online (Discussion)
  2. Secure Password Management with KeePassXC (Hands-on)
  3. Firefox Addons for Privacy and Security - usage demo (Hands-on)
  4. Introduction to Encryption and it's importance for protecting privacy (Discussion and activities)
  5. Privacy respecting software alternatives
  6. Email Encryption using Thunderbird and Enigmail
  7. How to start advocating for privacy (Discussion and activities)

• Prerequisites & reading material (Distributed before the session)

• Time required for the talk 9am - 5pm

• Link to slides / demos

• Platforms that you may use

• Measure Success(How will you measure the Success of your talk?)

  1. Number of Firefox installations.
  2. Number of installations of recommended add-ons on Firefox for privacy and security.
  3. At least 2 blog posts from participants sharing their understanding of privacy before and after event.
  4. Conduct a survey with participants after 1 month to know how their online life got affected with their new understanding of privacy risks they face.

• About yourself (Please include social media links, twitter, facebook, mozillians id, etc.) Shashikanth is a data privacy advocate, believes free software philosophy and strives to work with open principles. He has been a Mozillian since 2 years, actively working on advocacy and mobilization. He is currently volunteering at SFLC.in (Software Freedom Law Center, India). SFLC.in is conducting workshops on privacy and digital security across the country, discussing privacy risks online and various methods for privacy protection. For more details, please visit 'https://security sflc.in'. SFLC.IN is a donor supported legal services organisation that brings together lawyers, policy analysts, technologists, and students to protect freedom in the digital world. SFLC.IN promotes innovation and open access to knowledge by helping developers make great Free and Open Source Software, protect privacy and civil liberties for citizens in the digital world by educating and providing free legal advice and help policy makers make informed and just decisions with the use and adoption of technology.

• Availability (When would you be able to give the talk?) Jan 19th, 2019

[kindavishal]

Thank you for your talk! :smile: