Boston CyberStalking Hackathon

A dedicated event focused on hacking out solutions to technology-enabled abuse

Coming: September 2014

Technology and cyberstalking experts kick off this event dedicated to hacking out solutions. Join us for workshops on surveillance tools, identity protection, and case law.

Topics Include:

  • Current real world cases involving law enforcement
  • Popular spoofing tools and techniques
  • Location-based stalking applications
  • Surveillance tools and techniques
  • Social media vulnerabilities and attack vectors
  • Network anonymizers and attack vectors
  • Identity protection tools and techniques
  • Electronic surveillance/stalking case law
  • Overview of Intimate Partner Abuse/Violence (IPA/IPV)

Featured Panelists:

DA
David Adams, Ed.D.
Co-Founder, Emerge
AL
Andrew Lewman
Executive Director, Tor Project
RM
Risa Mednick
Executive Director, Transition House
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Past Events

April 4-8, 2014

New England GiveCamp

Location: Microsoft Cambridge

A weekend of collaborative problem-solving where technologists create innovative solutions for challenging problems in the community.

February 9, 2014

ACLU/Tor Crypto Party

Location: Northeastern University Law School

Co-sponsored by the ACLU of Massachusetts, National Lawyers Guild, Massachusetts Pirate Party, The Tor Project, Digital Fourth, and Restore the Fourth Boston.

Come learn how to encrypt your email and files, browse the internet anonymously, use secure chat systems, and more. Free lunch provided.

Schedule:

  • 12:00 PM - Why Encrypt? Talk, discussion, and free lunch!
  • 1:15 PM - Room 1: GnuPG | Room 2: Tor
  • 2:30 PM - Room 1: Free Software | Room 2: File encryption
  • 3:45 PM - Room 1: Using Jitsi | Room 2: Tor
  • 5:00 PM - Room 1: GnuPG | Room 2: Enigmabox
January 26-27, 2013

Central America Hackathon

Partners: Tor/SecondMuse/WorldBank

Address the challenge of domestic violence by building technology solutions to assist agencies that work to support victims and advance efforts to bring perpetrators to justice.

What is a hackathon?

A hackathon brings together volunteer technologists for a marathon weekend of work, using minimal resources and maximum brainpower to create innovative technology prototypes in response to challenging problems. More than just an event, a hackathon is a unique forum for collaborative problem solving where experts define the challenges for technologists to work on, resulting in concrete prototypes that can be implemented to create real impact.

Event Timeline

2018

  • January 13 - Bellona Cyber Meetup
  • August 1 - Educational Partners Meeting
  • February 17 - Technology Through Abuse Training
  • February 12 - Emerge Training

2016-2017

  • June 30, 2016 - NU Graduate Student Awards
  • August 8, 2016 - E1T1 Awards (MSYEP)
  • March 3, 2016 - MA State House White Ribbon Day
  • October 10-11, 2015 - New England Give Camp

2012-2015

  • July 2-4, 2014 - Tor Hackfest
  • May 25-28, 2014 - Stockholm Internet Forum
  • April 4-6, 2014 - New England Give Camp
  • And 20+ more events...

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