07-14, 12:00–12:50 (US/Eastern), Marillac Auditorium
As lockdowns and solitary confinement increase, an out of control private prison tech industry is profiteering off draconian new restrictions on access to communications: banning books, visits, and physical mail to sell a dystopian digital regime where every message is taxed and monitored on sandboxed tablets and kiosks. This talk will unpack the world of carceral technology: map out the major security corporations, what they have in store for us, and how we can fight back. In this era of police repression and imperialist genocide, how can technologists reject complicity and cooptation? How can hackers practice global solidarity instead, working to undermine and overcome the logic of borders and cages on both the net and in the streets?
Cooper Quintin is a security researcher and senior public interest technologist with the EFF Threat Lab. and board member of Open Archive. He has worked on projects including Privacy Badger, Canary Watch, and analysis of state-sponsored malware campaigns such as Dark Caracal. Cooper has given security trainings for activists, nonprofit workers, and vulnerable populations around the world. He previously worked building websites for nonprofits, including Greenpeace, Adbusters, and the Chelsea Manning Support Network. Cooper was also an editor and contributor to the hacktivist journal, Hack This Zine. In his spare time, he enjoys making music, visualizing a solar-punk communitarian future, and playing with his kids.
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Jeremy Hammond is a hacker, anarchist, antifascist, abolitionist, community organizer, outside agitator, founder of HackThisSite.org, and was formerly imprisoned for Anonymous hacktivist actions against governments, police, and the security industry.
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