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Thank You Shuttleworth Foundation

December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments onething

I’m very honored to announce to have been the recipient of Shuttleworth Foundation “Flash Grant” grant to continue working on the

Lanterns rising at Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in 2014, Taiwan. By Jirka Matousek

One Thing To Do Today: On dark days, be the light.

December 21, 2016June 14, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments defaults, onething

On this darkest day of the year, let’s talk about the chilling effect poor privacy and security policies can have on

A drawing of an old key hanging from a stylized hook.

One Thing To Do Today: Phones get lost and stolen. Encrypt them.

December 20, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments encryption, mobile phones, onething, privacy, security

TL;DR: After doing the Tuesday Sweep, read ArsTechnica’s guide on disk encryption. Add making sure devices have encryption turned on

camera being held to take picture of food at a restaurant, but the phone is wrapped in tinfoil

One Thing To Do Today: Time for some tinfoil

December 17, 2016June 14, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments faraday cage, mobile phones, onething, privacy, security

In action movies the experienced guide grabs the befuddled hero’s mobile phone and rips out the battery. Fiddling with location settings helps,

Beyoncé rocking an Elizabethan and Louis XIV inspired modern diva worthy costume

One Thing To Do Today: Institute “Beyoncé Rules” for vetting apps

December 16, 2016June 14, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments checklist, mobile phones, onething, privacy, security

TL;DR: An app or service you don’t have can’t spy on you. Be choosey. From all of the previous work

One Thing To Do Today: Threat Model 5, How to look for mitigations

December 15, 2016December 16, 2016 carlyn 0 Comments

We had a great conversation with Santa, but it won’t help us at all if we don’t look for ways

One Thing To Do Today: Threat Model 4, What the Ulitmate Threat Actor Sees

December 14, 2016December 14, 2016 carlyn 3 Comments onething, privacy, security, threat actor, threat model

So now we look at our diagram as if we were one of our threat actor personas. To do things

Goodbye, Learn to Code with Us!

December 14, 2016 alex 0 Comments learn to code with us, tech

In 2011, I made a career change into the tech industry. By 2012, I had had it. In those two

red rotary telephone

One Thing To Do Today: Collect phone numbers for future Tuesday Sweeps

December 13, 2016January 15, 2017 carlyn 0 Comments activism, onething, privacy, security, TuesdaySweep

Back on November 20th, Michelle kicked of the Civic Engagement Survival Guide with the Who’s My Representative Mini Hackathon. She not only

diagram on paper surrounded by pens, pencils and a coffee cup.

One Thing To Do Today: Threat Model Part 3, Map The Ecosystem

December 12, 2016June 14, 2017 carlyn 1 Comment diagram, onething, privacy, security, threat model

I’m the weirdo that loved diagraming sentences, so this next part makes me nerdily happy. Time to take one of

Rep. Karen Bass’ Congressional Conversation Series

December 12, 2016April 4, 2021 alex 1 Comment california, cesg, civic engagement survival guide, civil rights, congress, district 37, grassroots, karen bass

CRASH Space is within California’s 37th Congressional District, and our representative is Congresswoman Karen Bass. You can see more info