The Internet Freedom Festival (IFF), the Global Unconference of the Internet Freedom Communities, will take place in Valencia, Spain, from the 1st to the 6th March 2017. With over 1000 participants from more than 100 countries, and with 40% of women registered in the event, the IFF focuses on inclusivity and skill sharing and will host more than 200 sessions and self-organized events.This year eQualit.ie is among the official supporters of the Internet Freedom Festival, and our staff will host 3 sessions and a night event, the Tools & Tech Showcase.
Our first session will focus on community-driven DDoS self-defence and will take place on Tuesday, March 7th, at 12.15. Another session scheduled on Tuesday, March 9th, at 17.00pm will be dedicated to our brand-new multiparty chat encryption protocol (n+1)sec and will consist of a workshop with software developers, security experts, designers, usability specialists, and communications systems engineers on how to make an encrypted multi-party chat protocol as usable as possible. On Thursday, March 9th, at 12.30, our outreach coordinator Floriana will be co-leading a session presenting a training prototype for partitioning one’s social domains as an introduction to Qubes OS.
eQualit.ie will also host the Tools & Tech Showcase on Tuesday 7th March starting from 19.30. Come and explore all the awesome tools and services that are helping the Internet freedom community join forces to fight censorship and surveillance.
See you soon in Valencia!