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The following are community updates from the weekly Glitter Meetup. They do not have names associated with them. However, if you interested in a specific item and connecting to the people(s) associated with the work, email [email protected] and we can facilitate an intro if the people(s) consent to it.  
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<span style="font-size:larger">'''Glitter Meetup''' (GM) is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community, attracting digital rights defenders from all corners of the world!! On this page you will find the notes or "minutes" from previous meetups, and information about upcoming ones. </span>


* '''Every Thursday''' at 9:00am EDT
* '''Where''' On the [[TCU Mattermost|TCU Mattermost?]] Secure an account [[TCU Mattermost|here]].
* '''Missed a Glitter Meetup?''' Don't worry the notes of each GM is listed below.


=='''August 23'''==
GMs are text-based chats, and provide digital rights defenders with space to share their work, personal, or regional updates, as well as ask questions; secure support or resources; share their expertise; and grow their human network! From time to time, we invite a featured guest who shares their expertise, and participants can ask questions to directly. Once a month, we also host a more social GM called '''The Social Networking Glitter Meetup''' where you can connect with others in a more organic, social way. 
View our [[Calendar of Events]] for a complete list of our virtual events


* Someone is trying to apply SAFETAG for LGBTQ communities in South Asia.
  We would love to have featured guests! If interested, email team@digitalrights.community
* Totem project is an online platform helping journalists and activists use digital security & privacy tools and tactics more effectively in their work by Greenhost and FreePressUnlimited. https://totem-project.org/
* Malaysian Parliament passes bill to repeal Anti-Fake News Act last week
* IFF Fellowship deadline has been extended to August 27.
* In Zimbabwe, there was a constitutional court hearing yesterday for the just ended elections where the opposition party is challenging the results that were announced. Judgement will be announced tomorrow at 1400hrs UTC+2
* Someone is working on a due process (appeals) campaign targeting social media platforms (primarily Facebook) and would love to chat off-list with anyone interested or working on similar things.
* The Tor meeting will be happening in Mexico end of September.  


'''About Safetag:'''
== '''Upcoming Meetups with Featured Guests''' ==
* SAFETAG is an assessment framework to work with organizations and help them build informed decisions about the risks they face. It provides a wide variety of different activities: some very research focused, like understanding the context the organization is working within -- each organization has a totally different set of risks depending on their context; Some are very technical, such as scanning office networks to understand what systems and traffic are on the network; and many are "interpersonal" -- simply talking to staff members, interviewing management, and running exercises to help the organization build a cohesive and shared understanding of their risks and which of them they accept, and which they want to prioritize to mitigate.


* In the best case, you should have a few people helping out -- one person who has a more digisec training background, and another who's happier sitting in the back room hacking around on things.  Often funding and scheduling mean that one person has to do all three, so careful planning and preparation are important -- you do NOT want to be researching how to nmap an organization without crashing their computers in the middle of an assessment. In addition,  there is value and more impact if the audit is done by more people with different skills other than a single person.
The following are upcoming Glitter Meetups with featured guests and/or topics every Thursday:


* SAFETAG scoping questions are really good to help people understand their risks.
'''[[November 21 2024 GM|November 21, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''


* Some folks have it customized for working with LGTBQ in West Africa.
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''


* SAFETAG wants to be community owned, but depends on people taking ownership/participating.
'''[[November 28 2024 GM|November 28, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]''' ''Featured Guest: Laurisha Rampersad and Kayee Au''


* Even though someone might be from a different parts of the world, so many common problems come up that are similar.  So you may think your approach only applies to some super specific situation, but almost guaranteed someone else is facing the same problem
'''Topic:''' Make Privacy Sexy Again : Why do We Need to Choose Between Privacy and Usability?


* Best tips, for network scanning - (a) be careful and  (b) keep it balanced. A lot of the tools, even "simple" nmap, have a lot of super dangerous options, and you really never know if a computer is going to be vulnerable to a 10-year-old bug. Start super lightweight, and super low-impact, even flooding a system that may be a few years out of date can cause it to fail, and then you're suddenly halfway through an audit and have to stop to fix something you broke. Look at software versions, and peek via nmap on weird ports being open before doing anything more intense
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* The other big tip is to not get trapped in any one approach.  People with hacking/pentesting backgrounds tend to ignore the interactive parts, and people with training backgrounds tend to shy away from the technical pieces. It takes both, plus a solid base of research, to really understand an organization. Also, and super important, you can also spend a LOT of time digging in to some really obscure tech things, and lose the opportunity to ensure you have a holistic view of the org.
* Right to disconnect
* 4 day work week
* Unlimited vacations


* The SAFETAG translation in Spanish is out of date. Ping them if you can help identify chunks to prioritize for funding.
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* Re: network scanning, a super fun thing to do (but requires a system with a decent chunk of RAM and a few hours of access to a lot of bandwidth) is to download some vm images. vulnhub is a good repository, and MS has some testing images for old versions of windows (see the safetag reference file here for links: https://github.com/SAFETAG/SAFETAG/blob/master/en/references/network_env.adids.md).  Use virtualbox to run them locally and have them all on your local network, and then you can use nmap and such locally (do this at home, you can even have it set up to truly be a "fake" network on your computer only -- do NOT do it on a shared or work network!!) This is a great way to get started exploring and using different scanning options
=='''Notes from Past Glitter Meetups'''==


The following are community updates from the weekly Glitter Meetup. If you need to connect to anyone mentioned below, please reach out. We do practice "consensual introductions," meaning we have to check with the person before doing so. No names are associated with the summary notes. Please contact us if you have any questions related to these notes: [email protected]


=='''August 16'''==
[[November 7 2024 GM|'''November 7, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]


* New org in latin america in the works ( Con-nexo). They will be developing projects on capacity building on security, research, security support to organizations, tool development and community generation around communities at risk and security in general.  
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
* Lots of love happening for SAFETAG fellowship
 
* Zimbabwe still doesnt' have a president even after voting
'''[[October 31 2024 GM|October 31, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''. ''Featured Guest: Easy Mee''
* Found out Digital Society of Zimbabwe was born in the IFF :)
 
* Folks working on security investigation framework in tails. Prototype coming soon! Github here: https://gitlab.com/scif/whiskers
'''Topic:''' Learn More About Amnezia Software Suite
* Blog posts coming out taimed at helping new auditors get in the SAFETAG mindset; as it can be very overwhelming to try and tackle the guide as it exists now
 
* Someone who did research on digital censorship in post-soviet states and how each country's approach differs (about a third have very free internet and about a third have internet censorship in place), is currently talking to a publisher about turning it into a book on the history of censorship in the region.
[[October 24 2024 GM|'''October 24, 2024 Glitter Meetup:''']]
* Someone is cultivating digital security trainers to assist HRDs in Southeast Asia as many trainers are still flown in.
 
* Past DIF Folks asking that a community is created so they can further connect.
''The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''
* Various games made by people in the community such as BLOOG: how formal and informal groups interact in crisis. we called it ENCAPE http://blog.bl00cyb.org/2017/08/interfaces-between-formal-and-informal-crisis-response/, Malicious Content, the infosec card game like Cards against humanit, and the depressing, Cards against Humanitarians" -- now JadedAid -- http://jadedaid.com/).
 
* First alpha version Tor Browser coming out soon!
[[October 17 2024 GM|'''October 17, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]. ''Featured Guests: Mario, Oriana and Fabian''
* Maybe a hackathon with artist, process oriented.
 
'''Topic:''' Conexo: Organizational Security and Capacity Building From the Global South
 
'''[[October 10 2024 GM|October 10, 2024 Glitter Meetup:]]'''
 
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
 
[[September 19 2024 GM|'''September 19, 2024 Glitter Meetup:''']]
 
The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world
 
'''[[September 12 2024 GM|September 12, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''. ''Featured Guest: Taiwo''
 
'''Topic:''' The Digital Rights Monopoly: Discussing Gamification as a Tool for Digital Literacy
 
[[September 5 2024 GM|'''September 5, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]. ''Featured Guest: Chirayu Desai''
 
'''Topic:''' Is There HOPE for Phone Privacy? CalyxOS and Privacy-Focused FLOSS Phone Solutions
 
'''[[July 25 2024 GM|July 25, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''. ''Featured Guests: Fabiola Maurice and Tiffany Robertson''
 
'''Topic:''' Butter Box - Life Without Internet Made Smoother
 
[[July 18 2024 GM|'''July 18, 2024 Glitter Meetup''':]]
 
The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world
 
'''[[July 11 2024 GM|July 11, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''. ''Featured Guest: Hiure''
 
'''Topic:''' Community Networks Guide
 
'''[[July 4 2024 GM|July 4, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]''':
 
The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup
 
'''[[June 27 2024 GM|June 27, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''. ''Featured Guest: Karolin''
 
'''Topic:''' Rosenpass – Securing Cryptographic Applications Against Quantum Computer Attacks
 
[[June 20 2024 GM|'''June 20, 2024 Glitter Meetup''':]]
 
The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world
 
'''[[June 13 2024 GM|June 13, 2024 Glitter Meetup.]]''' ''Featured Guests: Lebo & Leonora''
 
'''Topic:''' Kwanele's Journey Navigating Ethical Tech for GBV Justice
 
[[June 6 2024 GM|'''June 6, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]:
 
The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup
 
'''[[May 30 2024 GM|May 30, 2024 Glitter Meetup]].'''
 
'''Topic:''' Conversations Around Funding
 
[[May 23 2024 GM|'''May 23, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]:
 
The collaborative community discussion on w''hat is Happening in Digital Rights around the world''
 
[[May 16 2024 GM|'''May 16, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]. ''Featured Guest: Selamawit Tezera''
 
'''Topic:''' sheEsecures - a Platform for an Inclusive and Feminist Internet
 
[[May 9 2024 GM|'''May 9, 2024 Glitter Meetup:''']] ''Featured Guest: Nathaly Espitia Diaz''
 
'''Topic:''' "Convite"- the Security and Self-care Communication Program for Indigenous, Black and Rural Communities in Colombia
 
[[May 2 2024 GM|'''May 2, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]:
 
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
 
[[April 25 2024 GM|'''April 25, 2024 Glitter Meetup.''']] ''Featured Guest: Holmes Wilson''
 
'''Topic:''' Quiet: A Secure Slack Alternative for Groups that Outgrow Signal
 
'''[[April 18 2024 GM|April 18, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]:'''
 
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
 
[[April 11 2024 GM|'''April 11, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]
 
'''Featured Guests:''' Elizabeth Sutterlin and Maddie Masinsin
 
'''Topic:''' Learn More About the Election Watch for the Digital Age Project
 
'''[[April 4 2024 GM|April 4, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World?
 
'''[[March 28 2024 GM|March 28, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
 
'''[[March 21 2024 GM|March 21, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''Featured Guests:''' Icaldua and Flo
 
'''Topic:''' "Localizing Security in a Box" in Indonesian
 
'''[[March 14 2024 GM|March 14, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''Featured Guest:''' Martín Szyszlican
 
'''Topic:''' Open Data and Civic Tech to Circumvent Government Censorship and Disinformation in Latin America
 
'''[[March 7 2024 GM|March 7, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World?
 
'''[[February 29 2024 GM|February 29, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
 
'''[[February 22 2024 GM|February 22, 2024 Glitter Meetup]]'''
 
'''Featured Guest:''' Kwaku Antwi
 
'''Topic:''' Online Monitoring in Ghana
 
'''[[February 15 2024 GM|February 15, 2024 GM]]'''
 
'''Topic:''' Digital Security Challenges of Journalists in Myanmar
 
[[February 8 2024 GM|'''February 8, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]
 
''The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup''
 
[[February 1 2024 GM|'''February 1, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]
 
''What is happening in Digital Rights around the world?''
 
[[January 25 2024 GM|'''January 25, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]
 
'''Featured Guest:''' Feras Bezanti
 
'''Topic:''' Digital Safety in Libya: A Helpdesk Overview
 
[[January 18 2024 GM|'''January 18, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]
 
'''Featured Guest:''' Sapni GK
 
'''Topic:''' Platform Cooperativism in India
 
[[January 11 2024 GM|'''January 11, 2024 Glitter Meetup''']]
 
'''The Glitterest Glitter Meetup:''' Welcome back!
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'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2023]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2022]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2021]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes 2020]]'''
 
'''[[Glitter Meetup Notes Before March 26, 2020]]'''

Latest revision as of 08:49, 21 November 2024

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Glitter Meetup (GM) is the weekly town hall of the Internet Freedom community, attracting digital rights defenders from all corners of the world!! On this page you will find the notes or "minutes" from previous meetups, and information about upcoming ones.

  • Every Thursday at 9:00am EDT
  • Where On the TCU Mattermost? Secure an account here.
  • Missed a Glitter Meetup? Don't worry the notes of each GM is listed below.

GMs are text-based chats, and provide digital rights defenders with space to share their work, personal, or regional updates, as well as ask questions; secure support or resources; share their expertise; and grow their human network! From time to time, we invite a featured guest who shares their expertise, and participants can ask questions to directly. Once a month, we also host a more social GM called The Social Networking Glitter Meetup where you can connect with others in a more organic, social way. 

View our Calendar of Events for a complete list of our virtual events

We would love to have featured guests! If interested, email [email protected]

Upcoming Meetups with Featured Guests

The following are upcoming Glitter Meetups with featured guests and/or topics every Thursday:

November 21, 2024 Glitter Meetup

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world

November 28, 2024 Glitter Meetup Featured Guest: Laurisha Rampersad and Kayee Au

Topic: Make Privacy Sexy Again : Why do We Need to Choose Between Privacy and Usability?

Review our Digital Justice House Toolkit here, which proposes three transformations in the digital rights workplace to improve your team health:
  • Right to disconnect
  • 4 day work week
  • Unlimited vacations

Notes from Past Glitter Meetups

The following are community updates from the weekly Glitter Meetup. If you need to connect to anyone mentioned below, please reach out. We do practice "consensual introductions," meaning we have to check with the person before doing so. No names are associated with the summary notes. Please contact us if you have any questions related to these notes: [email protected]

November 7, 2024 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

October 31, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guest: Easy Mee

Topic: Learn More About Amnezia Software Suite

October 24, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world

October 17, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guests: Mario, Oriana and Fabian

Topic: Conexo: Organizational Security and Capacity Building From the Global South

October 10, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

September 19, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world

September 12, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guest: Taiwo

Topic: The Digital Rights Monopoly: Discussing Gamification as a Tool for Digital Literacy

September 5, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guest: Chirayu Desai

Topic: Is There HOPE for Phone Privacy? CalyxOS and Privacy-Focused FLOSS Phone Solutions

July 25, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guests: Fabiola Maurice and Tiffany Robertson

Topic: Butter Box - Life Without Internet Made Smoother

July 18, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world

July 11, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guest: Hiure

Topic: Community Networks Guide

July 4, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

June 27, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guest: Karolin

Topic: Rosenpass – Securing Cryptographic Applications Against Quantum Computer Attacks

June 20, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world

June 13, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guests: Lebo & Leonora

Topic: Kwanele's Journey Navigating Ethical Tech for GBV Justice

June 6, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

May 30, 2024 Glitter Meetup.

Topic: Conversations Around Funding

May 23, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The collaborative community discussion on what is Happening in Digital Rights around the world

May 16, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guest: Selamawit Tezera

Topic: sheEsecures - a Platform for an Inclusive and Feminist Internet

May 9, 2024 Glitter Meetup: Featured Guest: Nathaly Espitia Diaz

Topic: "Convite"- the Security and Self-care Communication Program for Indigenous, Black and Rural Communities in Colombia

May 2, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

April 25, 2024 Glitter Meetup. Featured Guest: Holmes Wilson

Topic: Quiet: A Secure Slack Alternative for Groups that Outgrow Signal

April 18, 2024 Glitter Meetup:

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

April 11, 2024 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guests: Elizabeth Sutterlin and Maddie Masinsin

Topic: Learn More About the Election Watch for the Digital Age Project

April 4, 2024 Glitter Meetup

What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World?

March 28, 2024 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

March 21, 2024 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guests: Icaldua and Flo

Topic: "Localizing Security in a Box" in Indonesian

March 14, 2024 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest: Martín Szyszlican

Topic: Open Data and Civic Tech to Circumvent Government Censorship and Disinformation in Latin America

March 7, 2024 Glitter Meetup

What is Happening in Digital Rights Around the World?

February 29, 2024 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

February 22, 2024 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest: Kwaku Antwi

Topic: Online Monitoring in Ghana

February 15, 2024 GM

Topic: Digital Security Challenges of Journalists in Myanmar

February 8, 2024 Glitter Meetup

The monthly global Digital Rights community networking meetup

February 1, 2024 Glitter Meetup

What is happening in Digital Rights around the world?

January 25, 2024 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest: Feras Bezanti

Topic: Digital Safety in Libya: A Helpdesk Overview

January 18, 2024 Glitter Meetup

Featured Guest: Sapni GK

Topic: Platform Cooperativism in India

January 11, 2024 Glitter Meetup

The Glitterest Glitter Meetup: Welcome back! 

Glitter Meetup Notes 2023

Glitter Meetup Notes 2022

Glitter Meetup Notes 2021

Glitter Meetup Notes 2020

Glitter Meetup Notes Before March 26, 2020
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