Matt Mitchell: Making digital hygiene skills available for everyone
The current cyberspace landscape is a reflection of the world's social, political, and economic phenomena, mirroring the social inequality, discrimination and privacy violations that occur in society (and, in many cases, amplifying them). In our next podcast episode, we’ll dive deeper into these issues with celebrated human rights defender, hacker, and security trainer Matt Mitchell who, after direct experience in employee-monitoring roles, felt compelled to use his knowledge of surveillance practices for good - by helping high-risk individuals, marginalized groups, and journalists secure their identity and work online. As a tech fellow of the Ford Foundation and co-founder of CryptoHarlem, NYC-based Matt is on a mission to help NGOs and minority communities acquire basic digital hygiene skills and reach their full potential. Listen on for real-life examples and stories of a quest to safeguard privacy of those who need it most.