TAKE BACK YOUR DATA: A hands-on anti-surveillance accountability workshop with Paraspace Books. FREE WORKSHOP!
In this workshop led by Paraspace Books (S Rodriguez and Sara Balabanlilar), participants will learn and implement protective measures against online data surveillance in a hands-on environment. We will discuss best practices for cybersecurity using ‘good, better, best methodologies and simplify what can be a daunting process for the casual netizen.
S and Sara will use their own cell phones and laptops as examples as participants set up a VPN, alternate email addresses, online storage systems, and phone numbers. In this workshop, Paraspace will map out ways of navigating different situations requiring users to give out their data in exchange for ‘real life’ and digital services. Bring your computer and phone!
Additional resources (print, USB, and cloud) will be provided at the event and after for those who are not able to attend.
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Sara Balabanlilar has been a publisher, bookseller, designer, and undercover gallerist. She is the co-founder of queer sci-fi bookshop Paraspace Books. She has spent almost ten years working in the book world, including internationally-focused, award-winning publishers Deep Vellum Publishing and Dalkey Archive Press, and is currently a Senior Sales Specialist at indie publisher Microcosm Publishing.
S Rodriguez is a Texas based interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator. Their practice is rooted in their unwavering belief toward liberation for all beings, and against oppression. S is the co-founder of Barbee Manshun, a curatorial project focused on democratizing the art gallery and showcasing historically marginalized artists, and of Paraspace Books, an award winning transient queer book shop and workshop project focused on non-canonical sci-fi and speculative futures. They have exhibited and performed at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Diverse Works, the Blaffer Art Museum, the Austin Public Library, the Houston Centerfor Contemporary Craft, Lawndale Arts Center, and more. S is a former Idea Fund Grant recipient, and Common Field Partner.