Date: Monday, 6 October 2014
Location: Trinity Biomedical Science Institute, Pearse Street
US computer privacy expert, Bruce Schneier, will speak at the 2nd Annual Front Line Defenders Lecture to be held in partnership with University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin.
The lecture, entitled ‘Is it Possible to be Safe Online? Human Rights Defenders and the Internet’, will explore the issues faced by human rights defenders – and everyday people –particularly as the use of computers and the Internet in their work becomes increasingly commonplace, the rise in threat posed by governments manipulating, monitoring and subverting electronic information, increased surveillance and censorship, and the lack of security for digitally communicated and stored information.
Dubbed a ‘security guru’ by The Economist, Schneier has authored 12 books – including ‘Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Thrive’ – as well as hundreds of articles, essays and academic papers. His influential newsletter, Crypto-Gram, and his blog, Schneier on Security, are read by over 250,000 worldwide.
Tickets are available at: https://bruceschneierdublin2014.eventbrite.ie.