I'm getting whiplash going from #WSC2019Conf to #devopsdays DFW -- both because I find myself typing the wrong hashtag while livetweeting, and also... I am missing a lot of the inclusivity things that I deeply appreciate getting at @WriteSpeakCode
Great talk with some historical perspective from someone who has been working to organize in tech for a while.
Stories and strategies.
@ameschright #WSC2019conf
Self-Care
Refactor your life
Revitalize your community
Once you’ve helped yourself recover, it’s your responsibility to help others
@nitya #WSC2019conf
Q&A
How can we harness the political enthusiasm of new immigrants?
We are strongest when we invite immigrants in with open arms. Even green card holders can donate time and money to campaigns.
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That feeling when you read the news first thing in the morning.
It is purpose it is righteousness.
The “Greatest Generation” saved the country from evil abroad
We’re going to save it from evil at home
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It is exhausting every day to get up and read the news, see the latest horror... It's tempting to quit and go back to making video games. We need to get up and put the pieces of this country back together. We can transform our fear into _purpose_ and determination. #wsc2019conf
As an outspoken advocate, she gets told she is brave.
But there are so many other important roles to play — even for introverts
Social change is like an RPG party
All of us have a role to play
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You don't have to do *everything*, or follow one particular mold. It takes a complete party with different roles to accomplish change. Maybe you're a healer and not a tank! It's okay! #wsc2019conf
It is so much easier to harden your heart than to be vulnerable and go out and make a difference.
Our values matter and it’s time they were heard
Cynicism is a Luxury
We cannot sit on the sidelines
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It's easy to become cynical, but we need to believe we can make a difference. We need to try to change our workplaces and our government. Be brave. Do what you can, says @BriannaWu #wsc2019conf
Very close call with an attack coordinate online (in 2012?)
Café Milano Assassination Plot
Miracle no one was killed
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But there are two particular areas of concern with regard to cybersecurity and national security: Iranian takeover of dam SCADA (control) systems in New York State in 2011.
The Cafe Milano assassination plot with Iran trying to radicalize Americans to plant bombs? #wsc2019conf
First weaponized cyber attack in the US—2011—totally forgotren/ignored. Ironically saved because the system was underfunded and take offline.
Iranian Hacking is the NYC Sluice Gate
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Everyone in this room has a role to play.
We need to stand up... for users... against militarization... something
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We can all help our world in different ways - we have unique skills that we can lend. #wsc2019conf
Many ways to serve your country
It’s not just military service
How can we heed/harness that call to service? To leave the world better than you found it.
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Social media is a doomsday machine, Neal Stephenson
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We need more discussions about ethics and misuse. Zoom took privacy shortcuts, and exposed people to risk of stalkerware or non-consensual images of them.
We need ethical, professional standards to hold ourselves to, similar to other engineers, lawyers, etc #wsc2019conf
We need a professional code of conduct in tech.
Recent discovery of Zoom’s mishandling of customer privacy a case in point.
We need more discussions about ethics
And professional standards
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There are some serious risks on privacy there -- that all the information is accumulated and made available (e.g. addresses, names, giving history...) that can be misused. [ed: hiii I was doxxed because of the FEC] #wsc2019conf
They can’t win without our tools
They need our skills, ignore our perspective
Ngpvan is a powerful tool for candidates, but it’s terrible for privacy
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"The stakes are too high for engineers and technologists to not have discussions about how our inventions will affect people." --@briannawu
Politicians in Washington cannot win elections without the things that we develop. Voter tech is a serious area. #wsc2019conf
We are bad at asking ourselves how what we build can be misused.
Example of Terminator 2–seeing only the good that could come of the tech that became SkyNet
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We are really bad about asking how what we build can be misused. Are we ready to confront that skynet is built of good intentions? #wsc2019conf
Social media has “sexism debt” like the concept of “tech debt” I Software development.
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Social media is very vulnerable to _sexism debt_ that was built around homogeneous communities, but disregards the impacts upon marginalized communities. #wsc2019conf
Tech policy has real-life consequences:
(1) Drone warfare, which Google engineers resisted to a degree, but still there's more danger ahead
(2) Deep fake technology where we no longer can tell real from fake
(3) Online harassment mobs facilitated through social tech. #wsc2019conf
Tech policy has real life consequences
Drone programs, deepfakes, organized harassment
We need to confront the ethics of the things our industry makes
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