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Least Authority performs Security Audit of Knot DNS and Knot Resolver on behalf of Mozilla’s “SOS” Fund

October 12, 2018

Earlier this year, Least Authority completed a security audit of Knot DNS and the Knot Resolver for the Mozilla Secure Open Source (“SOS”) Fund. The Mozilla SOS Fund provides security auditing, remediation, and verification for key open source software projects. This Fund is part of the Mozilla Open Source Support program (MOSS) which recognizes and celebrates open source

Least Authority performs User Tests at RightsCon Toronto

July 2, 2018

Least Authoritarians attended RightsCon – the world’s leading conference on human rights in the digital age – that took place in Toronto from May 16th to May 18th, 2018. Like every year, RightsCon Toronto brought together a diverse set of social tech, digital rights policy, and open internet advocacy groups, as well

Least Authority partners with TechGDPR to help with data protection regulation compliance

May 31, 2018

Berlin, May 31, 2018: Least Authority is pleased to announce that in partnership with Silvan Jongerius and Karen Reilly, it has formed a new company called TechGDPR to help high-tech startups and companies become GDPR compliant. The company was launched on February 23rd, 2018 in Berlin, Germany with Silvan Jongerius as the

Least Authority hosted a workshop with Simply Secure at Internet Freedom Festival 2018.

April 4, 2018

Least Authority along with Simply Secure hosted a workshop ‘Communicating the importance of privacy’ during the Internet Freedom Festival (IFF) held from March 5-9, 2018 in Valencia, Spain. IFF brings together journalists, activists, technologists, policy advocates, digital safety trainers, and designers around the world. This one-of-a-kind gathering in the Internet Freedom community gave us an opportunity

Conference Schedule

December 31, 2017

11:00 – 11:20 Networking, refreshments and morning snacks, welcome message 11:20 – 11:45 Why Privacy Matters Zooko Wilcox (Zcash) 11:45 – 12:15 Inspiring a Movement Rick Falkvinge (Private Internet Access) 12:15 – 13:05 Data Protection Panel Silvan Jongerius (TechGDPR), Florian Glatz (BLOCKCHAIN.LAWYER), Jan Sahl and moderated by Tom Braegelmann (LEVERTON)

Code of Conduct for the conference – “Privacy For Everyone”

December 16, 2017

We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, welcoming, and harassment-free conference experience for everyone. We have a Code of Conduct that we expect all attendees to adhere to. This Code of Conduct applies to the conference and the networking evening. Harassment and other exclusionary behavior aren’t acceptable. This includes and is not limited to:

“Privacy For Everyone” – a conference by Least Authority, Zcash Company and Dekrypt Capital

December 6, 2017

Dear friends of Least Authority, Together with The Zcash Company (our sibling company) and Dekrypt Capital we are hosting a conference: “Privacy For Everyone” Date: January 3, 2018 Location: Spreewerkstätten Am Krögel 2, 10179 Berlin We will bring together leaders in the field of digital privacy to discuss how to broaden the understanding of privacy

Introduction to Mix Networks and Anonymous Communication Networks

November 16, 2017

Anonymous communication networks like the Tor network hide metadata from passive network observers. While the term ‘anonymous’ is used to mean many things, in this context we are speaking in terms of the inability of a network observer or attacker to link actions on a network with its participants [ANONTERMS]. Even