Privacy Geeks in Paradise: Ghostery @ SXSW

March 15, 2012
By adam

We were flying our colors this year at South by Southwest, representing privacy in full force. In addition from meeting with some of the awesomest and most influential figures in the startup and media world, we had a lot of fun! Here’s a recap, in pictures (forgive the iPhone quality!):

We attended some amazing panels on privacy and data collection:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We charged our phones:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We philosophized:

Alas, poor 3D-printed Yorick! Andy knew him well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hosted a panel that featured some of the smartest people in the privacy world (!):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We spectated a Settler’s of Catan tournament:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we messed with the RFID tracking tags in our badges :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you next year!!

4 Responses to Privacy Geeks in Paradise: Ghostery @ SXSW

  1. k bob on April 5, 2012 at 4:05 am

    wow, rfid tracking in sxsw badges?? holy crap, sxsw has garnered full blown commercial sell out status. glad i was involved in the 90′s when it still had independent integrity ;) i would love to learn more about this panel. is there a podcast you can download, etc? keep up the great work.

  2. Amanda on April 21, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    Thanks for all you do! I HATE being followed around, and was frankly amazed to find out who and how many do this, I do NOT appreciate it one bit! Blessings to you and yours, keep on keeping on!!!

  3. Sarah Scott on June 6, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    Hi, I’m really computer illiterate (left work force in 96 and haven’t touched one since) so this is all a learning experience to me – Could someone tell me how I go from seeing just the numbers of “followers” to seeing the actual names of “who” is following me?

    I love the concept of this add-on! It’s bad enough the government wants to legislate away our right to privacy on the web (I’m from Canada), nevermind who knows how many other intrusive parties.

    So, Bravo to Mozilla for this download…

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