I delivered this presentation on 18 March 2017 at WordCamp London. It was a call to action to developers, and to participants in the WordPress project in particular, to be aware of the roles they can and should play in preventing their work – and the project – from being exploited to harm those who are deemed political targets.

Data protection

• Intro to GDPR
• Privacy by design
• Privacy Shield

Beyond the rule of law

• the TOR project’s Technology in Hostile States: Ten Principles for User Protection
• Snitch plugin
• Run a cryptoparty

Digital activism

• techresistance.org
• tech-forward.org
• datarefuge.org
• www.progcode.co
• theyworkforyou.com
• mysociety.org

When the day comes

• Open Rights Group
• Responsible data leaks and whistleblowing
• Rene Carmille

 

Bucket list item achieved: read Shakespeare on a London stage without fluffing a syllable. #wcldn https://t.co/HwEf6vHXRo

— Heather Burns (@WebDevLaw) March 18, 2017