Obfuscation Workshop

Twitter account for announcements related to the Obfuscation Workshop (May 4 & 7, 2021). A collaboration between @TUDelft and @Cornell_tech.

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

We will present the platframe and the Catalog for Digital Discomfort developed as part of the Workshop on Obfuscation at the next session of The Hmm's event series.
Join to learn about all five platforms showcased on the 23rd of June 20.00 CEST.
https://t.co/lkRdeX4Ur5

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

We concluded the Workshop with the final gathering of the Study Group! We thank all contributors and participants for the inspiring sessions! For the coming times, the platframe will serve as an archive. We will soon upload the remaining videos onto the platframe! Stay tuned!

[Jessica Foley @JessicaDFoley]

"I wish I had a more optimistic way of talking about resistance — it is important to recognise that the structures in place make it impossible to resist the use of these systems, unless we talk about how these systems are not inevitable" @VidushiMarda

https://t.co/z3ZItSNAPP

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

@jtmuehlberg @mikarv @bigbluebutton We thought about accessibility and we could have done better. We also tried to explore more radical notions than inclusivity and sustainability that expansionist dominant platforms ride on. We will take these issues into our reflections and hopefully others will, too.

[Nym @nym]

The talk between @harryhalpin and @yisiliu of @realmaskbook has started at the @ObfuscationWS!

This talk will overview the need to use encryption and metadata protection, and how lots of small incentivized nodes can be harnessed by cryptoeconomics!

https://t.co/oYEHs7ChSM

[Jessica Foley @JessicaDFoley]

Bots as Digital Infrapunctures - https://t.co/X23B29vGWU - @ObfuscationWS

[Jef Ausloos (@[email protected]) @Jausl00s]

.@carmelatroncoso emphasising importance of shifting the debate from AI and ML to systems in their entirety
@ObfuscationWS

[Dr Syed Mustafa Ali 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @DrSyedMustafaA1]

In the session on 'Face-veillance' at @ObfuscationWS and led to ask: have we reached a moment of sedimented carceral socio-technical infrastructure necessitating abolition or are we in a presentist moment where the infrastructure is still in the process of becoming? #Luddism🤔

[Amy Zhang @amyxzh]

Cheers to @ObfuscationWS and the organizers for putting on a unique and thoughtful workshop! I love the platframe - it shows the immense possibilities if we commit to building our own tools instead of working around the limitations and harmful assumptions of dominant ones.

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

@lilianedwards @mikarv @bigbluebutton oi, part of it is that we have been receiving a lot of traffic, and it is not optimized for mobile operating systems like iOS. recommend desktop and chromium based browsers.

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

We are queuing up the next session.
Join us!

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

Faceveillance

What can different projects on the covering or redesignation of the face as forms of politics teach us in resisting and contesting the increasing use of facial recognition in identifying people & managing populations?

Tomorrow at #WoO3
https://t.co/mX0RVUDteP

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

@siusoon it's by the H&D team formed by @AnjaGroten & @karlmoubarak1, more concretely :)

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

The Workshop on Obfuscation is today!!! 💥🧲🧿
We held the sessions short and added many breaks so that you can weave in and out, fitting to your time zones.🌄⏲️🌃
We start at 12pm UTC.
Looking forward to all the encounters and discussions.
https://t.co/x2v7EUCxUG
#WoO3

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

@siusoon hereby the responsible crafters & carers -> https://t.co/o3tH8cgolW <3

[SedaG @sedyst]

Yes! @EroBalsa has really been the engine that made the Workshop on Obfuscation happen!
#WoO3
@ObfuscationWS

[Meg Young @megyoung0]

As the @ObfuscationWS blossoms into an intentional, radical achievement today I would like to thank @EroBalsa for his tireless work to make it happen. It feels like the most interesting arts opening/convening I've been to-- all using activist open-source tools & platforms
#WoO3

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

oh, and @scyrusk
Excited to have you all with us!

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

Next:"Public Interest Technologies for the ML Age",
@hiddenmarkov & @bekah_overdorf brought together researchers using obfuscation in ML for contestation, subversion, counter-optimization and exposure of harms.
@carmelatroncoso Bettina Berendt @KendraSerra and @nickmvincent
#WoO3

[Obfuscation Workshop @ObfuscationWS]

What's in a name, asks @bekah_overdorf as she seeks for an overarching title for these proposals for contestation of ML in the public interest?
#sadtadpole
"We have a mascot!" 😛

[Jef Ausloos (@[email protected]) @Jausl00s]

Perhaps of interest for those who just attended the great opening session @ObfuscationWS: @jilltoh @alex_giann and me are exploring the role of data rights as potential obfuscation tools...
#DataRightsAsPOTs?