Hackmeet is an (un)conference that brings together hackers and activists to teach tech skills; discuss access, privacy, security, and other issues; and explore use of technology by radical movements. As an entirely free and open event, we invite any and all radical activists and hackers to present their work or give skillshare workshops.

Micah Lee, web developer at EFF, will be speaking about Privacy Tricks for Activist Web Developers.

Do you care about the privacy of your website's visitors but also depend on social media to get your message out? Do you want to protect your visitors' anonymity in case you or a third-party service you use gets subpoenaed? Do you want to be able to get meaningful and pretty analytics without third parties tracking your visitors? Can some kid in a coffee shop really hijack your users' accounts that easily?

Chances are Google, Facebook, and Twitter know as much about your website's visitors as you do, IP addresses and user agents are sprinkled about your server's filesystem, Google Analytics is watching everyone's every move, and some kid in a coffee shop is already pwning your users. But it doesn't have to be this way! This technical talk will cover tricks that web developers and sysadmins can use to minimize the privacy problems that plague the modern web.

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