Bringing Internet To Oceti Sakowin
On May 7, 2017 Lisha Sterling gave a presentation at LinuxFest Northwest about how we set up Internet for Water Protectors at the camps at Standing Rock in 2016 and 2017. The slides are available at this link.
Security at Resistance Camps: Lessons from Standing Rock
On May 6, 2017 Lisha Sterling gave a presentation at LinuxFest Northwest about the digital warfare enacted against Water Protectors at the camps at Standing Rock in 2016 and 2017. The slides are available at this link.
A Small Victory, But More To Do
Tonight social media is all a flutter with news about the Army Corps of Engineers statement that they will not give any permit to ETP to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe. Many people think that this is a great victory and that the Water Protectors have won. But this is simply not […]
Protecting Human Life At Standing Rock
On November 28, 2016 North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple ordered that the Water Protectors leave the Oceti Sakowin Camp located north of the Cannon Ball River. In his executive order he stated: I direct state agencies, emergency service officials, and nongovernmental organizations to reduce threats to public safety by not guaranteeing the provision of emergency […]
Internet at Standing Rock
Since September I’ve been working with the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. A big part of that work has been setting up Internet connectivity for camp. Before we even started on that, though, we sat down with members of the community at Standing Rock, most especially the elders who run […]
How Do We Stop Bad Use of Good Software?
When you are building a piece of technology intended to help people in crisis, it’s important to think about all the ways that technology can be used that will go against the intended benefit, but there are limits to what you can plan for or mitigate. This has been a major theme of the discussions […]
Surprise! A Tesla Raffle!
Geeks Without Bounds is very excited that we have a kid’s Tesla Model S car that we will be raffling off at BSides Las Vegas on August 2-3, 2016. The Tesla kid’s car can plug into a Tesla home charger or the battery can be removed to recharge on a regular home electric socket. The […]
Providing security audits for small nonprofits
This August, GWOB staff and volunteers will be getting together in Las Vegas to talk about a new project we have in the works to provide security audits for small nonprofits at RHoKSec events. We want to build on the program we already have that brings cybersecurity students together with professionals for a weekend of […]
Introducing Rose Nesbitt
Hello to the followers of the official Geeks Without Bounds blog! You may have noticed that there are no new posts here. The reason for that is GWOB has been so busy with projects that it’s been hard for anyone to sit down and tell everyone what’s been going on. Enter me! My name is […]
International Space Apps Challenge
International Space Apps Weekend has finally arrived! Geeks Without Bounds is happy to be co-organizing this years event with Greensboro College in Greensboro, North Carolina for the second year in a row. If you are in the area, we’d love to see you. (If you are too far away, check http://spaceappschallenge.org to see if the […]
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