Beyond Hacktivism: why #policymatters

Talk given at Codemotion Berlin 2016. It showcases issues in public policy that are facing developers and entrepreneurs today, and presents ways to get involved with decision making, and how to make an impact.

Transcript

1. Beyond Hacktivism: why #policymatters © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
2. Contents » Pokémon! » Donald Trump » Netflix © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
3. Contents » Why Policy? » Stories » Current happenings » What can [I/you/we] do? © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
4. Policy WTF © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
5. » Bigger than you think » Impacting your life, revenue » Freedom of speech » Freedom of movement » Privacy © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
6. My personal reasons » Immigrant - ! ✈ # » EU citizen - I ❤ % » Developer - I & Android » Entrepreneurial background © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
7. Stories © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
8. Wikileaks © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
9. Surveillance » Revealed illegal government activity » Gone in exile » Became encryption standard © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
10. Internet's own boy © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
11. The man who invented the future © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
12. Current affairs © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
13. Current affairs » DSM & EU Legislation » Battlefield - Android » CFAA - a cold war legacy » Encryption & Cryptocurrencies » #Brexit © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
14. Digital Single Market » Initiative for Europe2020 » Legislation for digital services and goods across EU » Consultation happening now © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
15. European bureaucratic legislative process 101 » Proposal by president/commission » Public consultation <- we are here » Vote by MEP » Ratified by each member state » Freshly baked legislation! » It's designed to be slow © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
16. DSM: the hairy bits » Warranty for free goods/services? » Your data? My Data? » Content rights? (Netflix, Spotify) » Content protection / scanning » Machine (un)learning © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
17. Battlefield: Android © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
18. Background » An open source OS... » ...with many vendors offering it... » ...and containing some proprietary services... » ...distributed on a proprietary store. © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
19. The FairSearch plot » Break Android (Google) down » Charge huge fines (Billions of €) » EC for Competition is investigating it © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
20. Android Vision of the future? » The China way » Russia - Yandex » No Play Services » No Play Store © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
21. Seriously? » Whatsapp, Messenger, etc... » Kindle Fire & Amazon Underground » Pokémon Go installations » Broken APKs, missing services... © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
22. CFAA » Computer Fraud & Abuse Act » Created in the 1980s... » ...after some legislators saw a film. © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
23. War Games © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
24. Why is CFAA terrible? » Allows to prosecute anyone violating T&Cs » Remember Aaaron Swartz? » Law got superpowers since 9/11 & Patriot act » Sentences ranging from 5 years to life in prison » ...ever shared your Netflix password? © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
25. ...and Pokemon? » Christian Sandwig, professor at Michigan University. » Researching racial bias in geolocated games & services » His actions can be considered hacking and a federal crime © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
26. The fight back » Researchers, journalists targeted » ACLU & EFF fighting it » petition on /policy © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
27. Crypto © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
28. Encryption 101 » Symmetric vs Asymetric » Kept secret by GCHQ in the 70s » RSA first "invented" in 1978 © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
29. Backdoors & Master keys » Anti-terrorism & law enforcement » Debate is as old as the technology » It goes way beyond the iPhone unlocking © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
30. “Encryption is the main reason we trust electronic communications” me (just now) © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
31. Crytpocurrencies » Chain of trust - Blockchain » Allow anonymous transactions » ...just like cash? © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
32. #Brexit © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
33. It's happening. » Britain voted to leave EU (~52:48%) » It was a non-binding referendum » The government changed » 3 Million Europeans live in the UK » 1.3 Million Brits live in the EU © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
34. What's really happening? » No one has a clue » Soft vs Hard Brexit » ... or no Brexit at all © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
35. Article 50 » Who can trigger it? » Parliament or the Government? » Legal battles » Scotland, Northern Ireland? » The Colonies Gibraltar? © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
36. What can [ I / You / We ] Do? © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
37. Read, Write & Speak up © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
38. Read » Journalism beyond the Kardashians » EFF, Apps Alliance, /policy summaries » Twitter (⚡ Moments ⚡ too) » yes, even legalese © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
39. Write » Public: Tweets, Blogposts, Articles » Even petitions » Staffers read everything » Write your reps © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
40. Speak up! » Friends and family » Talks or presentations » Get invited to a panel © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
41. ! go Vote! ! © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
42. Aces & Jokers In case of many internet-friendly regulations, there probably is one or more large companies taking the same side as you. Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft have all fought together in order to get stuff done. © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
43. SOPA/PIPA » 7 Million signed petition on Google » google.com/takeaction » Massive campaign against censorship » Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla, ... © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
44. Hope started with a simple idea © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
45. The good folk » App Developers Alliance - appdevelopersalliance.org » /Policy - slashpolicy.com » EFF - eff.org » Allied for Startups - alliedforstartups.org © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
46. Thank you. » Zan Markan » @zmarkan » www.spacecowboyrocketcompany.com © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
47. Cool links » https://ec.europa.eu/priorities/digital-single- market_en » http://europa.eu/rapid/press- releaseIP-16-1492en.htm » http://slashpolicy.com/google-and-the-european- commission/ © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
48. Cool links » http://slashpolicy.com/petition/fix-cfaa/ » http://slashpolicy.com/cfaa-blog/ » Internet's Own Boy - full documentary © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
49. images » Trump/Hillary - Flickr » Julian Assange - Wikipedia » Bradley Manning - Wikipedia » Edward Snowden - Vimeo (Citizenfour trailer) » Alan Turing - Wikipedia » EU flags - Wiktor Dabkowski, Flickr » Androids - Rob Bulmahn, Flickr © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
50. images » Margrethe Vestager - Friends of Europe, Flickr » War Games - /policy » Pikachu - Pixabay » Dogecoin paper wallet - Wikipedia » XKCD crypto comic strip - xkcd.com » Brexit puzzle - portal gda, Flickr » EU Parliament - Wikipedia © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan
51. images » Joker in the pocket - Pixabay » SOPA blackout - Wikipedia » Obama Hope - Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant © Zan Markan 2016 / @zmarkan