Here are a few places I’ve given talks or provided information to policymakers. This is mostly here so my family can see videos of me wearing a tie and sounding knowledgeable.
Selected Talks and Panels
- “Civilian Oversight of Police Surveillance Technology” – National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (Virtual,2021)
- “Investigating local police surveillance – Tips from reporters on the ground” – National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (Virtual, 2021)
- “The University & the Surveillance State” – No Tech 4 Tyrants (Virtual, 2020)
- “Following the Trail of Police Surveillance Technology” – Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference (Virtual 2020)
- “How to Observe Police Surveillance at Protests” – Legal Observers Training Video (Virtual, 2020)
- “Rethinking Policing and Surveillance in the Post-COVID-19 Era” – Drug Policy Alliance Discussion Series (Virtual, 2020)
- “When Cops Get Hacked” – HOPE 2020 (Virtual)
- “Silicon Valley and Open Borders” – 2020 Open Borders Conference (Virtual)
- “Atlas of Surveillance: The Rise of Policing Technology in Our Communities” – University of Washington, Tacoma Legal Pathways Webinar (2020)
- Cyber Border Dialogues – Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (Virtual, 2020)
- “Surveillance Safari: Recognizing the Ways the Cops Spy on Populations” – Cryptorave (Sao Paulo, Brazil – 2019)
- “Investigative Resources for the Digital Age” – The Glass Room (San Francisco, CA – 2019)
- “Informes de investigación: el rastro de papel de la vigilancia digital” – COLPIN (Mexico City – 2019)
- “Reporters, digital security, and emerging threats” – Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference (Houston, TX – 2019)
- “In Conversation with Laura Schatzkin & Dave Maass” – MIT Open Documentary Lab (Cambridge, MA – 2018)
- “Spot the Surveillance” Virtual Reality Project at the Cato Surveillance Conference (Washington, DC – 2018)
- “Spot the Surveillance” at CivicXR (Brookline, MA – 2018)
- Dragon Con – Electronic Frontiers Forums/Skeptrack (Atlanta, GA – 2014-2018)
- “When journalism and security research collide”/”Involving your audience in your investigation” – Investigative Reporters & Editors (New Orleans, LA – 2016)
- “Police Use of Emerging Technology: Implications for Oversight”/”Using Data to Challenge and Change Policy” – National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement Conference (Riverside, CA – 2015)
- “Altweeklies vs. the Surveillance State” – Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Digital Conference (San Francisco, CA – 2015)
- “What Journalists Want: The investigative reporters’ perspective on hacking” – ToorCon (San Diego, CA – 2012)
Government Testimony
- California Senate Judiciary Committee (2021)
- Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission (2019)
- California Joint Legislative Audit Committee (2019)
- CLETS Advisory Committee (2019)
- California Assembly Public Safety Committee (2017)
- California Senate Public Safety Committee (2017)
- California Senate Modernizing Government Hearing (2016)
