Joignez-vous à nous pour la Convergence technologique anarchiste de Montréal
Le week-end du 7 et 8 septembre 2024
Dans et autour du Bâtiment 7 Tiohtià:ke (Montréal, Québec) \
Malgré la destruction brutale qu’entraînent le tentaculaire complexe militaro-industriel et la cooptation de l’éthique pirate par les techbros capitalistes, la résistance anarchiste existe au sein même de la carcasse monstrueuse du Léviathan.
La Convergence technologique anarchiste de Montréal sera l’occasion pour les anarchistes d’examiner ensemble les rôles potentiels de la technologie dans nos vies et nos luttes. Mettons en commun les pratiques exemplaires en matière de sécurité, les moyens autonomes autohébergés de se connecter et de se retrouver ainsi que les projets médiatiques qui nous permettent de former des communautés internationales de solidarité. Apprenons en même temps à construire de la nouveauté et de la beauté à partir des déchets excrétés par le capitalisme.
Plus d'informations
Location | Horaire | Anti-conférence | Accessibilité | Nourriture | Ateliers
Contact
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Location
L'édition 2024 de la convergence technologique anarchiste de Montréal aura lieu au Batiment 7 dans le quartier Pointe St-Charles.
L'adresse est:
1900 Rue Le Ber
Montreal, QC
H3K 2A4
Pour trouver la table d'accueil, prenez l'entrée Tapage / Recyborg à mi-chemin du coté nord du baitment.
L'événement est gratuit, mais nous collecterons des dons pour couvrir les frais de l'espace.
Horaire
See complete workshop descriptions below!
Samedi 7 septembre
10h30 - 11h00
- Tapage: Welcome and orientation
11h00 - 11h50
- Tapage: Subverting state-run firewalls
- Press Start: The Rise of Cybernetic Capitalism
12h00 - 12h50
- Tapage: Using OSINT for research on the far right // L'utilisation de OSINT pour les enquêtes sur l'extrême droite
- Press Start: Ethical Licenses and Post-Open Source
13h00 - 13h50
- LUNCH BREAK!
14h00 - 14h50
- Tapage: How bad is it doc? On the threat of physical access and some mitigations
- Press Start: Pourquoi mes courriels ne se rendent pas - Comment fonctionnent les courriels en 2024, dans un milieu dominé par Google et Microsoft
15h00 - 15h50
- Tapage: Decentralizing leaks
- Press Start:
16h00 - 17h50
- Tapage: Critical discussion about AI in the military
- Recyborg: Démantibulothon
Dimanche 8 septembre
10h30 - 11h00
- Tapage: Welcome and orientation
11h00 - 12h50
- Tapage: A website that is also a zine
13h00 - 13h50
- LUNCH BREAK!
14h00 - 14h50
15:00 - 16:50
- Tapage: Applied Privacy 101
17h00 - 17h50
- Tapage: Working with Satellite Data
Anti-conférence
Il y aura, en particulier le dimanche, une pièce disponible pour tenir des "anti-conférences". Amenez vos propositions de dernière minute et les sujets dont vous voudriez parler suite aux ateliers auxquels vous aurez participé.
Information sur l'accessibilité
Masques!
Le port du masque sera requis et des masques seront fourni à la table d'accueil.
Accessibilité du batiement
Veuillez consulter les informations sur l'accessibilité officielles du bâtiment 7.
Nourriture
Un repas végane sera fourni à contribution volontaire. Le Bâtiment 7 héberge aussi un bar (Sans Taverne) et une épicerie (Épicerie le Détour si vous cherchez du café, des brevages ou de la nourriture.
Description des ateliers
Subverting state-run firewalls
Saturday 11:00 - 11:50 @ Tapage
This will start with a talk that summarizes a variety of technical means for subverting and bypassing internet firewalls that are used to control access to online content. The focus will be on state-level internet firewall deployments, and lead into a discussion on how we, as anarchists, can conceptualize and engage in struggles and solidarity against restrictions on internet access without buying into appeals to liberal notions of democracy/human rights or uncritical acceptance of the corporate hegemony of the "free and open internet".
The Rise of Cybernetic Capitalism
Saturday 11:00 - 11:50 @ Press Start
Capitalism is a constantly evolving system. For fifty years, we have lived under its neoliberal form – an international economic and political regime, dominated by banking cartels and other vehicles of finance capital. But today, as the world lurches towards a new era of trade protectionism, economic crisis and global war, the neoliberal order finds itself in decline. Some say it’s already over. Which leads to an obvious question: what comes next? This workshop will look at one potential successor: a cybernetic capitalism dominated by tech and artificial intelligence. A socioeconomic system built on a foundation of constant, ubiquitous surveillance – mining raw data the fuel the predictive algorithms and generative AI that automate many of the traditional functions of the economy and state security apparatus. This workshop will look at one potential successor: a cybernetic capitalism dominated by tech and artificial intelligence. A socioeconomic system built on a foundation of constant, ubiquitous surveillance – mining raw data the fuel the predictive algorithms and generative AI that automate many of the traditional functions of the economy and state security apparatus. This workshop will look at one potential successor: a cybernetic capitalism dominated by tech and artificial intelligence. A socioeconomic system built on a foundation of constant, ubiquitous surveillance – mining raw data the fuel the predictive algorithms and generative AI that automate many of the traditional functions of the economy and state security apparatus.
Using OSINT for research on the far right // L'utilisation de OSINT pour les enquêtes sur l'extrême droite
Saturday 12:00 - 12:50 @ Tapage
This workshop outlines how social media and other open source intelligence (OSINT) can be used in conjunction with specialized tricks and tools to identify anonymous far-right people on the internet.
L'atelier portera sur comment les médias sociaux et autres sources de renseignements de source ouverte (OSINT) peuvent être utilisés en conjonction avec des outils spécialisés pour identifier des personnes anonymes de l'extrême droite.
Ethical Licenses and Post-Open Source
Saturday 12:00 - 12:50 @ Press Start
In the last 10 years, with the emergence of Tech Giants as economic powerhouses, many have started to question the liberal ethos of "Free Software".
As radicals, why publish code under a "Free" license if it ultimately ends up enabling surveillance capitalism and the State?
This guided discussion on so-called "Ethical Licenses" (Hippocratic License, Leftcopy, Anti-Capitalist License, etc.) and Post-Open Source aims to discuss these topics and try to make sense of our current options as anarchists in tech.
How bad is it doc? On the threat of physical access and some mitigations
Saturday 14:00 - 14:50 @ Tapage
The conventional wisdom is that physical access == game over, and for high value targets this is likely still the case, however, it's not always so simple.
This talk will describe the current state of risk involved in physical access to phones, desktops, and servers. It will attempt to give insight into the common practices following device seizure, will demonstrate what can be uncovered by forensic analysts who seize or otherwise obtain direct and unrestricted access to a device, and will make some recommendations on how we might mitigate these risks.
Pourquoi mes courriels ne se rendent pas - Comment fonctionnent les courriels en 2024, dans un milieu dominé par Google et Microsoft
Saturday 14:00 - 14:50 @ Press Start
État des courriels en 2024. Explication des besoins techniques pour s'assurer que les courriels sont acceptés par les différents serveurs. L'essentiel de la présentation est technique mais devrait être accessible pour des personnes qui n'ont pas beaucoup de connaissances en informatique ni sur le fonctionne du web.
Decentralizing leaks
Saturday 15:00 - 15:50 @ Tapage
Skill-share about building knowledge using leaked data. Every day, hackers and whistleblowers risks their safety and freedom to extract data from banks, corporations, and governments. Phineas Fisher wrote: "with 100 hours of work, one person can undo years of work by a multi-million dollar company. Hacking gives the underdog a chance to fight and win." Often, this data emerges in ephemeral forms, on a message board, a dark net website, or a social media channel. These brief sources of information, too often disappear under fits of censorship. DDoSecrets formed to collect the results of these spontaneous releases, and then keep the most valuable information accessible in the long term. Distributed Denial of Secrets, or DDoSecrets, has been publishing since 2018. Their archive now includes more pages than the Library of Congress. So, can leaked data stop a war? We will focus on a leak from the Israel Ministry of Justice, to discuss the risks and rewards of reading other people's emails.
Critical discussion about AI in the military
Saturday 16:00 - 17:50 @ Tapage
A critical discussion about existing applications of AI in the military and initiatives within tech community to resist against it. I will provide a small overview of the topic and then open the floor for discussion with the audience
Démantibulothon
Saturday 16:00 - 17:50 @ Recyborg
Formation d'initiation au machine du quotidien au travers du démontage et de l'identification des matériaux
A website that is also a zine
Sunday 11:00 - 12:50 @ Tapage
Making a website is fun. What if your website also printed as a fully formatted 8page zine? We're going to use glitch.me to look at some code, and then we'll duplicate it to edit it and see how it works! For people who want to make something that works both URL and IRL. <3
Mapping the Montreal Private Rental Market
Sunday 14:00 - 14:50 @ Tapage
As rents skyrocket in Montreal, more and more tenants know less and less about their actual landlords. Using property records and company registration data , I will present a picture of the full networks of ownership of private rental units in the Montreal rental market. Drawing on this picture, I identify five different modes of opacity in the rental market: 1) Fundamental, 2) Organizational, 3) Geographical, 4) Legal, and 5) Data. More than just an academic curiosity, these are also potential points of strategical intervention for housing organizers and tenants who want to make housing affordable again. The talk is organized around a set of maps and figures that present the big picture of these findings, followed by a conversation on potential strategies of intervention.
Applied Privacy 101
Sunday 15:00 - 16:50 @ Tapage
We invite participants to take control of their online privacy and security through concrete steps and hands-on activities. The workshop will cover essential topics such as web browsers, browser extensions, mobile apps & their settings, password managers, and more.
Newbies welcome! No prerequisites required. We hope for a multi-level group to skill-share.
While we will prepare topics and resources to share with folks, we also invite attendees to share their own tips, skills, and experiences by splitting into groups based on interest, to talk and take action on a subject, and add to a collaborative resource/tool list.
We encourage participants to bring their own laptops and/or phones to follow along and re-configure them to better fit their goals and needs, with help from peers.
Working with Satellite Data
Sunday 17:00 - 17:50 @ Tapage
Today, there are more than 11,000 satellites circling the earth, many of them gathering high-resolution "remote sensing" image data at various frequencies from every square inch of the planet. Most of these satellites are controlled by powerful private and governmental actors, with the data stashed away fully or only partly accessible through paywalls. However, at the meantime, there is also a growing field of "open" remote sensing that leverages a set of freely available datasets. In this workshop, we will familiarize ourselves with using PySTAC for accessing open satellite datasets. Participants will use Python to gather and analyze data from a location of interest and then run some very basic analytics on it. Previous familiarity with programming is preferable, but not mandatory.