Presented by

  • itgrrl

    itgrrl
    @itgrrl@infosec.exchange https://itgrrl.com/

    itgrrl is a senior cyber unicorn šŸ¦„ who tries to make technologies less terrible. Her experience spans technical and management domains including cyber security, systems & networks, web dev, and IT management & service delivery. In her day job, she is focused on cyber security ("risk management with computers"), information privacy, and IT policy & governance. In her spare time, she enjoys reading privacy policies & legislation (no, really! šŸ˜¬), tinkering with tech, stargazing, Star Trek šŸ–– & Buffy (duh), musical theatre, and the occasional unexpected journey.

Abstract

Itā€™s no secret that people who attend an open [ source | software | hardware | data | government | access | technologies ] conference are interested in things beingā€¦ open. Itā€™s right there on the tin: ā€œEverything Openā€. But what does it really mean for everything to be open?

  • Are we "open technology absolutists"? Is that a good thing? (Are we the baddies?)
  • What are the consequences, and for whom? Should we care?
  • Can we balance right to repair / right to tinker and safety in cyber-physical systems?
  • Is this a zero-sum game or can everyone "win"?

This talk will explore and interrogate some of the spoken and unspoken assumptions that permeate the open $everything community, and will encourage open technologists to think deeply about the impact on the world of the technologies that we create, extend, deploy, support, and use.

Slides for this talk will be available for download at https://itgrrl.com/download/eo2025