BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T020000 RDATE:20150308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150310T221359Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150411T190000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150411T100000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150310T221359Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150310T221359Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250468035 DESCRIPTION:A cypherpunk is someone who uses cryptography and similar met hods to achieve societal and political change. \;\n \;\n--------- ---------- \;\n \;\nOver the last two decades we have seen the Int ernet transformed from a tool of emancipation to the most insidious thre at to human liberty the world has ever seen. \;\nBut amidst the seem ingly intractable rise of a transnational surveillance society\, there i s a small spark of hope endowed on us through the power of mathematics. \;\nIt is possible to formulate a math problem (an algorithm) so dif ficult that even the mightiest superpower cannot decipher it. It is this fundamental property of our physical universe that provides some measur e of hope in what otherwise seems to be very dark times. \;\n \;\ nThrough this conference we hope to increase how networked our movement is and raise public awareness about issues of privacy\, technology and s ocial change in the digital age.\n\nTags: Cascadia\, Cypherpunk\, portla nd\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250468035 URL:http://www.cascadiacypherpunk.net/ SUMMARY:Cascadia Cypherpunk Convergence LOCATION:Portland State University: 1633 SW Park Ave\, Portland OR 97214 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR