Encryption vs. Surveillance: who is winning the cat and mouse game?

org: Het Europese Privacy Platform

lokatie: EU Parlementsgebouw, Rue Wiertz 60 (entrance Place de Luxembourg) in Brussels.  

Recent reports have revealed that the NSA has access to encryption keys and has paid tech companies to introduce backdoors in encryption protocols. The Privacy Platform on the 15th of October is dedicated to the question whether or not (certain) encryption is worthwhile, and what is the state-of-the-art in encryption and surveillance techniques. The purpose of the meeting is to get better insight into encryption techniques and the possibilities of secret services to intercept and read encrypted messages. 

panellists:

- Mrs Neelie Kroes - Vice President of the European Commission, key note speaker

- Mr Ladan Levison - founder of the now ended encrypted email service Lavabit

- Mr Jacob Appelbaum - encryption and security software developer and research journalist

- Dr James Heather - Computer security researcher at the University of Surrey (UK)

The Privacy Platform usually draws over 200 participants, representing a wide range of sectors and professions, from inside as well as outside the European Parliament. For more information on this invitation, please do not hesitate to contact me or my office.

Should you wish to attend the Privacy Platform, please register before Tuesday the 8th of October by sending an email to Aimée Smits - Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken., including your name, ID number, date of birth and organisation, or by postpaper to Europees Parlement t.a.v Sophie in ´t Veld, Kamer 10G315, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussel

 Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who might be interested.