<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><img alt="Inline images 1" src="cid:ii_144411fc3d650a55" height="144" width="892"><br><br><font size="4">Ahoy!<br><br><u><b>Hugh Nowlan</b></u><br><br>This week we will have Hugh Nowlan in to give a talk on internet censorship and surveillance. Hugh is a Trinity computer science graduate with a masters in Computer Security and Forensics. He is currently systems engineer at <a href="http://eQualit.ie" target="_blank">eQualit.ie</a>. eQualit.ie provides digital security and information management expertise to organised civil society and independent media organisations.<br>
Here is his introduction: <br>"Despite its condemnation in public discourse, internet censorship and filtration are increasingly common detriments to access to information. While censorship within politically closed nations is generally more drastic and overarching, the gradual introduction of internet filtration and blacklisting poses a threat to more traditionally liberal societies. This talk will give an introduction to the general concepts of surveillance and the ways in which it is implemented around the world."<br>
The event will be held in <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">East End Lecture Theatre 3 </span>(which is in the basement of the Panoz Institue, just beside Hamilton) on <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Thursday 20th</span>, at <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">6pm</span>. It is sure to be a very interesting talk so do try and make it!<br>
You can find the facebook event <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/261245190703276/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular" target="_blank">here</a>.<br><br><b><u>Open Data Day Hackathon</u></b><br><br>DU Pirate Party, Net Soc. and DUCCS are holding a hackathon event on International Open Data Day, which is this Saturday 22nd. It will run from 9am until 9pm and will take place in the 'glass rooms', which are through the first door on the left as you walk into the Hamilton. Food will be provided on the day and there will be 4 Raspberry Pi's for the winning team. Teams can be of any size, however we do recommend 4 per team. You can find the facebook event <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/664613313601589/" target="_blank">here</a>. Make sure to share the event and invite your friends. <br>
We are still looking for some ideas for cool projects so if you have any idea's please let us know on the page. A good description of what Open Data Day is about can be found here <a href="http://opendataday.org/" target="_blank">http://opendataday.org/</a>.</font><br>
<br></div><div style="text-align:center"><u><b><font size="4">Lock Picking</font></b></u><br><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Due to the unavailability of the speaker we were unable to run the lock picking tutorial before Christmas. However the speaker has now confirmed a new date so you can expect this event very soon!<br>
Also if anyone happens to have old windscreen wipers, the metal bits inside can be used to make a good torsion wrench. So if you've got any lying around please drop them into us. Our weekly meetings are held every Monday at 3pm in the pirates room in Goldsmith Hall.</font><br>
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