Guardian Project: Getting to Know their Work Creating Easy-to-Use, Secure and Open Source Apps for Mobile Devices
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Guardian Project: Getting to Know their Work Creating Easy-to-Use, Secure and Open Source Apps for Mobile Devices

Guardian Project creates easy-to-use secure mobile tech apps, open-source software libraries, and other tools and services that are widely used by average citizens looking to secure their rights to activists, journalists, and humanitarian organizations from around the world aiming to safeguard their work. We talked with Guardian Project’s Community Manager to learn more about their celebrated work.

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Conexo: Getting to Know Their Work Fostering Security and Advanced Tech Skills in LATAM and Beyond
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Conexo: Getting to Know Their Work Fostering Security and Advanced Tech Skills in LATAM and Beyond

Conexo works with high-risk groups providing diverse types of security support services, organizational security audits and training to groups so they can effectively mitigate security risks. This includes NGOs, LGBTQ+ networks, independent media, and human rights defenders. Find out their amazing work and how they are supporting the broader digital rights field.

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Equality Labs: Getting to Know their Work in Caste Equity and Digital Security for Human Rights Defenders
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Equality Labs: Getting to Know their Work in Caste Equity and Digital Security for Human Rights Defenders

Equality Labs is a Dalit feminist-led organization, challenging caste, gender roles, and historical violence online and offline. We talked with Sarita Sagar, deputy director of Equality Labs, to learn more about how the organization started, how the oppressive caste system abuses several communities, and the organization’s training and work in the digital era, which includes even challenging large corporations.

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The Tor Project: Getting to Know the Most Important Project Making the Internet Accessible, Without Tracking and Surveillance
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The Tor Project: Getting to Know the Most Important Project Making the Internet Accessible, Without Tracking and Surveillance

The Tor Project is a well-known nonprofit organization with the mission to advance human rights by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies. It is responsible for the Tor network, Tor browser and circumvention tools like Snowflake. We talked with Tor’s Executive Director Isabela Fernandes, and Tor’s Communications Director Pavel Zoneff to learn more about the project’s work.

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The Calyx Institute: Getting to Know their Work and Tools that Make Privacy and Security Accessible to Everyone
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The Calyx Institute: Getting to Know their Work and Tools that Make Privacy and Security Accessible to Everyone

We talked with Nicholas Merrill, the Calyx Institute’s funder and a well known technologist and privacy advocate - he refused to hand over his customer’s data when requested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and spent twelve years taking them on. Learn more about Calyx’s mission, their initiatives and tools, including the celebrated open source, Android-based mobile operating system, CalyxOS!

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BCJB: Getting to Know their Work Improving Journalistic Safety in the US-Mexico Border 
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BCJB: Getting to Know their Work Improving Journalistic Safety in the US-Mexico Border 

We talked with Jorge Luis Sierra, president of the Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (BCJB), which provides support and resources for journalists and bloggers working on the Mexican-US border. This post is part of our new Community Series, where we share stories of the people and projects behind the digital Rights community!

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