CryptoHarlem
Formation | 2013 |
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Founders | Matt Mitchell |
Founded at | New York, New York |
Headquarters | New York |
Products | anti-surveillance, cybersecurity education and advocacy |
Founder | Matt Mitchell |
Website |
CryptoHarlem is a nonprofit, anti-surveillance,
History
CryptoHarlem was founded following the Trayvon Martin murder trial. Initially a series of security workshops, Mitchell said he founded the organization “due to the feeling of profound loss, the loss of all black folks, after Trayvon Martin’s death.” [3] Monthly digital privacy clinics called "crypto parties" hosted by Mitchell and CryptoHarlem started in 2012.[4]
In 2017 the organization's name appeared as an Easter egg in an episode of Mr. Robot.[5][6]
In 2017, CryptoHarlem developed an open source tool to help organizations prepare for data breaches. The now-defunct site hosting the tool, ProtectYour.Org, was supported by the Mozilla Fellowship and the Ford Foundation.[7][8][5] Calyx Institute has sponsored CryptoHarlem and its Crypto Parties since 2019.[9][10]
The ACLU and CryptoHarlem have worked together on issues related to surveillance and privacy legislation, including the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act of 2020.[11]
In 2021, Newsweek profiled Mitchell and CryptoHarlem as one of "America's greatest disruptors" for their work against "digital stop and frisk".[11] The Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded Mitchell and CryptoHarlem with a Pioneer Award and hosted a discussion of their work.[3]
In 2022, Mitchell, representing CryptoHarlem, was an invited speaker on "Easy Fixes for Algorithmic Bias" at The Barnard College Diversity in Computing Speaker Series.[12]
References
- ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "CryptoHarlem - Calyx Institute". calyxinstitute.org. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ a b Kelley, Jason (October 7, 2021). "Pioneer Awards Ceremony 2021 Recap: Privacy Defenders Unite". Electronic Frontier Foundation (in Spanish). Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ "Security Pros, Librarians Holding Digital Privacy Clinics Across U.S." Consumer Reports. June 28, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ a b "CryptoHarlem Is Teaching Digital Security to the Over-Surveilled Black Community". www.vice.com. March 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "CryptoHarlem". CryptoHarlem. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ "Matt Mitchell of CryptoHarlem is building an open source tool to help organizations prepare for data breaches". TechCrunch. June 6, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "protectyourorg.com". December 27, 2018. Archived from the original on December 27, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "CryptoHarlem Party Tomorrow! - Calyx Institute". calyxinstitute.org. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "CryptoHarlem is back and ready for action! - Calyx Institute". calyxinstitute.org. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ a b Newsweek Staff (December 15, 2021). "America's Greatest Disruptors: Enterprising idealists using leading-edge technology to solve social and community challenges". Newsweek. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "Diversity in Computing: Matt Mitchell (CryptoHarlem & Ford Foundation) on Easy Fixes for Algorithmic Bias | Barnard Computational Science Center". csc.barnard.edu. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.