The digital tracking and monitoring methods used by governments, law enforcement, and organizations – both democratic and autocratic – put privacy at stake. That's why implementing basic digital hygiene precautions is important for everyone, but mandatory for high-risk individuals, journalists, and marginalized groups & communities.

Whilst the digital space has created new opportunities for developed nations, this shift to a dominant online world creates new risks and threats and highlights social inequality and resource gaps. To discuss different forms of social injustice and privacy intrusion that are increasingly apparent in cyberspace (and how to combat them), we invited celebrated human rights defender, hacker, and security trainer Matt Mitchell to speak with us on under CTRL.

After direct experience in employee-monitoring jobs and witnessing his communities' exposure to government surveillance, Matt now advocates for positive change through education around digital self-defense tactics.

Considered one of the most influential minds in the cybersecurity community, Matt has a wealth of experience from his work in cybersecurity as a hacker, data journalist and advisor to NGOs. In his current roles as a tech fellow of the Ford Foundation and the co-founder of CryptoHarlem, he invests his energy into making the online world more private, secure and fair, whilst ensuring minority communities gain access to basic cybersecurity knowledge.

Expect to hear about the following points in the full-length episode:

• The nature of surveillance in the digital age, from target groups to modern tracking methods
• The level of cybersecurity awareness journalists have, and the most powerful means to get them to care about digital threats
• Matt's experience-based educational approach and a summary of the most important takeaways from his training courses
• CryptoHarlem's founding story and mission to strengthen digital privacy and security in minority communities using encryption
• The Ford Foundation's efforts to drive social justice and support NGOs in tapping into their potential whilst securing their digital assets

Want to hear more insights from the top cybersecurity experts of our time? Check out the previous episode of under CTRL featuring ex-NSA engineer and co-founder of Glacier Technologies Alex White – and stay tuned for more episodes on Spotify.

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