MIT-Stanford VLAB - Hosting a Privacy Event
VLAB (MIT-Stanford Venture Lab) in Silicon valley is doing an event on Privacy on October 15th, from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Stanford University (in Palo Alto, CA) - Vidalakis Dining Hall.
Panelists will include Philip Zimmerman (PGP + Silent Circle), Nico Sell (Wickr), and Casey Openheim (Disconnect). The question being asked is, is privacy possible today?
The web site for the event is :
http://www.vlab.org/article.html?aid=480Naturally, the panel will look at technologies like data mining (and anti-data mining) and encryption. VLAB is interested in business opportunities for startups with disruptive technologies, the panel will be seeing what's possible.
VLAB usually looks for major disruptive trends, events, and technologies. The Snowden leaks (and also the Google, Facebook, etc. reactions) may have started something significant, and sparked an awareness. The silk-road takedown and what/how that occurred is also food for thought ...
In any case, it should be an interesting event. If you're in the area, you might want to check it out. (full disclosure - I'm the event chair for the privacy event).
Best Regards,
Tony
PS: I know privacy isn't bitcoin, but I figured the two topics are inter-related, so you might be interested. I personally think of Bitcoin as a private form of money.