Worst-of Cybersecurity Reporting 2021

In this session, two tech writers who roasted the worst tech reporting of 2019 are back on the grill to discuss...the worst tech reporting of 2020! Instead of just hating on the media, though, we’ll talk about ways that technologists can speak to journalists and the public to dispel misconceptions and stop the spread of misinformation.

Yael Grauer is an investigative tech reporter covering online privacy and security, digital freedom and mass surveillance. She’s written for Ars Technica, The Intercept, WIRED, Motherboard, Slate, Wirecutter, OneZero and other publications. She’s co-organized events and spoken on panels about digital security, source protection, ethics, and more. She holds a Master of Mass Communication degree from ASU, which was an interesting way to kill time between DEF CONs.

David Huerta is a Digital Security Trainer at the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), where he trains journalists in privacy-enhancing technology to empower a free press. He’s taught hundreds of trainings across the world and organizes the digital security track at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists conference. He also occasionally writes for Motherboard, The Outline and FPF’s own security blog. He dropped out of ASU in 2010 to co-found HeatSync Labs, Arizona’s first hackerspace.