A mixture of local tech and global activism this month! We'll be hearing a quick update from the SANDSTORM.IO team, a local start-up that's building a usable and secure way to install popular server apps on a personal, private machine. And we'll be chatting with TA3M-SF favorite MELISSA CHAN, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Beijing, the Middle East, and most lately investigating what happened with the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. We'll talk about what it's like to be targeted for digital surveillance, what on-the-ground activists use to protect themselves, and what a modern grassroots activist movement looks like. Date: Monday, May 18 Time: 6:00pm-7:15pm Location: EFF offices, 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco More info: https://sandstorm.io/ http://knight.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2013/melissa-chan/ https://citizenlab.org/2012/07/from-bahrain-with-love-finfishers-spy-kit-ex… What is this again? Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) is an informal meetup to connect activists and technologists who are interested in the challenges of surveillance and censorship, and anyone interested in free and open technology. TA3M happens all over the world, from Amsterdam to Tokyo. You can find out your local meetup here: https://wiki.openitp.org/events%3Atechno-activism_3rd_mondays Want to receive these TA3M-SF updates regularly? Join our mailing list at: https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/ta3m-sf