Keep Your Sensitive Files, Elsewhere with Virginia Zangs + Maisa Imamović

When pressure mounts to delete, where do your most sensitive files actually go? What infrastructure exists to hold what matters most - securely, on your own terms? Drawing on best practices from Open-source intelligence (OSINT) journalism and data decentralization strategies, this workshop is primarily grounded in an understanding of contemporary digital (in)security conditions: What surveillance tools are currently being deployed against vulnerable communities, artists, and cultural workers Where your files are most vulnerable – including the places you'd least expect What you are legally entitled to protect – and how to assert it What recourse and alternatives exist From there, participants will prototype their own storage infrastructure capable of holding files that are sensitive precisely because publishing them carries risk: immigration records, legal documents, personal testimony, organizing materials. Participants will: Bring sensitive documents, records, and materials and learn Learn to host them on a Raspberry Pi – a small, affordable, self-contained device that keeps your…