Governments and companies know way too much. Everybody has something to hide.

• Works for an e-commerce company in Lebanon
• Is outraged by pervasive surveillance wants to know everything about privacy, and tell the world
• Uses Tails just to have more privacy, to do some bitcoin trading, and to travel light

Primary goals

• Avoid corporate and government surveillance
• Use a computer that is not mine
• Help others access censored information
• Understand people using privacy tools

Technology use

• Tech enthusiast with no formal training
• Only uses free software except at work
• Tries every privacy tool available
• Sometimes contributes Arabic translations to free software projects

Threats

• Getting busted by their boss while taking some time off their work
• Loosing devices while traveling
• Putting others at risk by giving a wrong advice

Objectives

• Avoid feeding surveillance capitalism
• Blog and trade bitcoins from anywhere in the world
• Help others learn about, understand, and use privacy tools