The Privacy Journey: From Reactive to Strategic

Name: The Privacy Journey: From Reactive to Strategic
Start: 2025-09-09T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-09T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Capital Factory

Schedule

Tue Sep 09 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Capital Factory | Austin, TX

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BIO:
Our speaker this month is Henry Fisher. Henry Fisher is the founder and CEO of Techlore, an educational platform dedicated to teaching digital rights, privacy, security, to millions of people on YouTube and other platforms. Henry's work focuses on making privacy education accessible to everyone, from beginners to experts, while advocating for digital sovereignty and open-source solutions.
TALK SUMMARY:
Join Henry Fisher as he explores the common pitfalls of fear-based privacy decisions, the importance of threat modeling over blanket solutions, and how to build sustainable privacy practices that actually work in the real world. Henry will discuss lessons learned from years of privacy education and working with people one-on-one, and how to help others develop a mature approach to digital privacy that balances safety with practicality. Whether you're just starting your privacy journey or looking to refine your approach, this talk offers insights on building effective, long-term privacy strategies.
HOW TO ATTEND:
Capital Factory is located at 701 Brazos Street, on the 1st floor of the Omni Hotel. We are in the Apollo meeting room. To locate Apollo, locate Capital Factory's main event room off the Omni lobby, Voltron, Suite 150. Once inside, there should be someone at the desk to direct you to our meetup, but, if no one is there, proceed to the left past the kitchen and down the hallway, Apollo is right around the corner. You may also message us on this event or message us at our Bluesky account, @[email protected], our Mastodon account, @[email protected], or our Twitter account, @EFFaustin, if you are having trouble finding us. Please note that the room will be locked and EFF-Austin will not have access until 10-15 minutes before 7:00pm CST. We will try to have someone in the Omni lobby earlier than that in front of the Voltron doors to greet you if you arrive early, but otherwise just wait in the lobby until you are let in.
Talk will be livestreamed at both our Youtube channel (https://youtube.com/live/Xt0uCa78iGc, direct feed of the Zoom room) and at Capital Factory's Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/austintechlive, feed of the physical room at Capital Factory) and will later be archived at https://www.youtube.com/user/effaustin. Questions for the speaker from virtual attendees may be submitted via the Youtube livestream chat, our Bluesky account, @[email protected], our Mastodon account, @[email protected], or our Twitter account, @EFFaustin.
Parking for the Omni Garage can be validated at the Capital Factory front desk inside room Voltron, Suite 150, reducing the cost to $8. If no one is at the desk, check with EFF-Austin meetup organizers, we can provide you with one. Attendees must park after 5pm and leave before 10pm to receive the discount, otherwise they will be charged full price, which is $3.25 for every 30 minutes. Affordable street park is also available nearby. Details: https://capitalfactory.com/parking/
AFTER PARTY:
Join us for the discussion from 7:00PM-9:00PM, followed by drinks and camaraderie from 9:00PM-10:00PM in the Omni Hotel lobby.