The Washington Public Library will teach users to move away from the NSA interception

Inside the library. Image: Elvert Barnes / Flickr

As part of a ten-day program with the threatening name “ America Orwell ”, the Washington Public Library will eliminate the illiteracy of visitors to information security issues - including teaching how to use the Tor network . In fact, the library will train users to bypass wiretaps from agencies like the NSA. This tells the resource Motherboard .

It is noteworthy that, according to Catherine Jys, the program manager, “we understand that this topic is controversial, and we are trying to make the program as balanced as possible. We contacted various federal agencies, including the NSA, and most of them simply did not respond to us. ” It seems that the NSA either does not consider this program dangerous for its existence, or is busy with more serious problems.

The program will open with a demonstration of The Internet's Own Boy documentary about Aaron Schwartz , an Internet activist and IT visionary who committed suicide after he was prosecuted for downloading millions of documents from the JSTOR online library in July 2011 with the intended purpose of placing them in the public domain. Also in the program will be shown other documentary films - in particular, the film United States of Secrets , based on the documents leaked thanks to Snowden.
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Users will be told about the basics of security on the Internet, about two-factor authentication, and about the contradictions that arise at the junction of the surveillance of government agencies and the security and privacy of people.