San Francisco

San Francisco  (abbreviated  SF ) is a California city on the West Coast of the United States, and one of many cities that has hosted a IndieWebCamps, and hosted fortnightly Homebrew Website Club meetups.


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 * Dopplr color: #f4334f

Homebrew Website Club
On hiatus until organizers feel it is safe to meet in person again.


 * Check the next Homebrew Website Club to see when there will be one in SF!

Organizer(s): Emeritus organizers:
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IndieWebCamps
Past IndieWebCamps: And their co-organizers:
 * 2019-12-07…08 2019/SF at Mozilla
 * 2018-07-31 2018/SF at Mozilla
 * 2015-12-03 2015/SF at Mozilla
 * 2014-03-07…08 2014/SF at Embassy Network
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Potential organizers (folks that have expressed interest)

Criticism
Criticisms and warnings for visitors.

Surveillance Cameras
For those visiting for an IndieWebCamp who wish to avoid (some) known public surveillance:


 * https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1093271496158371840
 * "The San Francisco District Attorney maintains a map of thousands of surveillance cameras across the city. Now, thanks to a public records request, EFF is sharing this data publicly: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/san-francisco-district-attorneys-10-most-surveilled-places" @EFF February 6, 2019 

In 2022, San Francisco started a 15 month trial use of police access to private security cameras:
 * 2022-09-21 SFGate: San Francisco passes controversial surveillance plan "Under the new policy, police can access up to 24 hours of live video of outdoor footage from private surveillance cameras owned by individuals or businesses without a warrant as long as the camera's owner allows it. Police must meet one of three outlined criteria […]"

In 2019, San Francisco became the first city to ban the use of facial-recognition technologies:
 * 2019-05-14 WIRED: San Francisco Bans Agency Use of Facial-Recognition Tech

Property Theft
A bit ironic given the previous criticism.

tl;dr: Keep your laptop, iPad, phone(s) on your person at all times when out and about in the city. If you are in a car, keep these items with you in the passenger compartment, not in the trunk. If you are sitting at a table or parklet, keep any bags/purses in front of you, not draped over the back of a chair you’re sitting in.

Property crimes (especially car breakins) are quite common unfortunately:
 * 2021-12-08 Car broken into with family members, toddlers inside near San Francisco’s Lombard Street