UXFund

We are excited to announce the launch of the latest round of the UXFund, a targeted pool of funding dedicated to improving the usability of open source security and privacy tools used by at-risk communities around the globe.

Introducing ADOPTABLE: Equipping at-risk organizations with localized expertise, resources, and tools to mitigate digital attacks Human rights organizations around the globe continue to face ongoing and increasing digital security threats from state and non-state actors.

This month, we are taking some time to catch up with our UXFund grantees, and learn a little more about their organization.

This month, we are taking some time to catch up with our UXFund grantees, and learn a little more about their organization.

This month, we are taking some time to catch up with our UXFund grantees, and learn a little more about their organization.

SecureDrop is an open source software platform that allows secure sharing and communication between journalists and their sources. Under the UXFund, Internews contracted an individual UX designer to work with the SecureDrop team to support the creation of a user-friendly, integrated SecureDrop workstation.

Mailvelope is a free software for end-to-end encryption of email traffic which is integrated within browsers as an extension. Through this round of the UXFund, Mailvelope was able to release the latest version of the tool with user-experience (UX) and user-interface (UI) changes that were recommended by a team of UX designers as well as accessibility updates that were recommended by Accessibility Lab.

The Guardian Project is a global collective of software developers, designers, advocates, activists, and trainers who develop open source mobile security software and operating system enhancements.

KeePassXC (KPXC), a recipient of one of the UXFund subgrants, is an open source password manager that is maintained by a small group of volunteer developers.

Accessibility Lab, based in Mexico, is an organization that works with public and private companies as well as Civil Society Organizations to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in the digital world.

Okthanks, an organization focused on user experience and human-centered design, received a 9 month grant from the USABLE project to expand their capacity working with open-source privacy and security tool teams and digital security trainers around the globe.

This month, we are taking some time to catch up with our UXFund grantees, and learn a little more about their organization.

In June 2019, the USABLE team attended RightsCon 2019 in Tunis. In addition to having face to face conversations and meetings with kay UX players in the Internet Freedom community, the team was able to co-facilitate a UX and Human Rights Zero Day event alongside AccessNow, Simply Secure, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The USABLE team is excited to announce the second round of UXFund grantees. These teams will receive small grants for usability and accessibility enhancements, as well as for organizing targeted engagements with at-risk users.

In response to the emerging security and privacy concerns in product and user experience design, we would like to invite you to the UX/Tech Meetup at RightsCon Toronto on behalf of Internews and Access Now.

The USABLE team is excited to be gearing up for the Internet Freedom Festival this year to contiue sharing lessons learned by developers looking to listen and engage with their users.

The USABLE team is proud to announce the UXFund results for the small, but targeted usability enhancement grants. Many great proposals were received and, after a thorough review process, five organizations for short-term awards were selected.

Three years ago, I led a digital security training for independent media in Kyiv during the peak of the EuroMaidan protests.

We are extending the UXFund deadline for two more weeks - through Sep. 30! Apply Today!.