They will be running payed (pretty affordable) digital security classes starting today (at 11pm in Lisbon time). The classes will be held on their BigBlueButton.
If you wanna hear a bit more in-depth explanation of what this is and the way they are funding themselves, take a listen at this inteview (warning youtube!) - starts at 34:45.
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This is from the person behind the yale privacy lab and the ones who organized the flatten the curve summit which we talked about in the forum before.