Privacy
Encryption is for Everyone!
EFF's Jillian C. York gave this presentation (timed for "Reset the Net") at the Personal Democracy Forum. Encryption is for everyone! from Jillian York
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Activism
EFF-Austin Meetup: A Discussion of EFF Activism from Hackers to Spies
We know that there are many challenges that the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other online activist/advocacy organizations are confronting today. We're no longer on the Electronic Frontier - the frontier is more than settled, and now we're getting into increasingly complex issues of infrastructure and
Transparency
EFF's Transparency Litigation (FOIA)
A "handy infographic illustrating EFF's current Freedom of Information Act caseload" via eff.org.
Privacy
Terms and Conditions May Apply
Our Restore the Fourth friends were promoting a screening of this documentary in Austin a few months ago. Here's the website for the film: https://tacma.net/ And here's the film: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/tacma
Events
Open Access Week at UT-Austin
“Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. Research funding agencies, universities, and the general public are supporting
Privacy
Public Hearing: Texas SB786 and HB1608
Hearings at the Texas Legislature were live tweeted by Gregory Foster for EFF-Austin and TxEPC. [View the story "Public Hearing: Texas SB786 and HB1608" on Storify] Public Hearing: Texas SB786 and HB1608 Cellphone tracking legislation. Storified by Jon Lebkowsky· Wed, Mar 27 2013 08:47:46 #HB1608 on
Privacy
March 26 is Privacy Day
Law enforcement agencies have been allowed, even encouraged, to follow the actions and movements of citizens more closely at a time when digital technologies have amplified their ability to do so, and laws to protect privacy and ensure that the wheels of justice are not rolling over our rights haven&
Free Speech
EFF: Free Speech Battle Over Publication of Federal Law
Press release from EFF.org: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a federal judge today to protect the free speech rights of an online archive of laws and legal standards after a wrongheaded copyright claim forced the removal of a document detailing important technical standards required by the federal government
Events
February 22: An Evening with Cory Doctorow and EFF-Austin
Join EFF-Austin and Cory Doctorow on Friday, February 22 at the Tiniest Bar in Texas, 817 West Fifth Street in Austin, 7-10pm! We'll be jammin', talking about computers, freedom and privacy - with music by DJ Strangevibe and conversation with NY Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow! This
Privacy
Who can find your phone?
EFF-Austin is promoting new legislation to require police to obtain a warrant for cellphone tracking. Police can leverage the technology that allows cellphone signals to reach your phone, and that you can use to find your phone when it's lost, to track your movements. This requires the cooperation
Activism
Aaron Swartz, 1986-2013
See also http://weblogsky.com/2013/01/12/aaron-swartz-1986-2013/
Creativity and Innovation
Stop Media Consolidation
From FreePress.net: "If the FCC proposal passes, one company could own the major daily newspaper, two TV stations and up to eight radio stations in your town. And that one company could be your Internet provider, too. What is the FCC thinking?!?"