Events
Sandy Stone at EFF-Austin
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Events
EFF-Austin July Meeting: the AT&T/TMobile Merger, Market Consolidation, and Net Neutrality
When: 7PM Wednesday, July 6, 2011 Where: Flying Saucer, 815 W 47th St at the Triangle. (Come early for the SFC Farmer's Market, nearby at the Triangle) RSVP at http://effanetneutrality-eorg.eventbrite.com/ Scott McCullough, telecommunications attorney and member of the EFF-Austin Board of Directors will discuss the
Events
Tom Brown: Identity as if People Mattered
Tom presented at the first of the revived EFF-Austin monthly meetings, June 1st at the Flying Saucer. He presented an overview of Internet identity and authentication issues, including some history, going back to Microsoft's Passport and the .net initiative called Hailstorm, which were about authentication and storing an
Events
June 1 Meeting: What's up with the Internet Identity Movement?
Identity as if PEOPLE mattered... Why should you care about the Internet Identity Movement? What makes it a BIG DEAL? How identity is handled online has always been a huge issue, and is a big issue for your privacy and online experience. Back by popular demand! EFF-Austin's resuming
Privacy
DHS Searches and Seizures
Loretta Sanchez, a California Democrat in the House of Representatives, is proposing a bill requiring Homeland Security to issue rules governing searches and seizures so that they are no longer able to operate completely in the dark and without standards. Glenn Greenwald describes DHS seizures of cellphones and computers, often
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TXGov2.0Camp: Making Transparency Work
Collaborative Conference to Explore Open Government Best Practices AUSTIN, Texas, January 10, 2011 - In collaboration with local and state government officials, advocacy groups and private industry, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and EFF-Austin will present Texas Government 2.0 Camp (TXGov2.0Camp): Making Transparency Work on
Events
TXGov20Camp
EFF-Austin, working with the LBJ School of Public Affairs in Austin, is helping organize the Texas Government 2.0 Camp on January 28-29 at the Austin Community College Eastview Campus. You can see more about the event here: http://txgov20.org/ "The Texas Government 2.0 Camp will bring
Activism
Gary Chapman, 1952-2010
... it's because of people like Chapman and his colleagues, of whom there were not many, that we have a conceptual framework for talking about things like electronic privacy, or the digital divide, or "virtual community." ~ Mike Clark-Madison, Gary Chapman: 21st Century Digital Man "He was
Free Speech
Wikileaks: EFF's position and information
EFF's Kevin Bankston has written an overview of the Wikileaks fracas, with relevant links. National EFF's position: "...we agree with other legal commentators who have warned that a prosecution of Assange, much less of other readers or publishers of the cables, would face serious First
Free Speech
Open Internet
Numerous Internet and technology leaders issued a joint statement this week encouraging the FCC to expand its recent analysis of open Internet policy in a newly fruitful direction. In the statement, they commend the agency's recent request for input on "Two Underdeveloped Issues in the Open Internet
Events
This week: NPOCamp and Austin News Hackathon
Two great events coming up this weekend in Austin, sponsored by EFF-Austin. Friday, join us at NPO Camp - a Barcamp for Nonprofits and Techs. We had one of these several months ago, and it was a real blast! The idea here is to bring the nonprofit and technology communities
Free Speech
Rick Whitt on Google-Verizon
David Weinberger interviewed Rick Whitt, a Google lawyer and lobbyist, about the proposed Google-Verizon framework. The original post is here.