Events
For our April meetup, we invited APD Commander Ely Reyes, activist Debbie Russell, and community organizer Andrew Bucknall to lead a discussion on the push for law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, examining the implications for civil liberties, privacy, public safety, and police accountability. Video Now Available * [12:05]
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For our March meetup, in collaboration with EFF we hosted a "Salon" event during the SXSW festival. Speakers included NSA Whistleblower William Binney, writer Bruce Sterling, and many other advocates for civil liberties on the electronic frontier. Theme: Freedom and privacy on the Electronic Frontier are facing their
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For our February meetup, technology lawyer and writer Chris Brown will examine how the blockchain (Bitcoin's core technology) is spreading into other areas—from programmable money and smart property to distributed corporations and voting systems—and explore the implications for cyberliberties. Christopher Brown is a technology business lawyer
Events
The Texas Electronic Privacy Coalition has fought to protect Texans' digital privacy since 2013. Last session they successfully lobbied to protect emails with a search warrant. Now they're back for more. This session, TxEPC is lobbying to protect your sensitive GPS and cell phone location data under
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Learn how to protect your privacy and defend your digital communications from government and corporate surveillance. This is a hands-on interactive workshop, so bring your phone and laptop! We'll start with a short presentation introducing threat modeling, encryption, and the current array of free and open-source tools recommended
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Last Monday we welcomed three speakers from the Austin area to present on emerging security and privacy issues particular to the Internet of Things. You can watch the entire meetup here. You can view and download the presented slideshows here: * How IoT Is Changing the Internet (Michael Hathaway / Diane Bernard)
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The Internet of Things continues to grow all around us. What challenges for security, privacy, and digital rights do IoT systems present? (Updated) Michael Hathaway and Diane Bernard will co-present a detailed introduction to IoT, including their current projects in the space and vision of its future. Following this, Veteran
Government 2.0
At our meetup this past Monday, October 20th, Gregory Foster presented on the asymmetry in data flow between United States government entities and the public. Communities like MuckRock have arisen to streamline open records requests, but scaling and improving the data dialog remains difficult, and many agencies have become cautious
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Two weeks ago, Ed Cavazos led an interactive talk on the legal complexities and challenges around property, possession, and access in virtual worlds. You can watch the full video recording here thanks to our friends at Capital Factory. Ed's talk begins immediately. Discussion goes from 0:19 to
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Last week's EFF-Austin meetup featured informative presentations and a lively discussion on cryptocurrencies. My recording of the meetup, along with links to the speakers' presentations and topics from the Q&A, is now available: EFF-Austin August Meetup Audio + Links — Soundcloud You can also listen below. Mouse
Privacy
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which is the state supreme court for criminal cases, issued its long-awaited ruling in Texas v. Granville today. The wait was well worth it. The CCA ruled that Texas police can no longer search someone's cell phone without a warrant after they&
Privacy
Last night, I represented EFF-Austin on a panel discussion hosted by America’s Future Foundation and Google. The topic for the evening was the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 and a good time was had by all. Fonda San Miguel proved itself a wonderful location for technology and privacy