Category: Transparency

2020 Presidential Candidates

by David Hensley | Nov 4, 2019 | Transparency | 0

Continually affecting issues such as surveillance and cyber-security, technology has a powerful...

Labor And Responsibility

by David Hensley | Sep 22, 2018 | Free Speech, Transparency | 0

Are employees responsible for the effects of their labor? 1,400 Google employees believe so, and...

What do you do when the FCC doesn’t care about you?

by Amanda Spitzer | Jul 20, 2017 | Free Speech, Transparency | 2

During last week’s day of action for net neutrality, I called, petitioned, and emailed my...

August 14th Meetup – Building the Indieweb

by Warren Hanes | Jul 17, 2017 | Events, Transparency | 0

Our speaker this month is Tom Brown. Tom Brown is an open source software developer interested in...

November 14th Meetup – Austin’s Regional Intelligence Center: An Overview

by Warren Hanes | Nov 8, 2016 | Events, Transparency | 0

Our speaker this month will be Darryl Jamail. Darryl Jamail is the Commander of the Intelligence...

September 12th Meetup – The Name Space

by Kevin Welch | Sep 6, 2016 | Events, Transparency | 0

“The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet’s naming system,...

Apple Patents Technology To Remotely Disable Your Cellphone Camera

by Kevin Welch | Jun 30, 2016 | Free Speech, Transparency | 0

Apple has patented a technology that can remotely disable the camera on your cell phone via an...

EFF-Austin Hosts A Performance Of The Play Privacy Settings!

by Kevin Welch | Jun 8, 2016 | Events, Transparency | 0

EFF-Austin board member Heather Barfield has conceived and directed a new play at The Vortex...

February 8th Meetup – Crafting Public Policy Governing the Use of Police Body Cameras

by Kevin Welch | Feb 1, 2016 | Events, Transparency | 0

Our speaker this month will be Kathy Mitchell. Kathy is a volunteer with the Texas Electronic...

Surveillance states

by EFF Austin | Nov 8, 2015 | Privacy, Transparency | 0

Arundhati Roy quites Edward Snowden from a meeting in Moscow: Ed spoke at some length about...

April Meetup: Law Enforcement Body Cameras

by Kevin Welch | Apr 13, 2015 | Events, Transparency | 0

For our April meetup, we invited APD Commander Ely Reyes, activist Debbie Russell, and community...

October Meetup Recap — Austin on the Electronic Frontier

by Kevin Welch | Oct 23, 2014 | Government 2.0, Transparency | 0

At our meetup this past Monday, October 20th, Gregory Foster presented on the asymmetry in...

Mission

EFF-Austin advocates establishment and protection of digital rights and defense of the wealth of digital information, innovation, and technology. We promote the right of all citizens to communicate and share information without unreasonable constraint. We also advocate the fundamental right to explore, tinker, create, and innovate along the frontier of emerging technologies.