Free Speech
Guest post by Jay Leiderman of Leiderman Devine LLP [ @LeidermanDevine ]. Also available on Paste2. On Tuesday, 16 August 2011, BART [ @SFBART ] spokesperson Linton Johnson [ @BARTChiefSpokes ] held a press conference to address the need to disrupt communications in advance of a lawful, peaceable assembly. He spoke of a US Supreme Court
Free Speech
Before beginning, it's worth stating that EFF-Austin [ @EFFaustin ] is based in...well, Austin. Our statements have no association with national EFF [ @EFF ], based in San Francisco, beyond the principles we share (see here for details on that history if you're interested; our hearts go out
Free Speech
Repressive foreign governments - in China, Egypt, Iran and Syria, to name just a few - have cut off communications (the Internet, mobile service and landline) as a means to repress dissent or expressive acts the regime deems inconvenient. Often, the repressive regime asserts that silencing their citizens was necessary to maintain
Events
When: 7PM Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Where: Flying Saucer, 815 W 47th St at the Triangle.(Come early for the SFC Farmer's Market, nearby at the Triangle) Jon Lebkowsky [ @jonl ], President of the EFF-Austin Board of Directors, will discuss the past and future of the Internet Jon&
Events
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
Events
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
Events
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
Privacy
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
Events
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
Privacy
Jay Unger's IIW11 slides are a very helpful introduction to the 36 page National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace document produced by Deloitte last year. Also, during the session, Jay shared some things he had heard from the Department of Homeland Security such as "expect the
Events
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
Activism
... 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