Privacy
Arundhati Roy quites Edward Snowden from a meeting in Moscow: Ed spoke at some length about “sleepwalking into a total surveillance state”. And here I quote him, because he’s said this often before: “If we do nothing, we sort of sleepwalk into a total surveillance state where we have
Events
For this month's meetup, David Glassco will talk to us about Neobase, his company's new product that provides a secure communications hub for your home. He will also have a Neobase on hand that meeting participants can demo. Neobase's creation was motivated by David&
Events
Time: Monday, September 21st, 7:00pm-9:00pm, Capital Factory Our speaker this month will be ACLU organizer, advocate and lobbyist Lesley Ramsey. Lesley will talk about the ACLU's work on privacy and technology and their upcoming conference in Austin on these topics. Lesley Nicole Ramsey has spent the
Events
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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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
Privacy
Discovered that this interview is no longer findable online, so I'm republishing it here. A version of this was published in bOING bOING (the 'zine) in 1993 or 1994. We were sitting in a circle on the floor at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference, March '
Events
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
Privacy
Here's a video about the dangers of using ComputerCOP software, which has been distributed by hopefully unwitting law enforcement organizations: In 2011, the Travis County Sheriff's Office distributed 5,000 copies of ComputerCOP with keylogger. Sources: * EFF * MyFoxAustin Television News * KXAN Television News * KLBJ Radio
Privacy
On August 7th, the Austin City Council approved a four-year study on the use of robotics by the Austin Fire Department. The draft Interlocal Agreement between the City and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) was unanimously approved along with other items on the consent docket at
Privacy
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
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