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Activism

Local Presentation on Net Neutrality

EFF-Austin President, Kevin Welch, will be discussing the importance of Net Neutrality on June, 28th, 2018. Though a hot topic, it may help to freshen up on the who, what, when, where and why of the subject. Who/When/Where The idea of Net Neutrality was developed by American lawyer

Creativity and Innovation

June 11th Meetup - Green Data Centers: Server Immersion Cooling

Our speaker this month is Jim Koen. Jim Koen is one of the original founders of Midas Green Technologies LLC and brings a rich technical, sales and executive background. Jim is a proven entrepreneur having founded, developed and sold several Internet related companies. Jim’s executive background spans 30 years

Events

January 19th - Workshop: Digital Security in the Practice of Law

EFF-Austin is hosting a Security Workshop at UT Law (Townes Hall 2.138) in conjunction with Open Austin. Our speakers will be Alex Shahrestani and Justin Laden. They will be discussing attorney client privilege in regards to digital communications, best actions to prevent and react to privacy breaches, and cloud

Events

September 12th Meetup - The Name Space

"The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet’s naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet's governance." ~ Dave Lee, BBC News, http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37114313 Attorney Scott McCullough will

Privacy

Richard Stallman talks about EME/DRM in the HTML5 Standard

If you've got 90 minutes to spare, this looks like a great discussion with Richard Stallman of GNU and FSF fame about EME, also known as DRM in the HTML5 standard, and why such systems of software control leave us all worse off. https://boingboing.net/2016/04/

Creativity and Innovation

April 11th Meetup - Rhythms and Collective Intelligence: The Neuroscience of Shared Intentions

Our speaker at our April monthly meetup will be David DeMaris. David DeMaris has worked in computer design software, computational neuroscience, computer vision, social robotics, music, visuals, theatrical sound design, and DJing. His Ph.D. work was on similarity and object invariance using time-varying oscillating networks. David will be giving

Activism

Judiciary Committee May Study Cybersecurity Provision Before Implementing It As Part of PIPA

EFF-Austin just received this press release from the Computer and Communications Industry Association: Contact: Heather Greenfield 202-783-0070 ext 113 hgreenfield@ccianet.org Ed Black 202-783-0070 ext 110 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 12, 2012 Washington - Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has put out a statement may add a provision to

Creativity and Innovation

Slides from Michael Hathaway's talk "Smart Grid and the Internet"

Last night, Michael Hathaway of Tiga Energy Services brought us up to speed on the real story behind Smart Grid, which his organization sees as "a business strategy, not a technology." He pointed out several pitfalls that utilities are walking into, not the least of which is a

Creativity and Innovation

EFF Austin September Meeting: Michael Hathaway on "Smart Grid and the Internet"

Thanks to everyone who came out last month to hear Jon Lebkowsky [ @JonL ] guide us through and to the past and future Internet. This month, we'll be hearing former EFF Austin Board member Michael Hathaway present information from the world of modernizing electric utilities and the regulatory bodies

Creativity and Innovation

The Death Of the Internet...

In a recent Fox news article, the inevitable death of the Internet was recently announced. The exponential growth of Internet traffic has been a hotly debated reality from the the very beginning. Historically there have been two reactions to exponential Internet bandwidth demand, fear, and denial. Funny how that hasn&