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Free Speech Battle Over Publication of Federal Law

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a federal judge today to protect the free speech rights of an online archive of laws and legal standards after a wrongheaded copyright claim forced the removal of a document detailing important technical standards required by the federal government and several...

EFF and FIRE Happy Hour

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education are hosting a happy hour event in San Francisco!
Come out and join us at the South End Grill 'n' Bar for drinks and conversation about some of the issues we are working on. All EFF and...

Danny O'Brien Returns to Head EFF's International Team

San Francisco - Digital-rights activist Danny O'Brien is back at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), rejoining the organization as its new International Director.
O'Brien will head up global strategy at EFF at a time when digital rights and freedoms are under attack across the globe. O'Brien said he's seen...

Join Namecheap and EFF in Stopping CISPA


The domain name registrar Namecheap is running an awareness campaign against CISPA, the dangerous cybersecurity bill—and they're donating $1 to EFF for each tweet (#CISPAalert), Facebook share, and domain name bought using the code CISPAalert. Namecheap, a staunch opponent of SOPA last year, is now taking...

Security BSides San Francisco 2013

EFF is proud to support Security BSides SF! Catch great talks on the cutting edge of infosec including keynote addresses by Dan Kaminsky and Josh Corman. EFF will be there to spread the word about protecting digital freedom and you can even sign up as an EFF member on the...

The Case of Aaron Swartz: Justice in the Cyber Age

On February 20th, EFF's Trevor Timm—along with Scott Horton, Christopher Soghoian, and Wesley Yang—will discuss the Aaron Swartz case at Fordham Law School at 7 pm. They will be looking at the various implications of the Swartz tragedy: How can the law catch up with technology and innovation? Was the...

Industry Experts to Congress: We Can Remove Personally Identifiable Information Before Reporting Cybersecurity Threats


Companies say redacting personally identifiable information of users is possible, but it wouldn’t be required under CISPA.
On Thursday, the House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing on CISPA, the newly introduced “cybersecurity” legislation that would allow companies to pass sensitive user...

CryptoParty SF II: Enciphered Boogaloo

CryptoParty is a worldwide series of adhoc and decentralized events aimed at spreading information and know-how about privacy, security, and encryption tools. Crypto tools can be opaque, and the concepts tricky, so CryptoParty exists to empower beginners and more advanced cypherpunks alike.
Following the fantastically successful initial San Francisco...

Yale ISP: Location Tracking and Biometrics Conference

The Location Tracking and Biometrics Conference will take place on Sunday, March 3 at Yale Law School. Judges, policymakers, practitioners, academics, and other experts will gather to consider what comes next after last year’s Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Jones, about the constitutionality of GPS-tracking vehicles without a warrant....

The Loophole: Federal Crimes Not Being Addressed

From the event description: "A new breed of cyber criminals is experiencing an unprecedented heyday spreading illicit content across the social web. Every day, perpetrators use social media to bully and spread hate speech, distribute child pornography, and commit election fraud. As state and federal legislators, regulators, and technologists struggle...

Recorder Roundtable: Privacy

Experts talk about data privacy in the cloud, at the workplace, and in consumer electronic devices.
Topics:
• Privacy expectations in a publicly networked world
• Employee monitoring and bring-your-own devices
• Data privacy in the cloud
• California’s new rules for mobile apps
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