Speakeasy: San Diego
Speakeasy: San DiegoEFF Happy Hour
Thursday, February 13, 2014 from 7 PM
What do the NSA, facial recognition devices and the emerging San Diego campaign finance scandal have in common? They’re all subjects that EFF’s Dave Maass can chat with you about over drinks...
Making the Mobile Web Safer with HTTPS Everywhere
Pete Seeger and the NSA
"I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this."
Pete...
Senators Deal Major Blows to Obama's Fast Track Plan, But the Fight Isn't Over
The chorus of voices denouncing the White House's plan to “fast track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is growing louder by the day. Over 550 public interest groups and digital rights organizations sent letters this week to Senate leaders opposing the bill which would severely limit Congress'...
Free Sgt. Star: Army Ignores FOIA Request for Artificial Intelligence Records
UPDATE: The Army did eventually hand over some of the records. Check out the follow-up post here.
Sgt. Star is a 6-foot-1, clean-shaven, strong-jawed white male, with eyes that match the camouflage pattern on his combat uniform. His voice is deep, authoritative and carefully enunciative. He seems to...
After NSA Backdoors, Security Experts Leave RSA for a Conference They Can Trust
We thought we won the Crypto Wars, the fight to make strong encryption accessible to all, in the 1990s....
Don't Let Congress Fast-Track TPP
Fair Use Takes Center Stage at Judiciary Committee Hearing
Copyright reform hearings continue to lumber along in the House of Representatives, with Tuesday's in the Judiciary Committee marking the seventh in as many months. This hearing was dedicated to "The Scope of Fair Use," and though the panel of witnesses was more diverse than in some of...
"The Case(s) Against NSA Surveillance" at UMass Dartmouth
Description: Join EFF Senior Staff Attorney David Greene for special talk entitled "The Case(s) Against NSA Surveillance." Admission is free to the public.
The U.S. government, with assistance from telecommunications carriers such as AT&T, has engaged in dragnet surveillance of domestic communications and communications records of millions of...
