August 2, 2016 - 8:00am PDT to August 3, 2016 - 5:00pm PDT
Las Vegas, NV

Join EFF at BSidesLV in the Tuscany Suites & Casino! Catch some great information security talks and don't forget to stop by the EFF table to learn about the latest news in the digital freedom movement.

EFF Talks:

Shall We Play A Game? 30 years of CFAA
Tuesday, August 2 at 11:00

2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the main anti-hacking law in the US. Since its inception, the CFAA has been deeply contentious, with strong criticism raised that it is overly broad and vague, too harsh (or conversely not harsh enough) in sentencing, and that it is fundamentally unable to keep up with the speed of evolution of the technology usage it is designed to police.

Ask the EFF
Wednesday, August 3 at 10:00

Join us for an unrecorded Q&A sesssion with everyone's favorite Digital Civil Rights organization.

About BSidesLV:

BSidesLV is a non-profit organization designed to advance the body of Information Security knowledge, by providing an annual, two day, open forum for discussion and debate for security engineers and their affiliates. We produce a conference that is a source of education, collaboration, and continued conversation for information technologists and those associated with this field. The technical and academic presentations at BSidesLV are given in the spirit of peer review and advanced knowledge dissemination. This allows the field of Information Security to grow in breadth and depth, and continue in its pursuit of highly advanced scientifically based knowledge.