Whether covering a local beat or investigating national security, journalists must make deliberate decisions about how they protect their devices, communications, and sensitive data, particularly in an era of mass surveillance, data breaches, and targeted hacking. However, there is no suite of tools or practices that will fit all circumstances,...

As part of the Oslo Freedom Forum's tech track, EFF's Director of Strategy, Danny O'Brien, Zcash's Sonya Mann, Microsoft's Daniel Buchner, and Avast's Threat Intelligence Director, Filip Chytrý discuss how to build privacy in a digital world filled with pervasive, undetectable surveillance.15:15 - 16:00 CET, at ...

Policy panel is meant to educate legislative staff on the issues that face 5G wireless deployment. Lynda Ng -- Director of Network System Performance, VerizonShireen Santosham -- Chief Innovation Officer, City of San JoseBrandie Nonnecke -- Director, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC BerkeleyPeter Leroe-Muñoz -- VP/Tech & Innovation, Silicon Valley Leadership...

Avoid Scams and SpiesMain Library, 5th floor Learning Studio, 4:30-5:30 pmPresented by Gennie GebhartLearn about common internet scams and privacy invasions – and how to protect yourself while using your device or going online. We’ll also explore free tools from EFF to give yourself an online privacy tune-up.

EFF's Executive Director Cindy Cohn joins Chinmayi Arun, a fellow of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and Concord Law School Dean Martin Pritikin, for an online webinar on "Freedom of Expression Online: The Internet, Social Media, and Algorithms." This event is part of Concord...

EFF and Friends Open ForumThis is a recurring panel in which Electronic Frontier Foundation staff (this year, Jacob, Seth, and Sydney) will discuss some of what EFF has been up to the past year and respond to wide-ranging questions from the audience. We also expect to be joined this year...

Ghostbusting: Detectability of Invisible Users in Encrypted Chats Seth Schoen is a Senior Staff Technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, where he has worked for over 17 years. As the first Staff Technologist at EFF, Seth has helped attorneys and the public understand technology as it relates...