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Event | July 27, 2011

The 11th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS 2011)

EFF Senior Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann joins a panel with Chris Soghoian, Roger Dingledine, Damon McCoy, and Caspar Bowden discussing The Ethics of Research on Tor Users at PETS 2011. The discussion will take place on Thursday, July 28 at 10 a.m.
Registration fees and information:
http://petsymposium.org/2011/registration.php
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