Ask the EFF/Meet the EFA

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is working to protect digital rights and privacy through advocacy, education, and community organizing. EFF is involved in cases such as Van Buren v. United States, which addresses the ambiguity of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and its impact on security research. EFF is also working on encryption policy and opposing government-mandated backdoors. The Electronic Frontier Alliance is a network of grassroots and community organizations that work together to protect digital rights and privacy. EFF sends out action alerts and newsletters to encourage people to take action on important issues.

• EFF is working to protect digital rights and privacy through advocacy, education, and community organizing
• EFF is involved in cases such as Van Buren v. United States to address the ambiguity of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and its impact on security research
• EFF is working on encryption policy and opposing government-mandated backdoors
• The Electronic Frontier Alliance is a network of grassroots and community organizations that work together to protect digital rights and privacy
• EFF sends out action alerts and newsletters to encourage people to take action on important issues

EFF has been around for 30 years and is longer than the worldwide web. They have put a lot of links in the chat for people to learn more about their work and how to support them.

Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation—the nation's premiere digital civil liberties group fighting for freedom and privacy in the computer age—for a candid chat about how the law is racing to catch up with technological change and discovery. Then meet representatives from Electronic Frontier Alliance (eff.org/fight) allied community and campus organizations from across the country. These technologists and advocates are working within their communities to educate and empower their neighbors in the fight for data privacy and digital rights. This discussion will include updates on current EFF issues such as the government's effort to compromise free expression online, the fight to end face surveillance, updates on cases and legislation affecting security research, and discussion of EFF's technology projects empowering users with greater control of what information they share online. Half of this session will be given over to question-and-answer, so it's your chance to ask EFF questions about the law, surveillance and technology issues that are important to you.