Help live stream PirateCon this Saturday (March 31, 2017)
Our Democracy/Tech meeting is tomorrow, Saturday, April 1st, 2-4pm. We will test our live streaming setup for PirateCon and hopefully install more software to improve…
Month: March 2017
Friday: Digital Privacy at the Border Workshop (March 30, 2017)
We are helping the International Scholars Working Group (part of the Harvard Graduate Union) organize a privacy workshop this Friday 6-8pm at Lamont Forum…
House allows ISPs to spy on you, protect yourself (March 29, 2017)
Yesterday, in a mostly partisan vote of 215 to 205, the US House of Representatives voted to roll back our online privacy protections from…
Save the Date: June 10th, Boston LGBTQ Pride Parade (March 28, 2017)
On Saturday, June 10th, we will again march in the Boston Pride Parade. If you plan to march with us, tell us in…
Tell your Rep Today: Don’t let ISPs spy on you (March 27, 2017)
Last week the Senate voted 50 to 48 to roll back our online privacy protections. As we expected, Senators Warren and Markey sided…
Upcoming Cryptoparties (March 26, 2017)
Various cryptoparties are coming up: 3/29, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville 4/26, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer…
Cryptoparty crew will be at LibrePlanet this weekend (March 22, 2017)
The Free Software Foundation’s annual conference, LibrePlanet, is this weekend and a number of Pirates will be there. The privacy activists on our cryptoparty…
Share at PirateCon 2017 (March 21, 2017)
Do you have knowledge you want to share with your fellow Pirates? Is there some issue or project you think Pirates should know…
This Friday: Learn how to annoy legislators for freedom (March 20, 2017)
The Massachusetts Legislature has thousands of bills to consider. Quite a few are of interest to Pirates including whether to give millions of dollars in subsidies…
Pirate Podcasts – Episode 11: The importance of causing a stir (March 19, 2017)
Terra Friedrichs is a former selectman from Acton, Massachusetts. She talks about her experience on the board, using a town’s permitting authority as…