Whistleblowers Need Your Support (July 14, 2019)
Trump expanded Obama’s attack on whistleblowers. We must support defenders of free speech and government transparency. To fail to do so now will…
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Pirate News: True Democracy (July 13, 2019)
At the pirate planning picnic, Quartermaster Joe, Captain James, Swarmwise Director Christine and First Officer Steve talked about what democracy means to pirates…
Who has your face on file? (July 11, 2019)
ICE and the FBI are using state drivers license photos for facial recognition searches. A CBP vendor was hacked which exposed thousands of license plates…
Thursday, 9am: Police Militarization Bill Hearing (July 10, 2019)
A bill we support and helped H. 2119, is up for a hearing on Beacon Hill at 9am Thursday, July 11th, before the…
Today, 2pm, Journalism Commission Bill Hearing (July 10, 2019)
From Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas of Dig Boston/Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism: There is a second hearing on the journalism commission bill…
Mass Mesh Network Meeting Tuesday (July 1, 2019)
The next Mass. Mesh Net weekly tech meetup is this Tuesday, 7-9pm. It will be at Industry Lab, 288 Norfolk St, Cambridge. Enter via the entrance in the back. Call…
Somerville Bans Facial Recognition Tech (June 28, 2019)
Yesterday, in an 11-0 vote, the Somerville City Council voted to ban the city from using facial recognition technology. It is the second…
Pirate News: State of Surveillance (June 26, 2019)
Captain James and Quartermaster talk about surveillance in the USA and two bills (S.1385 and H.1538) that we support which would ban facial…
Wednesday, learn to use 2FA token devices (June 25, 2019)
This Wednesday, June 26, the Somerville Crytoparty will talk about how to setup and use a 2FA token device, such as Yubikey. It…
Pirate News: Trump Talk & Local Government (June 24, 2019)
Quartermaster Joe talks with First Officer Steve and Activism Director Malt about what the Trump administration has been doing including: defying House subpoenas;…