Section 702 renewal up for vote now, call your US Reps. (January 11, 2018)
Section 702 is a surveillance authority passed in 2008 as part of the FISA Amendments Act. It is used to justify the NSA’s…
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Today: Tell the House not to expand Commonwealth’s wiretapping laws (November 13, 2017)
Now that the Massachusetts Senate has finished its omnibus criminal justice reform package, the Massachusetts House is working on its version (H. 4011).…
No Free Lunch for Amazon (October 19, 2017)
Amazon’s deadline is here and many states have fallen over themselves to sell their cities as the location for Amazon’s second headquarters. With…
Information Security and Organizing Training, Thursday, July 20, Boston (July 17, 2017)
If you haven’t already submitted your comments on the FCC’s reevaluation of their Net Neutrality ruling, please submit them today as it is…
Cyptoparties Saturday & Wednesday (June 22, 2017)
On Saturday, the 24th, 11am-1pm, several computer privacy/security activists will show how you can protect your privacy on-line. It will be at the South…
MassCANN Rally Today (June 21, 2017)
Today, MassCANN/NORML will hold a rally at 10am in front of the State House to urge legislators to oppose the House bill to add…
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…
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…
Providence Cryptoparty, March 19th (March 8, 2017)
The Providence Public Library will offer a cryptoparty on Sunday, March 19th, 1:30-4:30pm. The library is at 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI 02903. An LGBTQ…
On March 24th, learn how to annoy legislators for freedom (March 7, 2017)
On Friday, March 24, Alex Marthews, National Director of Restore the 4th, will talk about how the Massachusetts legislature really works. It isn’t…