S.1664: An Act to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (January 19, 2014)
On Wednesday Jan 22nd, the Massachusetts Senate will hold a hearing on S.1664, An Act to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.…
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Verizon’s Take on NSA Surveillance (January 12, 2014)
Over the past few months, several Tech companies have issued strong condemnations of the NSA’s mass surveillance programs. This is a good first…
cjd on Project Meshnet ( Monday 11AM Hall E #youbroketheinternet @ #30c3 ) (December 29, 2013)
cjd on Project Meshnet ( Monday 11AM Hall E #youbroketheinternet @ #30c3 ) Contributed by Igel #30c3 is the 30th annual Chaos Communication…
What’s in Your File Part III: My NSA FOIA Request (December 27, 2013)
Long before I became a pirate, I had an interest in privacy, security, and digital surveillance, so I was completely floored when the…
Three Short Blurbs, Courtesy of the EFF (December 14, 2013)
Have you heard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation? If not, you should check them out: they fight patent trolls, they support copyright reform,…
The NSA’s Co-Traveler Program: Guilt by Proximity (December 9, 2013)
During the last five months, we’ve learned about a lot of previously-undisclosed NSA surveillance programs. To be perfectly honest, there have been so…
What’s in Your File: Part II, Acxiom (November 25, 2013)
I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a passing reference to Acxiom. Unless you work in marketing, you’ve probably…
What’s in Your File (Part I) (October 29, 2013)
During the last four months, we’ve seen a wealth of new information about government surveillance and data collection programs. Back in June, the…
September 28th Cryptoparty – Mesh Networks and CJDNS (September 23, 2013)
Join us for a Cryptoparty on Saturday September 28th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, at the South End Tech Center, 359 Columbus Avenue in…
July 20th: All Eyes on Artbeat (July 19, 2013)
(Image courtesy of the World Disaster Report) Each time I go into the city of Boston, I find myself playing a little game,…