Tonight: Speak for Cambridge surveillance oversight (April 24, 2017)
We have been working with Restore the 4th and the ACLU to get the City of Cambridge to adopt an ordinance placing city…
Category: Civil Liberties
Wednesday: Your Voice Needed at Autonomous Vehicles Legislative Hearing (April 11, 2017)
The Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation will have a public hearing on autonomous vehicles. They will be taking testimony on a bunch…
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…
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…
Dismiss all drug convictions made with tainted evidence (March 1, 2017)
On Monday, we joined with a coalition of 40 Massachusetts-based community, religious, advocacy, and civil rights organizations to demand that prosecutors immediately dismiss…