Somerville Cryptoparty, Wed., April 27th (April 22, 2016)
The next monthly Somerville cryptoparty will be Wednesday, April 27th. It will be from 6-9pm, and will be at Parts & Crafts at…
Category: Civil Liberties
US Customs & Border Protection Body Camera Feasibility Study (April 3, 2016)
Last fall, I came across an article titled “US border patrol staff reject body cameras, citing cost and terrain“. This article opens with…
No Taunton Cryptoparty This Sat., Wed. In Somerville Still On (March 24, 2016)
The cryptoparty scheduled for this Saturday at the South Coast Innovator Labs in Taunton was postponed. We hope to have a new date…
Support Fight for the Future’s #SaveSecurity Campaign (March 21, 2016)
We are proud to support Fight for the Future’s #SaveSecurity campaign and urge you to add your voice to this campaign. The FBI…
Tonight: Stop DRM in HTML, Cambridge (March 20, 2016)
Today from 6:45pm to 7:30pm we will participate in a rally with the FSF, Defective by Design, and other anti-DRM groups to tell…
TODAY: Call to support Bodycams & demilitarizing police (March 15, 2016)
The Public Safety Committee is still deciding whether to report out favorably two bills we support: H.2169 (municipal control of military equipment by…
Sunday: Stop DRM in HTML (March 14, 2016)
The anti-DRM movement has fought media and proprietary software companies who want to add Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) to the HTML standard that defines the Web. Allowing…
Tuesday’s no phone backdoor rally was a success (February 29, 2016)
Tuesday’s Rally in support of keeping our phones secure went well and got a lot of media attention. Quartermaster & Arlington town meeting…
Today: Tell the FBI “No Backdoor in Our Phones” (February 23, 2016)
Today we are joining with Fight for the Future and other groups to protest a judge’s order to Apple to build a software…
Cryptoparty This Wednesday (February 20, 2016)
There is a Somerville Cryptoparty this Wednesday, February 24th. It will be from 6-9pm at Parts and Crafts, 577 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA…