New Cyber Information Sharing Act (CISA) likely to be worse. Stop it! (December 5, 2015)
The House and Senate Intelligence committees are working a version of CISA, the Cyber Information Sharing Act, that is even worse: We have…
Category: Civil Liberties
NSA: Sorry, no Jetplow Exploit here (November 28, 2015)
About a year ago, Der Spiegel posted excerpts of the NSA’s ANT (Advanced Networking Technology) catalog. Essentially, it’s a little catalog full of…
Tomorrow: Surveillance Talk at Boston Anarchist Bookfair, Sat., 1pm (November 20, 2015)
Quartermaster Steve will also give a talk called “The surveillance state and what to do about it” at the Boston Anarchist Bookfair this Saturday. It…
Boston Anarchist Bookfair This Weekend (November 19, 2015)
We will be tabling at the Boston Anarchist Bookfair, this weekend (Nov. 21 & 22), and want your help. We will tell people about the…
If you want peace, prepare for peace (November 19, 2015)
Statement from the French Pirate Party on the attacks in Paris on Friday the 13th: Si vis pacem, para pacem. Based on the…
Somerville Cryptoparty, Nov. 25, 6-9pm (November 12, 2015)
Our discussion about the future of the Internet was well attended and lively. How to ensure privacy and decentralization were prominent topics. The…
Full video of The Remote-Controlled Society available (October 29, 2015)
Cory Doctorow (science fiction author and Co-Editor of Boing Boing tech blog) and others spoke at the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University…
Today: Urge Your Friends to Stop CISA (October 27, 2015)
Following on the cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, the Senate is again considering amendments to it and a final vote.…
CISA passes Senate cloture vote, calls still needed (October 22, 2015)
Earlier today, the Senate’s cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, passed 83 to 14. It now advances to an up or…
Somerville Cryptoparty, Wed., 10/28, 6-9pm (October 22, 2015)
The September cryptoparty in Somerville had a good turn out and many people learned how to run a mesh network from their computer.…