Monday, Help Rein In MA Fusion Centers (February 23, 2018)
On Monday, February 26th, we will join Digital Fourth volunteers in advocating for Senate President Harriette Chandler’s “Fundamental Freedoms Act“, which prohibits police…
Category: Privacy
Somerville Cryptoparty in 7 days (February 21, 2018)
The Somerville Cryptoparty is a week away on February 28th. It will focus on digital security and is a good introduction to the…
Upcoming Cryptoparties (February 12, 2018)
The Somerville Cryptoparty is the last Wednesday of every month and will take place in February and March at The Sprouts, 339 Summer…
Saturday, Community Meshnet Workshop (February 5, 2018)
Concerned about Net Neutrality? Don’t want ISPs selling who you communicate with to the highest bidder? Want an ISP that meets your needs?…
Wednesday: Help build a community ISP! (January 30, 2018)
Community mesh networks such as NYC Mesh, Guifi.net in Spain and Freifunk in Germany have already shown we can build a community ISP. This Wednesday, 1/31, during the Somerville Cryptoparty,…
Wiretapping Amendments are finally dead (November 15, 2017)
Late last night the Massachusetts House voted down or had withdrawn the three amendments that would have expanded our wiretapping laws dramatically. Against…
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).…
Thanks to the Boston Anarchist Bookfair 2017 (November 13, 2017)
Thanks to the folks who made the Boston Anarchist Bookfair possible this year whether the organizers, speakers, vendors or participants. We look forward to…
Boston Anarchist Bookfair this weekend (November 8, 2017)
The Boston Anarchist Bookfair this weekend and we will be there. We will have a cryptotable both days and will be helping the Boston…
We killed the wiretapping expansion (October 27, 2017)
Early this morning, the Massachusetts Senate voted 22 to 14 to kill amendment 87 that would have expanded our wiretapping laws dramatically. Thankfully,…