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…
Category: Privacy
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…
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…
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…
Digital Security 101 Workshop, This Sunday, 1-3:30pm (February 4, 2017)
Concerned about your privacy on-line or the security of your computer or phone? Not sure where to start? Come to a Digital Security…
Somerville Sanctuary City Rally and Cryptoparty This Weekend (February 3, 2017)
Two events this weekend that Pirates will be at or are organizing: Somerville Sanctuary City Rally on Saturday from 10am to noon at…
You stopped BPD’s social media spying plans (January 17, 2017)
Thanks to everyone who joined us in opposing the the Boston Police Department’s plans to spend $1.4 million to spy on Bostonians’ social…
It took seven legislators (December 30, 2016)
Seven legislators is all it took to delay selling cannabis legally in Massachusetts. The voters agreed that one year is enough to figure…