What’s in Your File Part III: My NSA FOIA Request (December 27, 2013)
Long before I became a pirate, I had an interest in privacy, security, and digital surveillance, so I was completely floored when the…
Category: Privacy
Three Short Blurbs, Courtesy of the EFF (December 14, 2013)
Have you heard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation? If not, you should check them out: they fight patent trolls, they support copyright reform,…
The NSA’s Co-Traveler Program: Guilt by Proximity (December 9, 2013)
During the last five months, we’ve learned about a lot of previously-undisclosed NSA surveillance programs. To be perfectly honest, there have been so…
NEW LOCATION: Cryptoparty, Dec. 14th, 1-3pm (December 4, 2013)
Pirates Steve and Kendra will hold a cryptoparty with Versus News on Saturday, December 14th from 1pm to 3pm. The main topic will…
What’s in Your File: Part II, Acxiom (November 25, 2013)
I was listening to the radio the other day, and heard a passing reference to Acxiom. Unless you work in marketing, you’ve probably…
All day Cryptoparty, This Saturday, Nov. 23, Lowell (November 18, 2013)
This Saturday, from 10am to 6pm, Lowell Makes, a new makerspace in Massachusetts, will be hosting an all-day cryptoparty. It is free though…
Million Mask March Today (November 5, 2013)
The Million Mask March is today. Come out and declare your independence! The local celebration is in front of the State House in…
The 3rd Digital Media Conference: Freedom and Unfreedom in the Digital Age (October 19, 2013)
The 3rd Digital Media Conference: Freedom and Unfreedom in the Digital Age begins October 25th at 7 pm, and runs all weekend until…
TONIGHT – Cambridge Surveillance Camera Community Meeting (September 26, 2013)
From 6 to 8 pm tonight, Thursday, September 26, the City of Cambridge is hosting a community meeting to discuss a draft surveillance-camera policy proposed…
September 28th Cryptoparty – Mesh Networks and CJDNS (September 23, 2013)
Join us for a Cryptoparty on Saturday September 28th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, at the South End Tech Center, 359 Columbus Avenue in…