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.…
Category: Security
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.…
Senate voting on CISA today. Tell them no! (October 21, 2015)
Yesterday, the Senate started debating CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. The Senate reconvenes at 9:30am and it will likely vote on it…
No CISA: Call Senators Warren & Markey Now (October 20, 2015)
CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, is expected to come up this afternoon for a vote in the Senate. Please call Sen. Warren…
Drones Strike Western MA, Killing 2 and Wounding 13 (October 18, 2015)
Let me begin by setting the record straight. There was no drone strike in Western MA — no one was killed and no…
Tonight, Cory Doctorow Roundtable on the Corporate Lockdown of Computers (October 13, 2015)
On Tuesday, October 13th, Cory Doctorow, science fiction author, Co-Editor of Boing Boing and someone who has great ideas on the intersection of culture, technology and…
Cory Doctorow Roundtable on the Corporate Lockdown of Computers, Tue., 10/13 (October 2, 2015)
Update: Unfortunately, Professor Nina Huntemann is unable to attend this roundtable. Professor Benjamin K. Ngugi will moderate instead. On Tuesday, October 13th, Cory Doctorow, science…
Round table discussion with Cory Doctorow, 10/13 (September 23, 2015)
On Tuesday, October 13th, Cory Doctorow will be participating in a round table discussion: “The Remote-Controlled Society”. It is sponsored by Suffolk University…
Backdoors are backdoors, even when they belong to the TSA (September 11, 2015)
3D printers are useful devices, and I’ve seen people make some extremely cool things with them. Today, I read about a 3D printer…