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25.
05.
2018
Thanks to your calls and emails and those of many others, the Massachusetts Senate killed all three wiretap expansion bills some senators were trying to sneak in the budget. We'll be on the look out for a similar measure in the House, but for now we can rejoice. Read more
18.
05.
2018
Massachusetts Senators are trying to sneak into the budget unprecedented new state surveillance powers for prosecutors. We stopped them in November, and we need to do so again.
Prosecutors in Massachusetts have greater access to sensitive information about us than ever before, often without a wa... Read more →
23.
02.
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 registries on the basis of religion, and also would implement transparency and accountability reforms for Massachusetts' three f... Read more →
12.
02.
2018
The Somerville Cryptoparty is the last Wednesday of every month and will take place in February and March at The Sprouts, 339 Summer St., Somerville. The February cryptoparty will focus on digital security 101.
We are also looking at holding two additional cryptoparties in March. One will be in W... Read more →
11.
01.
2018
Section 702 is a surveillance authority passed in 2008 as part of the FISA Amendments Act. It is used to justify the NSA's warrantless collection of our emails and other on-line communications. Section 702 has to be renewed every few years, but it wasn't renewed at the end of 2017 and expired. Win ... Read more →
Further articles
Older articles
- Today: Stop renewal of warrantless email collection 20.12.2017
- Get angry, then get even 02.12.2017
- Wiretapping Amendments are finally dead 15.11.2017
- Thanks to the Boston Anarchist Bookfair 2017 13.11.2017
- We killed the wiretapping expansion 27.10.2017
- Today: tell Mass. Senators to oppose giving prosecutors new surveillance powers 25.10.2017
- NSA, FOIA, and a long-running quest for Telephony Metadata 22.10.2017
- Wednesday: Cambridge surveillance transparency ordinance needs your help 16.10.2017
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