#VotePirate in the European Parliament Elections! (May 23, 2019)
Today the European Parliamentary elections start in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. They continue until Sunday, the 26th in sixteen member states.…
Category: Surveillance
We support Mass. bills limiting biometric tracking tech (April 4, 2019)
At our March 13th, 2019 IRC meeting, we endorsed two bills meant to limit face surveillance and other “at a distance” biometric tracking…
Join us at Freedom Rally 2018 (August 14, 2018)
We will be at Freedom Rally, September 14-16, and we want your help. This year our space will be used as an outdoor cryptoparty, live…
Today 8/13: Turn out and testify on surveillance oversight (August 13, 2018)
From our friends over at Digital Fourth Massachusetts. Alex Marthews of Restore The Fourth will be there. Come out tonight! What: Cambridge City…
Senate kills wiretap expansion budget amendments bills (May 25, 2018)
Thanks to your calls and emails and those of many others, the Massachusetts Senate killed all three wiretap expansion bills some senators were…
Senators sneaking state surveillance power expansion in budget. Tell them no! (May 18, 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…
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…
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…
Section 702 renewal up for vote now, call your US Reps. (January 11, 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…
Today: Stop renewal of warrantless email collection (December 20, 2017)
Section 702 is a surveillance authority passed in 2008 as part of the FISA Amendments Act. It is used to justify the NSA’s…