Juniper: A practical lesson in backdoors (December 27, 2015)
Our federal government recently got a lesson in backdoors. Hopefully, the lesson will not be lost on them. Juniper makes network equipment: firewalls,…
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CISA Vote Got You Down? Elect Pirates! (December 18, 2015)
The US House passed the Omnibus spending bill today and it contains a version of CISA that will further increase useless mass surveillance…
Campaign Planning Meeting This Saturday (December 17, 2015)
Our fourth 2016 campaign meeting is this Saturday, December 19th. The notes of our three previous meetings are up. If you want to…
Crypto Party, Wed., 12/30, 6-9pm (December 16, 2015)
There is a Somerville Crypto Party on Wednesday, December 30th. It will be from 6-9pm at Parts and Crafts, 577 Somerville Ave, Somerville,…
CISA going to a vote Thursday (December 16, 2015)
Leaders in Congress are trying to pass an expanded CISA, the Cyber Information Sharing Act, in the “must pass” omnibus spending bill. The House vote is…
Winter 2015 Newsletter Available (December 16, 2015)
Our Winter 2015 newsletter is available for download (PDF). Thanks to Kendra for putting it together and for everyone who submitted articles for…
Looking for people to edit PirateCon 2015 Videos (December 15, 2015)
We have a bunch of videos we took of PirateCon 2015 that could stand to be cleaned up and posted to our YouTube channel. The…
Upcoming Events: Free Software, Manning B-day & Planning (December 15, 2015)
There are three upcoming events this week we will be at. FSF’s 2015 Giving Guide Giveaway, Wed., 12/16, 6pm The Free Software Foundation…
Sen. McConnell vs the IRS on strong encryption (December 10, 2015)
A few weeks ago, the IRS began publishing a set of Security Awareness Tax Tips; they’ve also come out with Publication 4524, “Security…
CISA Just Getting Worse (December 8, 2015)
Leaders in Congress are looking to expand CISA, the Cyber Information Sharing Act, far beyond the awful bill it already is. They are pulling what…