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Ask EFF: the Year in Digital Civil Liberties

Kevin BankstonEva GalperinJennifer GranickMarcia HofmannCorynne McSherryKurt Opsahl

Kevin Bankston and Eva Galperin explores ask eff: the year in digital civil liberties at DEF CON 16, examining eff and practical defenses.

Summary

Architecture and Background

DEF CON 16 - Panel: Ask EFF: The Year in Digital Civil Liberties Get the latest information about how the law is racing to catch up with technological change from staffers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the nation's premiere digital civil liberties group fighting for freedom and privacy in the computer age.

Vulnerability Analysis

This session will include updates on current EFF issues such as NSA wiretapping and fighting efforts to use intellectual property claims to shut down free speech and halt innovation, highlighting our open government efforts with documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act on government surveillance efforts, introducing the Coder's Rights Project, and much more.

Exploitation and Demonstrations

Half the session will be given over to question-and-answer, so it's your chance to ask EFF questions about the law and technology issues that are important to you.

Remediation and Defensive Strategies

For copies of the slides and additional materials please see the DEF CON 16 Archive here:

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