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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco in the United States.
EFF provides funds for legal defense in court, presents amicus curiae briefs, defends individuals and new technologies from what it considers abusive legal threats, works to expose government malfeasance, provides guidance to the government and courts, organizes political action and mass mailings, supports some new technologies which it believes preserve personal freedoms and online civil liberties, maintains a database and web sites of related news and information, monitors and challenges potential legislation that it believes would infringe on personal liberties and fair use, and solicits a list of what it considers patent abuses with intentions to defeat those that it considers without merit.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation was formed in July 1990 by John Gilmore, John Perry Barlow and Mitch Kapor in response to a series of actions by law enforcement agencies that led them to conclude that the authorities were gravely uninformed about emerging forms of online communication, and that there was a need for increased protection for Internet civil liberties.
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Civil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation without due process. Though the scope of the term differs amongst various countries, some examples of civil liberties include the freedom from torture, freedom from forced disappearance, freedom of conscience, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right to security and liberty, freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right to equal treatment under the law and due process, the right to a fair trial, and the right to life. Other civil liberties include the right to own property, the right to defend oneself, and the right to bodily integrity. Within the distinctions between civil liberties and other types of liberty, distinctions exist between positive liberty/positive rights and negative liberty/negative rights.
Many contemporary states have a constitution, a bill of rights, or similar constitutional documents that enumerate and seek to guarantee civil liberties. Other states have enacted similar laws through a variety of legal means, including signing and ratifying or otherwise giving effect to key conventions such as the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The existence of some claimed civil liberties is a matter of dispute, as are the extent of most civil rights. Controversial examples include property rights, reproductive rights, and civil marriage. Whether the existence of victimless crimes infringes upon civil liberties is a matter of dispute. Another matter of debate is the suspension or alteration of certain civil liberties in times of war or state of emergency, including whether and to what extent this should occur.
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A frontier is the political and geographical areas near or beyond a boundary. The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches).
The word "frontier" also means a region at the edge of a settled area, especially in North American development. It is a transition zone where explorers, pioneers and settlers were arriving. That is, as pioneers moved into the "frontier zone", they were changed by the encounter. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front".
That is what Frederick Jackson Turner calls "the significance of the frontier." For example, Turner argues that, in United States' 1893, one change was that unlimited free land in this zone was available, and thus offered the psychological sense of unlimited opportunity. This, in turn, had many consequences such as optimism, future orientation, shedding of restraints due to land scarcity, and wastefulness of natural resources.
StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. Join the movement at https://rally.stopwatching.us. This video harnesses the voices of celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures in speaking out against mass surveillance by the NSA. Please share widely to help us spread the message that we will not stand for the dragnet surveillance of our communications. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit civil liberties law and advocacy center that has been fighting the NSA's unconstitutional spying for years. Learn more at https://eff.org.
Panel: Ask the EFF: The Year in Digital Civil Liberties Kurt Opsahl Deputy General Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation Nate Cardozo EFF Staff Attorney Mark Jaycox EFF Legislative Analyst Yan Zhu EFF Staff Technologist Eva Galperin EFF Global Policy Analyst KURT OPSAHL is the Deputy General Counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation focusing on civil liberties, free speech and privacy law. Opsahl has counseled numerous computer security researchers on their rights to conduct and discuss research. Before joining EFF, Opsahl worked at Perkins Coie, where he represented technology clients with respect to intellectual property, privacy, defamation, and other online liability matters, including working on Kelly v. Arribasoft, MGM v. Grokster and CoStar v. LoopNet. Prior to Perkins, ...
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is fighting for your rights online.
Google Tech Talk April 27, 2009 ABSTRACT Who, Why, and What the EFF? Ask the Electronic Frontier Foundation about Copyright, Innovation, and the NSA The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is one of the leading online civil liberties groups. Join EFF attorneys as they deliver the the latest on the fight against warrantless wiretapping, promoting increased government transparency, and protecting your right to use the media you own. From the DMCA to DefCon, NSA to RIAA, they'll spell out what's happening where law, tech, and civil liberties collide. Panelists are Fred von Lohmann, Marcia Hofmann, and Kurt Opsahl. Fred von Lohmann is a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in intellectual property matters. In that role, he has represent...
This video is a compilation of promotional videos recorded by law enforcement agencies (and one mayor on behalf of his local police department) for ComputerCOP, a dubious piece of Internet monitoring software. Read EFF's investigation into ComputerCOP at https://eff.org/computercop
http://democracynow.org - New details are emerging about how AT&T; has been spying on Americans for profit with a secret plan called Project Hemisphere. The Daily Beast reports AT&T; is keeping private call records and selling the information to authorities investigating everything from the war on drugs to Medicaid fraud. AT&T; reportedly has been retaining every call, text message, Skype chat or other communication that has passed through its infrastructure. Some of the records date back to 1987. Sheriff’s and police departments each pay upward of $1 million a year for access to the call records. No warrants are needed, and AT&T; requires governmental agencies to keep secret the source of the information. We speak with Adam Schwartz, a senior lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. His...
EFF attorney Mark Rumold explains how the National Security Administration uses laws like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on citizens, and why companies like Google can't even say if they've handed over information.
Why is data privacy such a big deal? Security by design and privacy by design aren't just philosophical statements, they are critical to the safety and stability of our digital future. Our Q and A panel of leading privacy and technology advocates will share best practices and discuss how recent trends in policy and legislation will affect individual privacy, security and innovation.
Kurt Opsahl, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, Vivian Brown, Parker Higgins 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. This session will include updates on current EFF issues such as surveillance online, encryption (and backdoors), and fighting efforts to use intellectual property claims to shut down free speech and halt innovation. The panel will also include a discussion on their technology project to protect privacy and speech online, updates on cases and legislation affecting security research, and much more. Half the session will be given over to question-and-answer, so it's your chance to...
Watch live Europe's Leading Internet Event on the theme of the Sharing economy from Central Hall Westminster in London for free and in HD. Innovation & Entrepreneurship. More information on http://www.leweb.co
Marcia Hofmann - Electronic Frontier Foundation Seth Schoen - Electronic Frontier Foundation
Alicia Webb speaks with Hanni Fakhoury from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about how even ethical hacking can put you deep in legal trouble. Fear not, though, the EFF is here to help. Blackhat 2012 coverage continues!
Speakers: Peter Eckersley, Seth Schoen, Danny O'Brien EFF staffers answer your questions! EFF staffers answer your questions about American wiretapping, the latest moves of the *AA, the spread of the DMCA through free trade agreements, what's up at WIPO, and other dispatches from the US and elsewhere. This panel will take a loose question and answer format after a brief (and entertaining) summary of EFF's work and investigations this year. They will be representatives of all three aspects of the non-profits work: activism, technological research and US legal actions. The emphasis will be on the international aspects of the EFF's work (including their representation at WIPO, and work on various free trade agreements and European standards bodies), but we can also go into some detail ...
About EEF Austin EFF-Austin advocates establishment and protection of digital rights and defense of the wealth of digital information, innovation, and technology. We promote the right of all citizens to communicate and share information without unreasonable constraint. We also advocate the fundamental right to explore, tinker, create, and innovate along the frontier of emerging technologies. http://www.meetup.com/EFF-Austin/ Learn how to protect your privacy and defend your digital life from government and corporate surveillance. This is a hands-on interactive workshop, so bring your phone and laptop! Enjoy free pizza and drinks, sponsored by ACLU of Texas. About Capital Factory Capital Factory is the entrepreneurial center of gravity in Austin, Texas. Located in the middle of down...
Marcia Hofmann, Senior Staff Attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, shares some legal tips on what to watch out for when attending a protest or demonstration and you are carrying a cell phone. You can find more information on your rights here: https://www.eff.org/wp/know-your-rights Cell Phone Guide With Police: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/cell-phone-guide-occupy-wall-street-protesters-and-everyone-else
Discusses privacy issues related to information technology and the internet. This video was produced to support the course MSci 442, Impact of Information Systems on Organisations and Society at the University of Waterloo in Canada. The course blog is at: http://impactofinformationsystemsonsociety.wordpress.com/ The interview was conducted by Peter Carr
Meet the EFF Kurt Opsahl Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation Marcia Hofmann EFF Senior Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhouri EFF Staff Attorney Peter Eckersley EFF Director of Technology Projects Eva Galperin International Freedom of Expression Coordinator Trevor Timm Activist 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. This session will include updates on current EFF issues such as surveillance online and fighting efforts to use intellectual property claims to shut down free speech and halt innovation, discussion of our technology project to protect privacy and speech onlin...
Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, talks about safeguarding rights in the digital world. (Taped 12/15/16) Premiered in May 1956, Open Mind was created and hosted by Richard D. Heffner, American historian, broadcaster, and University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Fifty years after its first broadcast, Open Mind continues with a new host, Mr. Heffner's grandson, Alexander Heffner. Open Mind as a weekly public affairs program was designed to elicit guests' most meaningful insights into the challenges Americans face in a variety of contemporary areas of national concern. Watch more Open Mind at CUNY TV http://www.cuny.tv/show/openmind
The vote on CISPA was rushed through last night in the House and passed with a vote of 248 to 168. So what do we do now? John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation joins the show. Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TheAlyonaShow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAlyonaShow
Panel: Kurt Opsahl Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann Attorney Matt Zimmerman Staff Attorney Danny O'Brien EFF Activism Coordinator Peter Eckersley Staff Technologist 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. This session will include updates on current EFF issues such as NSA wiretapping (with newly released technical information), using the Freedom of Information Act to dumpster dive with the law, tips and tricks for hacking evoting machines legally, how censorship, surveillance and privacy invasions are spreading throughout the world - and how hacke...
StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. Join the movement at https://rally.stopwatching.us. This video harnesses the voices of celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures in speaking out against mass surveillance by the NSA. Please share widely to help us spread the message that we will not stand for the dragnet surveillance of our communications. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit civil liberties law and advocacy center that has been fighting the NSA's unconstitutional spying for years. Learn more at https://eff.org.
Panel: Ask the EFF: The Year in Digital Civil Liberties Kurt Opsahl Deputy General Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation Nate Cardozo EFF Staff Attorney Mark Jaycox EFF Legislative Analyst Yan Zhu EFF Staff Technologist Eva Galperin EFF Global Policy Analyst KURT OPSAHL is the Deputy General Counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation focusing on civil liberties, free speech and privacy law. Opsahl has counseled numerous computer security researchers on their rights to conduct and discuss research. Before joining EFF, Opsahl worked at Perkins Coie, where he represented technology clients with respect to intellectual property, privacy, defamation, and other online liability matters, including working on Kelly v. Arribasoft, MGM v. Grokster and CoStar v. LoopNet. Prior to Perkins, ...
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is fighting for your rights online.
Google Tech Talk April 27, 2009 ABSTRACT Who, Why, and What the EFF? Ask the Electronic Frontier Foundation about Copyright, Innovation, and the NSA The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is one of the leading online civil liberties groups. Join EFF attorneys as they deliver the the latest on the fight against warrantless wiretapping, promoting increased government transparency, and protecting your right to use the media you own. From the DMCA to DefCon, NSA to RIAA, they'll spell out what's happening where law, tech, and civil liberties collide. Panelists are Fred von Lohmann, Marcia Hofmann, and Kurt Opsahl. Fred von Lohmann is a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in intellectual property matters. In that role, he has represent...
This video is a compilation of promotional videos recorded by law enforcement agencies (and one mayor on behalf of his local police department) for ComputerCOP, a dubious piece of Internet monitoring software. Read EFF's investigation into ComputerCOP at https://eff.org/computercop
http://democracynow.org - New details are emerging about how AT&T; has been spying on Americans for profit with a secret plan called Project Hemisphere. The Daily Beast reports AT&T; is keeping private call records and selling the information to authorities investigating everything from the war on drugs to Medicaid fraud. AT&T; reportedly has been retaining every call, text message, Skype chat or other communication that has passed through its infrastructure. Some of the records date back to 1987. Sheriff’s and police departments each pay upward of $1 million a year for access to the call records. No warrants are needed, and AT&T; requires governmental agencies to keep secret the source of the information. We speak with Adam Schwartz, a senior lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. His...
EFF attorney Mark Rumold explains how the National Security Administration uses laws like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on citizens, and why companies like Google can't even say if they've handed over information.
Why is data privacy such a big deal? Security by design and privacy by design aren't just philosophical statements, they are critical to the safety and stability of our digital future. Our Q and A panel of leading privacy and technology advocates will share best practices and discuss how recent trends in policy and legislation will affect individual privacy, security and innovation.
Kurt Opsahl, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, Vivian Brown, Parker Higgins 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. This session will include updates on current EFF issues such as surveillance online, encryption (and backdoors), and fighting efforts to use intellectual property claims to shut down free speech and halt innovation. The panel will also include a discussion on their technology project to protect privacy and speech online, updates on cases and legislation affecting security research, and much more. Half the session will be given over to question-and-answer, so it's your chance to...
Watch live Europe's Leading Internet Event on the theme of the Sharing economy from Central Hall Westminster in London for free and in HD. Innovation & Entrepreneurship. More information on http://www.leweb.co
Kit Walsh from the Electronic Frontier Foundation explains why ISP.gov is good for liberty... SMH
Marcia Hofmann - Electronic Frontier Foundation Seth Schoen - Electronic Frontier Foundation
Join us when the Electronic Frontier Foundation joins us on the subject of online privacy!
Cohn, Executive Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation Presenting "The Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age"
Eva Galperin is from the Electronic Frontier Foundation Shane Harris is from Foreign Policy Magazine
Conference Opening: AusCERT and Keynote: Eva Galperin, Electronic Frontier Foundation We Could be Heroes Plenary: Laura Bell, SafeStack Protecting your people - automated human vulnerability scanning
Shahid Buttar, the director of Grassroots Advocacy from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), advocates for privacy. Get ready for a nerve-wracking political and cultural history of privacy and surveillance in the United States legal system. Links: https://www.eff.org/ https://www.eff.org/about/staff/shahid-buttar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower's_farewell_address https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Ashes_(book)
Corynne McSherry from the Electronic Frontier Foundation will be joining the program to discuss her organization's endorsement of net neutrality, we'll also be discussing the news of the week, and taking your calls.
La agenda de la libertad de expresión en internet: Katitza Rodríguez, directora de Derechos internacionales de Electronic Frontier Foundation, Estados Unidos