EFF: Computers, Freedom, Privacy - and Policy

[L. Coyote]

Computers, Freedom, Privacy - and Policy
Eddan Katz - March 20th, 2008 - http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/cfp-technology-policy-08

For the first time, U.S. technology policy has taken a front-row seat in this election year. If you had the candidates' ear, what would you tell them to do in regards to our digital world?

Computers, Freedom and Privacy (CFP) is a conference whose interests have tracked those of EFF for almost a decade. This year, the 18th annual CFP will focus on what constitutes technology policy — and organizers are asking for your help. Read on to find out how to contribute to the debate, and how to travel and attend for free if you are a tech or public policy journalist.

CFP: Technology Policy '08 is an opportunity to help shape public debate on those issues being made into law, regulations, and infrastructure. The direction of our technology policy impacts the choices we make about our national defense, our civil liberties during wartime, the future of American education, our national healthcare systems, and many other realms of policy discussed more prominently on the election trail. Open participation is invited for proposals on panels, tutorials, speaker suggestions, and .......

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For more than five years, AT&T and other telephone companies broke the law and violated their customers' privacy rights by sending billions of private domestic internet and telephone communications and records to the National Security Agency. ....

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Talk Back to the House
Tim Jones - March 20th, 2008 - http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/talk-back-house

It seems somehow appropriate that the House's awesome vote to hold phone companies accountable for illegal spying would happen at the onset of a week dedicated to government transparency. Few things need transparency more than secret government surveillance law, and so we've rebuilt Stop The Spying.org to help you find where your congressperson stands.

Visit the site to find out how your representative voted. If they stood strong, you can send them a thanks, and if they didn't stand so strong, you can ask them to do better next time.

And as you thank the house, EFF thanks you for giving them the support they needed to cast the right vote!

[Clear Blue Sky]

1. The genie is out of the bottle on digital security.

[L. Coyote]

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