Linux Conference – EFA hosting post-event drinks

EFA is proud to be hosting the post-conference social event for the 2016 Linux Conference Australia. We’ve secured some sponsorship from Twitter Australia for this event. WHERE Edge Bar, 6-8 Eastern Beach Rd, Geelong – just 100 metres southeast of Deakin Uni’s Waterfront Campus. Edge Bar on Google Maps We’ll be in the Pool Room, and if the […]

We’re getting local – come along

We’re launching a series of chapters around the country and would love you to come along to our launch events. These chapters will provide a forum for members and supporters to discuss issues, hear from some great speakers and to undertake fundraising and campaigning activities. Subscribe here to receive updates on your local chapter. Perth […]

Happy 25th Birthday, EFF

A quarter of a century ago this week, ignorance and overreach on the part of government officials led to the founding in San Francisco of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), as an organisation dedicated to protecting and promoting civil liberties in the emerging digital world. As the first ‘digital rights’ organisation, EFF has played a […]

Vale Caspar Bowden

It was with great sadness that we heard of the death last week of Caspar Bowden, privacy activist. Caspar had a long history of privacy advocacy, and was particularly notable in both the fight for public access to strong cryptography in the 1990s and the current fight against mass surveillance. He was co-founder and director […]