Folsom PRISM Blues: Nine reasons you don’t have “nothing to hide”
By Sean Rintel, The University of Queensland & EFA Board Member. This article (with different images) was originally published on 11th June 2013 in: In the wake of former CIA employee Edward Snowden’s revelations of the PRISM NSA mass surveillance, people are once again asking why the general public should care if they’ve got […]
PRISM: the NSA is watching…the whole world.
This week’s revelations in The Guardian and Washington Post about PRISM, the United States’ National Security Agency’s top secret global internet surveillance program are extremely alarming. The leaked information suggests that the NSA has ‘direct access’ to the systems of the majority of the most popular online services on the planet, including Google (including Youtube), […]
Melbourne Members Event: Thursday 21st March
EFA is teaming up with Electron Workshop and Cryptoparty to bring you a fun and informative meet-up. Date: Thursday 21st March Time: 6.30pm to 9.00pm Venue: Electron Workshop, 31 Arden Street, North Melbourne 3051 Come and join us at the location of the inaugural Cryptoparty, and: – meet with your Melbourne-based EFA colleagues – learn […]
War on the Internet video
This excellent video explaining many of the threats to our online freedoms has been put together by CCedRoxon (Twitter: @CCedRoxon).
EFA’s evidence to Parliament on National Security proposals
Two weeks ago, on 5th September, long-standing EFA Board Member Andrew Pam appeared before the Federal Parliament’s Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. The Committee is reviewing the Attorney-General’s Discussion Paper on proposed changes to National Security laws, including the proposal for blanket data retention. Parliament has finally published the transcript of this hearing, […]