[vox] Who is EFF?

[Kevin Schultz]

EFF did come and speak to SacLUG way back in 2000 or 2001, I think, so they
(at least at that time) seemed willing to travel.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Tony Cratz <cratz at hematite.com> wrote:

> On 12/01/2011 11:32 AM, Brian Lavender wrote:
> > I have listened to legal staff from EFF speak several times. They operate
> > on a minimal budget and do what they do because people believe in a free
> > society. If you go to law school today, you probably walk away with a
> hefty
> > financial burden on your shoulders.  So, I give the EFF attorneys a lot
> > of credit. They have gone after DMCA[4] , illegal wiretaps [1], promoted
> > tools to protect privacy with Tor[2] and HTTPS everywhere[3]. When EFF
> > says SOPA is a bad law, I tend to believe them and their analysis. As
> > a computer entheusiast, I have to wonder who in this group can question
> > EFF with a straight face.
> >
> > [1] https://www.eff.org/issues/nsa-spying
> > [2] https://www.eff.org/torchallenge
> > [3] https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
> > [4] https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/07/26
> >
>
>         I agree about EFF. In fact I think it would be great if we were
>        to invite EFF to speak at LUGOD.
>
>        And Cory Doctorow is also a good writer. If you have not
>        downloaded his free E-book "Little Brother" which is under
>        the CCL license you should. It is a good read.
>
>
>                                                                Tony
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