TAKE BACK TECH III 🗓️ APRIL 17-19 🍑 ATLANTA Come and gather with organizers, artists, advocates, academics, and workers who are ready to build the tech justice movement we need right now.

Take Back Tech 3 will be in Atlanta this year, April 17-19, 2026. www.takebacktech.com

A Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US Flock cameras have been called invasive, insecure, and unconstitutional. Can a grassroots movement beat them back?

A Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US truthout.org/articles/a-v...

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

For those who regularly come to Elonka’s talks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

i took a hacking class at a furry convention YouTube video by Cyb3rMaddy

Thanks to Cyb3rMaddy for reviewing our track. youtu.be/5KD-zfyFHw4

If you would like to be a panelist for Electronic Frontiers Forums at Dragon Con 2026, please contact us between January and March.

The day after Dragon Con is… Laundry Day!

“AI Chatbots and Privacy” panel

“Weaponization of the FCC and Other Agencies to Chill Speech” panel

Hacking 101

Cell Phone Bans in Schools panel

Learn to Hack Workshop

Famous Unsolved Codes panel

“Age Verification Lawsuit: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton” panel

Removing Personal Information About You From Google panel

Flock Wants to Partner With Consumer Dashcam Company That Takes ‘Trillions of Images’ a Month That dashcam in your car could soon integrate with Flock, the surveillance company providing license plate data to DHS and local police.

www.404media.co/flock-wants-...

Minimum Viable Authoritarianism, Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Parts of the hacker community have always been concerned with techno dystopias and authoritarianism. Recent events have prompted many people to wonder if the United States

Just scheduled: Wed., Sept. 10th, "Minimum Viable Authoritarianism": www.meetup.com/electronic-f...

CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide Flock said it has "paused all federal pilots" after police departments said they didn't realize they were sharing access with Customs and Border Patrol.

CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide www.404media.co/cbp-had-acce...

Cohn: Trump is building ‘one interface to rule them all.’ It’s terrifying. A single searchable database of all Americans’ sensitive information is the goal of the president and Palantir – and the dream of authoritarians.

www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/23/o...

Added Matthew Lane (@mattlane.bsky.social) to "Legal and Constitutional Problems with the Take It Down Act", Monday 1:00 p.m. in Hilton 313-314. Removed Sarah Philips from this same panel.

Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law | TechCrunch In a blog post published on Friday, the company explains that, as a small team, it doesn't have the resources to make the substantial technical changes this type of law would require, and it raised co...

techcrunch.com/2025/08/22/b...

Isaac Sheff (@isheff.bsky.social) has been added to "The Science of Security", Monday at 1:00pm, Hilton 313-314. Isaac will no longer be on "The Fight Against Massive Data Centers", Sunday at 2:30pm.

Electronic Frontiers Forums at Dragon Con is now on Bluesky! Check back frequently for the latest news and any schedule updates. Our full schedule for 2025 is published here: archive.efforums.net/index.php/20...