As always, EFF is excited to be back in New York for HOPE! We'll be at HOPE_16 with a table in the expo hall, where you can learn more about the latest in EFF's fight to protect your right to privacy and free expression online. There, you can even pick up a special member gift as a token of our thanks when you take advantage of our membership specials or donate!

Interested in going to HOPE_16 this summer? Through the month of April, our friends at 2600 are donating 10% of HOPE ticket sales to EFF. Grab your ticket now—hack the planet while benefiting EFF! 

As in past years, EFF staff attorneys are ready to help support the community. If you have legal concerns regarding an upcoming talk or sensitive information security research you are conducting, please email info@eff.org and we will do our best to get you the help that you need.

EFF Talks

How a Handful of Location Data Brokers Actively Tracked Millions, and How to Stop Them
In the past year, a number of investigations have revealed the outsized role of a few select companies in gathering, storing, and selling the location data of millions of devices - and by extension people - worldwide.  This talk will elaborate on the technologies, data flows, and industry players which comprise this complicated ecosystem. Most importantly, it will cover some basic steps you can perform to protect yourself against the wide array of location privacy harms your device subjects you to. The presenters will show tools and techniques they've developed to allow users to take back ownership of our devices, rather than our devices owning us.
WHEN & WHERE: Friday 15:00 Marillac Auditorium

Ask the EFF
Join EFF for a special "Ask the EFF" panel to address some of the pressing questions the hacker community has in these troubled times. Panelists will provide updates on current EFF work, including the ongoing case against the "Department" of Government Oversight, educating the public on their digital rights, organizing communities to resist ongoing government surveillance, and more. The panel will then turn it over to attendees to pose questions and receive insights on how users can protect their civil liberties online during an increasingly volatile political and world situation.
WHEN & WHERE: Saturday 12:00 Marillac Auditorium

The Computer Underground Scene - Past, Present, and Future
This is a brainstorming session together with the audience. The panel will talk and unravel a bit about the past and present, and try to find a shared vision of where we are or should be heading.
WHEN & WHERE: Sunday 13:00 Marillac Auditorium

More about HOPE_16: H.O.P.E. stands for Hackers On Planet Earth, one of the most creative and diverse hacker events in the world. It's been happening since 1994. Thousands of people from around the world come to HOPE. Join us for three full days and nights of activities, including provocative and enlightening speakers that the HOPE conferences are known for.