07-12, 15:00–15:50 (US/Eastern), Marillac Auditorium
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is thrilled to return to HOPE to answer your burning questions on pressing digital rights issues. Their panelists will provide updates on current EFF work, including the fight against government surveillance and protecting creative expression, before turning it over to attendees to pose questions and receive insights from panelists on the intersection of technology and civil liberties.
Cara Gagliano is senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who focuses on trademark, copyright, and free speech issues.
Hannah Zhao is staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who focuses on criminal justice, privacy, and cybersecurity issues.
Bill Budington is a longtime activist, cryptography enthusiast, and a senior staff technologist on EFF's public interest technology team. His research has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and cited by the U.S. Congress. He is the lead developer of Cover Your Tracks (formerly Panopticlick) and apkeep, has led HTTPS Everywhere from 2015 to 2018, and has contributed to projects like Let's Encrypt and SecureDrop. His primary interest lies in dismantling systems of oppression, building up collaborative alternatives, and, to borrow a phrase from Zapatismo, fighting for a "world in which many worlds fit."
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Beryl Lipton is investigative researcher at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who focuses on government transparency and law enforcement surveillance technology.
