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Dear Congress: Ignore distractions and pass USA FREEDOM

31 Oct 2014

With limited time left in the legislative calendar for this Congress, it is time for an assessment of priorities. To start, we need to reign in the NSA’s privacy-violating surveillance programs. The USA FREEDOM Act would limit, instead of expand, the government’s intake of user information. It should be a priority for the outgoing Congress. And yet, priorities seems to be elsewhere.

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Dear Congress: Ignore distractions and pass USA FREEDOM
31 Oct 2014
Dear Congress: Ignore distractions and pass USA FREEDOM
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It’s exceptionalism. And I’m sick of it.

8 Oct 2014

The global population has become collateral damage in the race to collect surveillance data

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It’s exceptionalism. And I’m sick of it.
8 Oct 2014
It’s exceptionalism. And I’m sick of it.

Virtual Integrity: Three steps toward building stronger cryptographic standards

18 Sep 2014

As the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance make clear, the preservation of the integrity of communications and systems is a key obligation under international law. Just as it would be unreasonable for governments to insist that all residents of houses should leave their doors unlocked just in case the police need to search a particular property, or to require all persons to install surveillance cameras in their houses on the basis that it might be useful to future prosecutions, it is equally disproportionate for governments to interfere with the integrity of everyone’s communications in order to facilitate its investigations or to require the identification of users as a precondition for service provision or the retention of all customer data.

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Virtual Integrity: Three steps toward building stronger cryptographic standards
18 Sep 2014
Virtual Integrity: Three steps toward building stronger cryptographic standards
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Four Members of Congress Join Dozens of Organizations to Urge President Obama to Limit Mass Surveillance Under Executive Order 12333

2 Sep 2014

Access has convened a coalition of digital rights groups to urge the Obama Administration to reform Executive Order 12333, which authorizes mass surveillance by NSA and other intelligence agencies with no meaningful limits.

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Four Members of Congress Join Dozens of Organizations to Urge President Obama to Limit Mass Surveillance Under Executive Order 12333
2 Sep 2014
Four Members of Congress Join Dozens of Organizations to Urge President Obama to Limit Mass Surveillance Under Executive Order 12333

Access, Coalition to President: Reform Surveillance Now

2 Sep 2014

Access, joined by members of Congress, former government officials, and dozens of civil society groups and private companies, has urged the Obama Administration to reform surveillance practices under Executive Order 12333, which authorizes mass surveillance by NSA and other intelligence agencies with no meaningful limits.

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Access, Coalition to President: Reform Surveillance Now
2 Sep 2014
Access, Coalition to President: Reform Surveillance Now
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US must remedy NSA’s 2012 Syrian internet shutdown

15 Aug 2014

In a recent interview, former National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the Syrian government was not to blame for a nationwide internet blackout on Nov. 29, 2012, the NSA was.

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US must remedy NSA’s 2012 Syrian internet shutdown
15 Aug 2014
US must remedy NSA’s 2012 Syrian internet shutdown
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It’s not you, it’s me: committee of cryptographic experts tries to crack NIST/NSA relationship

7 Aug 2014

In response to stories in the New York Times, ProPublica, and the Guardian that the National Security Agency (“NSA”) was undermining encryption standards, The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) released a report that called for increased transparency and internal expertise at the National Institute for Standards and Technologies (“NIST”). The VCAT reviews and makes recommendations regarding general policy for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The VCAT formed a Committee of Visitors (“COV”) in mid-April to review the relationship between NIST and the NSA.

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It’s not you, it’s me: committee of cryptographic experts tries to crack NIST/NSA relationship
7 Aug 2014
It’s not you, it’s me: committee of cryptographic experts tries to crack NIST/NSA relationship
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U.S. government targets civil society leaders for surveillance without explanation

10 Jul 2014

Access condemns the FBI and NSA’s targeted surveillance of community leaders and thousands of others without due process.

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U.S. government targets civil society leaders for surveillance without explanation
10 Jul 2014
U.S. government targets civil society leaders for surveillance without explanation

It’s time for the Senate to act to preserve digital rights

25 Jun 2014

Having passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming support, bill heads to the Senate in need of leaders to sponsor important amendments restricting NSA surveillance activities.

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It’s time for the Senate to act to preserve digital rights
25 Jun 2014
It’s time for the Senate to act to preserve digital rights

Access urges immediate action to end bulk collection

17 Jun 2014

Access calls on the Executive Branch to seize the opportunity to end the NSA’s bulk telephony collection program this week.

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Access urges immediate action to end bulk collection
17 Jun 2014
Access urges immediate action to end bulk collection