EFF is excited to attend CypherCon for the first time! We'll be at the conference with an info booth, so be sure to stop by and chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up a special gift as a token of our thanks when you take advantage of our membership specials or donate!

Ask the EFF

We're excited to answer your burning questions on pressing digital rights issues! Our expert panelists will offer brief updates on EFF's work defending your digital rights, before opening the floor for attendees to ask their questions. 
Hexagon Track @ 1:00 PM on Friday, April 4
Panelists: Senior Staff Technologist Daly Barnett & Senior Grassroots Advocacy Organizer José Martinez

Systems of Dehumanization: The Digital Frontlines of the War on Bodily Autonomy

In this presentation I’ll be surveying the years of research I’ve done on the digital surveillance and technology impacts on various movements for bodily autonomy, namely, sex worker rights, trans liberation activism, and most recently, abortion access and reproductive rights. Although at first glance these subject matters may not seem immediately related, I’ll go over the ways that bad internet laws and digital surveillance tactics are replicated across these issue spaces to thwart the overall goal of peoples’ right to their own bodies. Learn more.
Circle Track @ 3:00 PM on Friday, April 4
Panelist: Senior Staff Technologist Daly Barnett

More about CypherCon:
CypherCon is the largest technology conference in the state of Wisconsin with over 1750 attendees. We are an annual hacker conference that acts more like a cybersecurity summit. We have our event every year downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Baird Center. Presentations topics include Cyphers, Hacking, Information Security, Cryptography, Forensics, and other hacker, cypherpunk, and cyberpunk oriented topics.  We also offer presentations for career development, security leadership, AI, IoT, ICS, risk and compliance, and more!