Join us at Columbia Law School as renowned security expert Bruce Schneier talks with Eben Moglen about what we can learn from the Snowden documents, the NSA’s efforts to weaken global cryptography, and how we can keep our own free software tools from being subverted. The talk is open to the public and will take place in Columbia Law School’s Jerome Greene Hall on Amsterdam Avenue and 116th street in New York City. The talk begins at 6:30pm EST (UTC-5).
Past Engagements
The Annual NYC Tech Meta-Party
Join us on December 9, 2013 for the annual NYC Tech Meta-Party! Co-hosted by 15 free software organizations in the area, including our organization, the party aim to bring together those in NYC that are passionate about free software.
The event will start at 7:00pm at Suspenders Bar & Restaurant Delicious food and drinks will be provided.
You must RSVP to officemanager at softwarefreedom dot org to attend.
Co-hosts:
TA3M (Techo Activist Third Mondays)
DebianNYC (New York Debian Local Group)
DrupalNYC (Drupal New York City)
Erlang NYC (Erlang New York City)
Lopsa-NY (League of Professional System Administrators New York Chapter)
LispNYC (New York City Lisp User Group)
NYC*BUG (New York City *BSD User Group)
NYC-Clojure (NYC Clojure Users Group)
nycdevops (New York City Devops Meetup Group)
NYC-OCaml (The NYC OCaml Meetup)
NY-Haskell (New York Haskell Users Group)
NYLUG (New York Linux Users Group)
NY-Scala (New York Scala)
PuppetNYC (New York Puppet User Group)
SFLC (Software Freedom Law Center)
UNIGROUP (New York City’s Unix User’s Group)
Sponsors:
Our generous sponsors are covering drinks and hors d’oeuvres for the evening. The current list of sponsors includes:
TA3M
Tumblr
New York Internet
Prentice Hall (Inform IT)
Brandorr Group
PuppetLabs
Oracle Solaris
LispNYC
Additional sponsors are welcome to join in and show their support for New York City’s technical community. Contact us at brian.gupta AT brandorr.com and/or george AT nycbug.org
Please join the Software Freedom Law Center and Columbia Law School for a series of talks by Eben Moglen on “Snowden and the Future” that will address the following questions:
What has Edward Snowden done to change the course of human history? How does the evolution of surveillance since World War II threaten democracy? What does it mean that information can be both so powerful and so easily spread? In a network embracing all of humanity, how does democracy survive our desire for security?
This final part of the four part series will run from 4:30 to 5:30 on December 4th. Please join us in room 101 of Columbia Law School’s Jerome Greene hall or online at http://snowdenandthefuture.info
Eben Moglen
Founder of the Software Freedom Law Center. Columbia law professor and historian. 2003 recipient of the EFF pioneer award for his role in legalizing software encryption and defending free software. 1986-87 clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the US Supreme Court.
Available records
- Audio posted December 9, 2013
- Video posted December 9, 2013
- Transcript posted December 9, 2013
Please join the Software Freedom Law Center and Columbia Law School for a series of talks by Eben Moglen on “Snowden and the Future” that will address the following questions:
What has Edward Snowden done to change the course of human history? How does the evolution of surveillance since World War II threaten democracy? What does it mean that information can be both so powerful and so easily spread? In a network embracing all of humanity, how does democracy survive our desire for security?
This third part in the four part series will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 on November 13th, followed by part IV on December 4th. Please join us in room 101 of Columbia Law School’s Jerome Greene hall or online at http://snowdenandthefuture.info
Eben Moglen
Founder of the Software Freedom Law Center. Columbia law professor and historian. 2003 recipient of the EFF pioneer award for his role in legalizing software encryption and defending free software. 1986-87 clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the US Supreme Court.
Available records
- Audio posted December 9, 2013
- Video posted December 9, 2013
- Transcript posted December 9, 2013
Please join the Software Freedom Law Center and Columbia Law School for a series of talks by Eben Moglen on “Snowden and the Future” that will address the following questions:
What has Edward Snowden done to change the course of human history? How does the evolution of surveillance since World War II threaten democracy? What does it mean that information can be both so powerful and so easily spread? In a network embracing all of humanity, how does democracy survive our desire for security?
This second part in the four part series will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 on October 30th, followed by parts III on November 13th, and part IV on December 4th. Please join us in room 101 of Columbia Law School’s Jerome Greene hall or online at http://snowdenandthefuture.info
Eben Moglen
Founder of the Software Freedom Law Center. Columbia law professor and historian. 2003 recipient of the EFF pioneer award for his role in legalizing software encryption and defending free software. 1986-87 clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the US Supreme Court.
Available records
- Video posted October 31, 2013
- Video posted October 31, 2013
- Transcript posted December 9, 2013
- Audio posted December 9, 2013
Please join the Software Freedom Law Center and Columbia Law School for a series of talks by Eben Moglen on “Snowden and the Future” that will address the following questions:
What has Edward Snowden done to change the course of human history? How does the evolution of surveillance since World War II threaten democracy? What does it mean that information can be both so powerful and so easily spread? In a network embracing all of humanity, how does democracy survive our desire for security?
This first part of a four part series will run from 4:30 to 5:30 on the evening of October 9th, followed by part II on October 30th, Part III on November 13th, and part IV on December 4th. Please join us in room 101 of Columbia Law School’s Jerome Greene hall or online at http://snowdenandthefuture.info
Eben Moglen
Founder of the Software Freedom Law Center. Columbia law professor and historian. 2003 recipient of the EFF pioneer award for his role in legalizing software encryption and defending free software. 1986-87 clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the US Supreme Court.
Available records
- Transcript posted October 22, 2013
- Video posted October 22, 2013
- Audio posted December 9, 2013
Destruction of personal privacy is the first global ecological crisis of the digital era. Predictive modeling of human behavior, combined with pervasive survellance of network interaction, provides tools for the maintenance of despotism unique in human history. All political freedom now depends on restoring privacy and anonymity to the network.
Data science promises to aid fundamental breakthroughs in every aspect of the human and social sciences. Soon we will be reconsidering everything we think we know about human social action and advancing on every front in our comprehension of society. In this talk, I consider the normative responsibilities of scientists pursuing research – and coordinating with both profit-driven and government entities – at the intersection of the two preceding propositions.
This event is part of the Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering seminar series and will take place in the Davis Auditorium located at 500 West 120th Street on the Columbia University Campus. Detailed directions are available here. All are welcome.