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Jul 2
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Who Defends Your Digital Rights? Meet EF...

Guy Kawasaki
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Four years out of law school, and she's taking on the entire U.S. Department of Justice? Meet Cindy Cohn, the attorney who turned a Haight-Ashbury party connection into one of the most pivotal legal victories in internet history. As Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation—the world's leading digital rights organization—Cindy commands a team of 125 lawyers, technologists, and activists fighting the surveillance state daily. She spills the brutal truth about encryption backdoors threatening global security, why the "nothing to hide" argument crumbles in 2025's political reality, and how well-intentioned laws become authoritarian weapons. From tactical Signal advice to border crossing strategies, Cindy shares the security practices she actually uses while exposing how the UK's encryption demands could destroy privacy worldwide. This conversation will shatter your assumptions about online privacy and arm you with the knowledge to fight back against the surveillance state while revealing EFF's urgent mission to reclaim our digital democracy.

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