My conference started yesterday and I suspect it’ll keep me pretty busy the rest of the week, so expect less frequent updates. And, really, expect less interesting updates, assuming the updates have been interesting at all to this point. The conference has been fascinating, learning about Constitutional law, the PATRIOT act, and biometric identification techniques–so far. Tonight was the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Awards, given annually to those who’ve helped shaped the Internet, computer technology, or freedom and privacy issues. Among this year’s winners were the Norwegian teens who cracked encryption on DVDs and created DeCSS to play DVDs on Linux.
John Perry Barlow, who co-founded EFF and who also wrote lyrics for the Grateful Dead, was in attendance. Dude entered like a rockstar, with rockstar wife and rockstar clothes.
We heard today from California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, a genuinely warm and witty man who’s support for privacy issues is commendable. Very cool speech on his part.
More later.
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