No Walled Gardens. No Gilded Cages.
Technology often feels like a gilded cage, where you're trapped by the very tools meant to liberate you. Data brokers track and exploit you for profit, tech companies distort reality, and governments restrict, censor, and intimidate. But we can't rely on any one entity to save us – it's time for collective action.
EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has been fighting for your rights for 35 years, with the support of its members. With their expertise and dedication, we're taking bold steps to tackle the biggest challenges facing tech users:
- Suing governments that overstep their bounds
- Empowering people and lawmakers to hold the line
- Creating free, public-interest software tools, guides, and explainers to make the web better
EFF members are the backbone of our work, enabling thousands of hours of legal work, activism, investigation, and software development for the public good. Joining us today is crucial to take back control and create a better future.
The Importance of an Encrypted Web
In the face of rising authoritarianism and invasive surveillance, the encrypted web is our greatest defense. But we can't do it alone – researchers, hackers, and creators who value privacy and free speech are essential to this movement. That's why EFF will be protecting the heart of this community at this week's summer security conferences in Las Vegas.
The renowned summit of computer hacking events – BSidesLV, Black Hat USA, and DEF CON – showcases the critical role a community can play in helping us break free from technology's restrictive grasp. For summer security week, EFF's DEF CON 33 t-shirt design "Beyond the Walled Garden" by Hannah Diaz is a symbol of our commitment to freedom.
A Token of Appreciation
Become a recurring monthly or annual Sustaining Donor this week and receive a numbered EFF35 Challenge Coin. Challenge coins have long represented kinship and respect for great achievements – we owe our strength to technology creators and users like you. Our team is relentless in its mission to protect your civil liberties and human rights, but it's only possible with your help.
Break free of tech's walled gardens. Join us today and take back control of your online security and freedom.