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Nathan White

Senior Legislative Manager

Nathan White is the Senior Legislative Manager for the Access advocacy team. A former communications director in the U.S. Congress, Nathan has shaped political and social issue campaigns across the United States and the internet. He holds a B.A. in political science from Kalamazoo College and an M.A. in global marketing, communications, and advertising from Emerson College. He’s lived, worked, and/or studied in Italy, Brazil, Turkey, and China.

Governments want encryption backdoors: new report examines the legal and policy implications

14 Feb 2018

Access Now released a new report that concludes that any policy mandating backdoors into encrypted products “would likely be effective for only a minimal time, would be substantially costly, and might harm security in general.”

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Governments want encryption backdoors: new report examines the legal and policy implications
14 Feb 2018
Governments want encryption backdoors: new report examines the legal and policy implications
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Strong encryption serves Australia’s national interests and creates more robust systems

25 Jan 2018
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Strong encryption serves Australia’s national interests and creates more robust systems
25 Jan 2018
Strong encryption serves Australia’s national interests and creates more robust systems
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The bad, the good, and the hopeful on surveillance reform

17 Jan 2018

The U.S. Senate passed — and President Trump has signed into law — a bill that will extend and expand invasive surveillance programs like PRISM and Upstream. But we have reason to be hopeful that this fight is not over.

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The bad, the good, and the hopeful on surveillance reform
17 Jan 2018
The bad, the good, and the hopeful on surveillance reform
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Access Now opposes proposal to extend warrantless surveillance

8 Jan 2018
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Access Now opposes proposal to extend warrantless surveillance
8 Jan 2018
Access Now opposes proposal to extend warrantless surveillance
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What happened with the surveillance bill in the U.S. Congress this week…

21 Dec 2017

Members of the U.S. Congress tried to slip past the goal posts a gross expansion of authority to spy on people online without a warrant. Thanks to supporters like you, that didn’t happen.

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What happened with the surveillance bill in the U.S. Congress this week…
21 Dec 2017
What happened with the surveillance bill in the U.S. Congress this week…

Pressing ever forward for Net Neutrality

14 Dec 2017

In the wake of the U.S. FCC vote to kill Net Neutrality, we’re not giving up — and neither should you.

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Pressing ever forward for Net Neutrality
14 Dec 2017
Pressing ever forward for Net Neutrality
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The world responds to the U.S. FCC vote against Net Neutrality

14 Dec 2017

Repeal is an attack on human rights in the U.S. and around the world.

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The world responds to the U.S. FCC vote against Net Neutrality
14 Dec 2017
The world responds to the U.S. FCC vote against Net Neutrality

In a world without Net Neutrality…

12 Dec 2017

Today is the day. Help us “break” the internet and save Net Neutrality.

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In a world without Net Neutrality…
12 Dec 2017
In a world without Net Neutrality…
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We need to talk… about SMS-based two step authentication

4 Dec 2017

Access Now explains why SMS-based two-factor authentication can be problematic for digital security.

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We need to talk… about SMS-based two step authentication
4 Dec 2017
We need to talk… about SMS-based two step authentication
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ALERTE DE SÉCURITÉ: Nouvelle attaque sur Facebook – attention aux messages qui disent que vous êtes un “ami de confiance”

13 Nov 2017
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ALERTE DE SÉCURITÉ: Nouvelle attaque sur Facebook – attention aux messages qui disent que vous êtes un “ami de confiance”
13 Nov 2017
ALERTE DE SÉCURITÉ: Nouvelle attaque sur Facebook – attention aux messages qui disent que vous êtes un “ami de confiance”