Tag: Encryption

Here are our predictions for trends in digital rights in 2016 — including information about how you can get involved in the fight to defend those rights.

Today Access Now announces Crypto Summit 2.0, which will be held in San Francisco on March 30, 2016.

195 companies, organizations, and individuals from 42 countries ask world leaders to support strong encryption

We’re proud to announce the launch of a global coalition demanding #SecurityForAll at http://SecuretheInternet.org — Join us!

Our D.C. team is working hard to protect your rights. Please donate to Access Now to help them work harder than ever in 2016.

Today, we met with the senior White House staff who set the U.S. technology and cybersecurity agenda.

The Save Crypto petition got 100,000+ signatures asking President Obama to stand up for strong encryption. Now the White House wants to hear from YOU about why YOU support encryption.

Halfway between our first Crypto Summit and Crypto Summit 2.0 at RightsCon, we look at the past, present, and future of the encryption policy debate.

Last week, Obama Administration officials revealed that they will not force technology companies to weaken encryption to give government officials special access to users’ data. However, this is only a partial win for advocates of smart digital security policy. As our U.S. policy manager Amie Stepanovich explains in a post at Just Security, ambiguity remains with regard to the administration’s stand on encryption.

Today Access and the Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a campaign to demand security and privacy in our electronic communications.