at Phare Conference 2014

1. NSA, WTF?
Jillian C. York
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Phare Conference 2014

6. “We have no control; once it’s out there, it’s
basically with the country.”
-Martin Muensch, FinFisher

8. That’s not my job to determine who’s a bad
country and who’s a good country. That’s
not our business, we’re not
politicians…we’re a for-profit company. Our
business is bringing governments together
who want to buy this technology.”
-Jerry Lucas
President, ISS World

10. An end to mass surveillance?
1.Technology
2.Policy and law
3.Culture

11. US Legislation and Activism
• Built bi-partisan coalition
• Delivered .5 million signatures to
Congress
• Commenting on US bills

12. International Efforts
necessaryandproportionate.net

13. Technology
• Personal responsibility for protection
against surveillance
• EFF projects:
– HTTPS Everywhere
– Surveillance Self-Defense

14. Culture
• What kind of a world do you want to live
in?
• 1984 isn’t the answer
• This is a long fight, but it’s worth it.

15. “They hurt our economy. They hurt our
country. They limit our ability to speak
and think and live and be creative, to
have relationships and to associate
freely.”
-Edward Snowden

16. Questions?
Jillian C. York
Director for International Freedom of
Expression, EFF
jillian@eff.org
@jilliancyork