Sometimes technology feels like a gilded cage, and you’re not the one holding the key. Most people can’t live off the grid, so how do we stop data brokers who track and exploit you for money? Tech companies that distort what you see and hear? Governments that restrict, censor, and intimidate? No one can do it alone, but EFF was built to protect your rights. With your support, we can take back control.
With 35 years of deep expertise and the support of our members, EFF is delivering bold action to solve the biggest problems facing tech users: suing the government for overstepping their bounds; empowering the people and lawmakers to help them hold the line; and creating free, public interest software tools, guides, and explainers to make the web better.
EFF members enable thousands of hours of our legal work, activism, investigation, and software development for the public good. Join us today.
No Walled Gardens. No Gilded Cages.
Think about it: in the face of rising authoritarianism and invasive surveillance, where would we be without an encrypted web? Your security online depends on researchers, hackers, and creators who are willing to take privacy and free speech rights seriously. That’s why EFF will eagerly protect the beating heart of that movement at this week’s summer security conferences in Las Vegas. This renowned summit of computer hacking events—BSidesLV, Black Hat USA, and DEF CON—illustrate the key role a community can play in helping you break free of the trappings of technology and retake the reins.
For summer security week, EFF’s DEF CON 33 t-shirt design Beyond the Walled Garden by Hannah Diaz is your gift at the Gold Level membership. Look closer to discover this year’s puzzle challenge! Many thanks to our volunteer puzzlemasters jabberw0nky and Elegin for all their work.
A Token of Appreciation: Become a recurring monthly or annual Sustaining Donor this week and you’ll get a numbered EFF35 Challenge Coin. Challenge coins follow a long tradition of offering a symbol of kinship and respect for great achievements—and EFF owes its strength to technology creators and users like you.
Our team is on a relentless mission to protect your civil liberties and human rights wherever they meet tech, but it’s only possible with your help.
Break free of tech’s walled gardens.
