USENIX Conference Policies
How Sysadmins Can Protect Free Speech and Privacy on the Electronic Frontier
The USA PATRIOT Act broadly expanded the government's power to wiretap or demand records about your users' communications, and now the Justice Department is quietly developing plans for mandatory data retention that could completely decimate online privacy (and your own bottom line). How can a sysadmin legally, morally, and technically balance the legitimate needs of law enforcement against the First Amendment right to speak and read anonymously? EFF lawyer Kevin Bankston will fill you in on the latest developments in Internet privacy law and explain how you may be the last best hope for free speech and privacy online.
Open Access Media
USENIX is committed to Open Access to the research presented at our events. Papers and proceedings are freely available to everyone once the event begins. Any video, audio, and/or slides that are posted after the event are also free and open to everyone. Support USENIX and our commitment to Open Access.
author = {Kevin Bankston},
title = {How Sysadmins Can Protect Free Speech and Privacy on the Electronic Frontier},
booktitle = {19th Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA 05)},
year = {2005},
address = {San Diego, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa-05/how-sysadmins-can-protect-free-speech-and-privacy-electronic-frontier},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = dec
}