Presented at
DEF CON 31 (2023),
Aug. 11, 2023, 8 p.m.
(120 minutes)
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is thrilled to return to DEF CON 31 to answer your burning questions on pressing digital rights issues. Our panelists will provide updates on current EFF work, including the fight against government surveillance and protecting creative expression, before turning it over to attendees to pose questions and receive insights from our panelists on the intersection of technology and civil liberties. This is a valuable opportunity to learn from policy experts and engage in a lively discussion rooted in the problems you face. This year you’ll meet: Corynne McSherry, EFF's Legal Director specializing in intellectual property and free speech; Hannah Zhao, staff attorney focusing on criminal justice and privacy issues; Mario Trijillo, staff attorney with an expertise in privacy law; Rory Mir, Associate Director of Community Organizing; and Cooper Quintin, security researcher and public interest technologist with the EFF Threat Lab.
Presenters:
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Cooper Quintin
- Senior Staff Technologist at Electronic Frontier Foundation
Cooper Quintin is a security researcher and senior public interest technologist with the EFF Threat Lab. He has worked on projects including Privacy Badger, Canary Watch, and analysis of state sponsored malware campaigns such as Dark Caracal. Cooper has given talks at security conferences including Black Hat, DEFCON, Enigma Conference, and ReCon about issues ranging from IMSI Catcher detection to fem tech privacy issues to newly discovered APTs. He has also been published or quoted in publications including: The New York Times, Reuters, NPR, CNN, and Al Jazeera. Cooper has given security trainings for activists, non profit workers, and vulnerable populations around the world. He previously worked building websites for nonprofits, including Greenpeace, Adbusters, and the Chelsea Manning Support Network. Cooper was also an editor and contributor to the hacktivist journal, "Hack this Zine." In his spare time he enjoys making music, visualizing a solar-punk anarchist future, and playing with his kids.
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Mario Trujillo
- Staff Attorney at Electronic Frontier Foundation
As a Staff Attorney on EFF's civil liberties team, he has an expertise focusing on the Fourth Amendment and privacy rights. He is also part of EFF's Coders' Rights Project. Prior to joining EFF, he was an attorney at the privacy law firm ZwillGen and clerked for a federal magistrate judge on the southern border.
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Corynne McSherry
- Legal Director at Electronic Frontier Foundation
As EFF's Legal Director, McSherry has extensive experience in advocating for digital civil liberties and promoting net neutrality. Her perspective on the legal frameworks shaping the digital landscape will provide DEF CON attendees with insights on regulatory issues affecting technology users.
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Rory Mir
- Associate Director of Community Organizing at Electronic Frontier Foundation
As EFF's Associate Director of Community Organizing, Rory works on the EFF activism team to engage community groups on tech policy issues and building community around our issues. This includes our work with the Electronic Frontier Alliance, which directly supports these groups — including a number of local DEFCON groups. Immersed in the community, Rory is familiar with the needs and issues commonly faced by the community. and how it connects to EFF issues.
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Hannah Zhao
- Staff Attorney at Electronic Frontier Foundation
Hannah is a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She’s part of EFF’s Coders’ Rights Project, which seeks to protect hackers, security researchers, and others through education, legal defense, amicus briefs, and involvement in the community with the goal of promoting innovation and safeguarding the rights of curious tinkerers and hackers on the digital frontier. She also works on legal issues related to police technology, surveillance, and cybersecurity.
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