JaycoxEFF

Some people have started floating the idea of recreating the Office of Technology Assessment. EFF aims to provide some education, but there's always more to be done since there are over 500 members of Congress. An important thing constituents can do is attend their representatives' town hall meetings and visit their offices. Members of Congress and their staffers are genuinely interested in hearing from their constituents; especially if they have specific subject-matter expertise.

There are a lot of ways to get involved in the EFF community. From visiting Techno Activism Third Mondays to volunteering to visiting your local hackerspace like Noisebridge or Sudo Room.

Didn't major in CS, but my favorite CS-related course is cryptography b/c of the math theory involved.

We have no control over who the Humble Bundle chooses for their charities. If you'd like to see them continue to have EFF as a charity, definitely voice your opinion on twitter, via email, etc! Thanks!

I think that's a good, and hard, question. We try to do that by providing every day examples users can relate to. Sometimes they are spot-on, others fall flat. Maybe we can also do this by taking a cue from John Oliver?

The majority of the office runs Mac OsX, but there are a few technologists who run Linux. We also have a few Windows boxes, but mainly for testing and for receiving court documents.

CISPA is currently at the "markup" stage. This means that the bill has been introduced and will be discussed by the full committee at a meeting. The committee will vote on amendments, edit (ie, "markup") the bill, and vote on a final version of the bill. Once the final version is voted "out of committee," it will be ready for a full floor vote where the entire House can vote on it.