Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This event was co-hosted by the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law and the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/after-snowden-hot-topics-debate-over-mass-surveillance
10.6.2014
Catherine Crump:
Associate Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. An experienced litigator specializing in constitutional matters, she has represented a broad range of clients seeking to vindicate their First and Fourth Amendment rights. She also has extensive experience litigating to compel the disclosure of government records under the Freedom of Information Act.
Professor Crump’s primary interest is the impact of new technologies on civil liberties. Representative matters include serving as counsel in the ACLU’s challenge to the National Security Agency’s mass collection of Americans’ call records; representing artists, media outlets and others challenging a federal internet censorship law, and representing a variety of clients seeking to invalidate the government’s policy of conducting suspicionless searches of laptops and other electronic devices at the international border.
Prior to joining Berkeley Law, Professor Crump served as a staff attorney at the ACLU for nearly nine years. Before that, she was a law clerk for Judge M. Margaret McKeown at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
This event was co-hosted by the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law and the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/after-snowden-hot-topics-debate-over-mass-surveillance
10.6.2014
Catherine Crump:
Associate Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. An experienced litigator specializing in constitutional matters, she has represented a broad range of clients seeking to vindicate their First and Fourth Amendment rights. She also has extensive experience litigating to compel the disclosure of government records under the Freedom of Information Act.
Professor Crump’s primary interest is the impact of new technologies on civil liberties. Representative matters include serving as counsel in the ACLU’s challenge to the National Security Agency’s mass collection of Americans’ call records; representing artists, media outlets and others challenging a federal internet censorship law, and representing a variety of clients seeking to invalidate the government’s policy of conducting suspicionless searches of laptops and other electronic devices at the international border.
Prior to joining Berkeley Law, Professor Crump served as a staff attorney at the ACLU for nearly nine years. Before that, she was a law clerk for Judge M. Margaret McKeown at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.






![Browsing with Tor: Online Anonymity to Outsmart the NSA - Tom Lowenthal
CIS Tech Workshop with Tom Lowenthal - Browsing with Tor: Online Anonymity to Outsmart the NSA
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/cis-tech-workshop-tom-lowenthal-browsing-tor-online-anonymity-outsmart-nsa
In the NSAs Tor Stinks presentation, they call Tor the king of high-secure [sic] low-latency Internet anonymity with no contenders for the throne in waiting, and admit that even with their vast resources and massive data-centers, even the NSA can only effectively attack a tiny fraction of Tor users at once. In this workshop, Tom Lowenthal formerly of the Tor Project taught us how to use Tor to browse the web safely. He taught a little about how Tor works, and what Tor can and cant protect against. Audience members were encouraged to bring their laptops: this was a hands-on session. You should walk away with Tor installed, and confident you can use it safely. This session was open to folks of all experience levels.
Tom Lowenthal is a technologist and an activist who specializes in operational security and grassroots surveillance self-defense. A year ago, his opinions on computer security sounded over-the-top, but now they barely seem adequate. He believes strongly in individual privacy & personal freedom and tries to avoid making eye contact with security cameras., which doesnt work nearly as well as it sounds. Tom works to improve the state of usable liberations technologies and teach at-risk users about the steps they can take to be safe. He previously worked as a paranoia advocate at Mozilla, and the Tor Projects coordinator. He holds a B.A. in Political Theory with Computer Science and Technology Policy from Princeton University. You can harangue him on Twitter @flamsmark, or find other contact info at tomlowenthal.com. Browsing with Tor: Online Anonymity to Outsmart the NSA - Tom Lowenthal](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ij7nqNJ0Yhw/mqdefault.jpg)



