cactuscon @cactuscon.com Arizona's hacker con. CactusCon 14: Feb 6-7, 2026 in beautiful Mesa, AZ. https://cactuscon.com + LinkedIn, X, Mastodon
Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la southern roots, oakland blossoms 🌸
tech blah blah
@b.astrel.la’s weirder half
Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. -John Lewis
probably on threads https://www.threads.com/@theericajoy
Grist @getgrist.bsky.social getgrist.com
Spreadsheets, evolved. Come off the grid with us. Tie your sheets together and escape the cell. You have nothing to lose but your # REF!
Est 2014. I ❤️ VisiCalc
Windscribe @windscribevpn.bsky.social The best, the fastest, the smartest and the most humble VPN service on this side of a flat disk you call Earth.
Keker, Van Nest & Peters @kekerllp.bsky.social Keker, Van Nest & Peters is a trial-practice litigation firm located in San Francisco. For more than 45 years, we have devoted our practice exclusively to complex civil and criminal litigation.
Ellydee.ai @ellydeeai.bsky.social A people-first ai platform and creators of the PSA Framework: Privacy, Sustainability and Acceptance! Join us at ellydee.ai or on discord!
Binary Ninja @binary.ninja https://binary.ninja/
Made with ❤️ by https://vector35.com/
NordVPN @nordvpn.bsky.social Building a safer internet without borders, one ultra-fast VPN server at a time.
www.nordvpn.com
DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com Independent online privacy company with browser, search engine, and optional AI.
SerpApi @serpapi.com Scrape Google and other search engines from our fast, easy, and complete API.
Visit serpapi.com
Fastly @fastly.com Get more powerful websites and applications with Fastly’s edge cloud platform. We help places like Reddit, Epic Games, the NYT, and GitHub do so every day.
Cape Cellular @capecellular.bsky.social America's Privacy-First Mobile Carrier
Lisa Femia @lisafemia.bsky.social Staff Attorney at EFF • Views are my own •
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons @firewalldragons.bsky.social Podcast host, author, blogger, educator, advocate for computer #security & #privacy, software engineer (retired).
fdsd.me/blog
fdsd.me/book
fdsd.me/podcast
Shin Yang @shinyang97.bsky.social Queer writer｜Taiwanese｜former AI PM｜law + literature｜community architecture
I play real life like a Soulsborne game.
My dissent: in the age of AI, invisibility and friction might be the last freedoms we have left.
Nicole Ozer @nicoleozer.bsky.social EFF Executive Director | All about rights, technology & democracy | Trailblazer in public interest tech law | 2025 Technology & Human Rights Fellow - Harvard Kennedy School | Former ACLU |
@7amleh.bsky.social @7amleh.bsky.social 
Anti Police-Terror Project @aptpaction.bsky.social 
SIREN Immigrant Rights @sirenimmigration.bsky.social Offical Bluesky of SIREN: Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network 🚨 | Serving the Bay Area and Central Valley | Rooted in 📍California
Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co
Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Adam Conover @adamconover.net "Unlikable woke comedian" - the Daily Mail
alpha @omarsbigsister.bsky.social tiktok refugee
Erie Meyer @erie.bsky.social Former Chief Technologist at cfpb
Just Futures Law @justfutureslaw.bsky.social We're a movement lawyering org working with grassroot organizers to dismantle the deportation machine with innovative legal and policy strategies. Learn more: www.justfutureslaw.org
Rayhunter @rayhunter.eff.org Rayhunter is a project for detecting IMSI catchers, also known as cell-site simulators or stingrays. It was first designed to run on a cheap mobile hotspot. I'm the project mascot, Big Yachty, I live at https://github.com/EFForg/rayhunter/
DC Beard Contest @dcbeardcontest.bsky.social The DEF CON Beard and Mustache Contest highlights the intersection of facial hair and hacker culture.
http://dcbeard.net/
Cypurr Collective @cypurr.org Established #420/2016 in NYC. We 💙 #cats #cryptoparties #cybersecurity and community education
No Starch Press @nostarchpress.bsky.social The finest in geek entertainment.
Email us: info@nostarch.com
We're live M-F, 7am-6pm PDT
https://nostarch.com/
Tor Project @torproject.org We're a nonprofit defending your privacy and freedom online. Download Tor Browser for protection against surveillance and censorship. http://t.me/TorProject
Human Rights Data Analysis Group @hrdag.org We're a nonprofit organization using data analysis, scientific research, and innovation in scientific methods in the field of human rights.
Website: https://hrdag.org
Substack: https://hrdag.substack.com/
sarah t. @tsnvaa.bsky.social organizing @eff.org, views mine | banner: black mesa defense, 1971
Plan C @plancpills.bsky.social Plan C is a nonprofit public health information campaign about abortion pills by mail. We conduct research and provide trusted resources and information about how people access abortion pills in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
linktr.ee/plancpills
2600 - The Hacker Quarterly @2600.com Since 1984, 2600 Magazine has published the hacker perspective and documented the development of the hacking community. In addition to the magazine, we have a weekly radio show ("Off The Hook") and a biennial conference (Hackers On Planet Earth - HOPE).
APC @apc.org Association for Progressive Communications is a worldwide network supporting the use of internet and ICTs for social justice and sustainable development.
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
@ajue.bsky.social @ajue.bsky.social It's that EFF guy. Am I really gonna use this? Who knows??
Tyrone Sloprot @starchy.org Currently: covered in cat hair and bass guitars, doing tech ops at EFF.
Previously: stardust, stars
Extremely not a professional account. Tikkun olam motherfucker
christoph schmon @tylium.bsky.social international policy director @EFF.org | posts are mine but I share
Svea Windwehr @sveawindwehr.bsky.social Fundamental rights, platform governance and other internet stuff. Policy @Mozilla. Co-Chair @D-64.org. Member of the advisory council of the German DSC. Views all hers.
Privacy Badger @privacybadger.org Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block hidden trackers. Privacy Badger is made by the leading digital rights nonprofit @eff.org to stop companies from spying on you.
https://privacybadger.org/
Cristiano Lima-Strong @viacristiano.bsky.social Senior congressional reporter @bgov.com covering financial services. Former WaPo, Politico. 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Tips/Signal: Cristiano.01
Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol + senior culture writer, @techcrunch.com
+ podcasting about the internet on @wowiftrue.bsky.social
(@multitude.productions)
+ she/her ✡️
+ sometimes i post about pottery and the phillies
+ my opinions ≠ my employer’s
Barbara Ortutay @blanka.bsky.social Technology writer for The Associated Press.
bortutay@ap.org
https://apnews.com/author/barbara-ortutay
Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social Reporter covering digital privacy and cybersecurity policy for The Record. Mom. Pub trivia queen. Crossword enthusiast. Literary fiction connoisseur. Idiosyncratic. Signal: Suzanne.236 Email: suzanne.smalley@therecord.media.
Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social Security writer @wired.com
Cybercrime, privacy, surveillance, and more.
Signal: mattburgess.20 | Email: matt_burgess@wired.com
Todd Feathers @toddfeathers.bsky.social Freelance investigative data journalist. Writing about technology, education, and privacy.
toddfeathers.com
dell cameron @dell.bsky.social Senior writer @WIRED.com
Natsec, ADINT, surveillance
Signal: dell.3030
Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social I cover digital threats for NBC News. Tip me! @kevincollier.01 on signal, kevin.collier@nbcuni.com. NYC, from West Virginia.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
Jonathan Zittrain @zittrain.bsky.social A small creature who likes to run around in universities.
Prof. Harvard Law School, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard Kennedy School. EFF Board. Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the HLS Library.
Marcia Hofmann @marciahofmann.com Digital rights lawyer and writer. Former Twitter, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, US-UK Fulbright.
Jennifer Granick @granick.bsky.social Personal account. Former ACLU lawyer. From New Jersey. Living in San Francisco. New College of Florida alum. Newfie owner.
Global Voices @globalvoices.org The first global community-based newsroom. We build bridges and global understanding. Read our stories here: https://globalvoices.org
Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social The nonprofit behind the licenses & tools the world uses to share 🌍
https://creativecommons.start.page
Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social Public Knowledge promotes an open internet, accessible communications tools, and balanced copyright laws. Reposts do not necessarily indicate endorsement.
Sign up for our newsletter here: publicknowledge.org/subscribe
ACLU of Northern California @aclu-norcal.bsky.social The ACLU fights for your rights ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿
Media inquiries: press@aclunc.org
Website: www.aclunc.org
Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org We fight for digital rights. Join us.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
EPIC @epic.org The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age.
Find us at epic.org.
Birgitta Jonsdottir @birgittaj.bsky.social Poetician and Antifa from Iceland.
Former Captain in, and co-creator of, the Pirate Party. 8 years as an elected activist in parliament. Co-produced Collateral Murder. A annoying fly in the tent. Care about: Mother Earth & all her creatures 💚 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🌏
Micah Lee @micahflee.com Doing what I can to keep activists, journalists, and researchers safe and productive — writing at https://micahflee.com — author of HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS https://hacksandleaks.com — signal: micah.01
Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social President @TechFreedom.org | 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺🗽 | Lawyer: tech, free speech, FTC, FCC, admin | “Resident Antagonist”—Politico | “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right” | 🇫🇷🏳️🌈📚⛰️🥾🚣🎼 | doing PhD in 🇪🇺/🇺🇸 platform law @ Dublin City U
Craig Newmark @craignewmark.bsky.social #nerdpatient0
craigslist founder
https://craignewmarkphilanthropies.org/
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
https://cdt.org
Kevin Bankston @bankston.bsky.social CONVERGER at kevinbankston.substack.com. Senior Advisor on AI Governance @cdt.org. Teaching AI law @georgetownlaw.bsky.social. Imagining futures @imaginationasu.bsky.social. My opinions, not theirs.
Cecilia Kang @nytceciliakang.bsky.social NYTimes Tech Policy Reporter, co-author "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" with @sheeraf.bsky.social
Also tree, moss, boulder hugger from PNW, transplant to the Potomac
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliakang
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social UMass Amherst, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Global Voices, Berkman Klein Center. Formerly Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab. 
Cyrus Farivar @cfarivar.bsky.social "suh-ROOS" / سیروس
🕵️ 20+ year tech journalist, editor, author, comms
🔥 🏡 Ex: Fire Aside
📰 🎧 Ex: Forbes, NBC, Ars Technica
🖖 Friend of DeSoto
😎 Nice dude
🐻 4th-gen Californian // Oakland, CA
📥 cyrus@farivar.media
📱 +1-341-758-0888 (mobile/Signal)
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social Professor, Berkeley Law School, who writes about challenges that new information technologies pose for intellectual property & other laws. Past Chair & member of Electronic Frontier Foundation Board & of Authors Alliance Board. Gardening is my best hobby
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social i write at @theverge.com. Portland, OR.
Runa Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social Founder of Granitt, securing journalists and at-risk people around the world. 
Whitney Merrill @wbm312.bsky.social I nudge people to care about privacy and security. CPO/DPO. Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. Ex @EA @FTC |my views are my own. I used to post on Twitter at @wbm312.
Jake Laperruque @jakelaperruque.bsky.social Center for Democracy & Technology Deputy Director on Surveillance, privacy and 4th Amendment expert
Focused on tech, privacy, and surveillance: AI, FISA, facial recognition, location tracking, drones (Also cooking, movies, and baseball)
Matteo @ hacking and cracking @geminiimatt.bsky.social Hacker. Founder of , @cryptoharlem.bsky.social, counter-surveillance, safety, and security expert. Pushing back against inequality in all it's forms. Anti surveillance, trainer to all marginalized & oppressed people everywhere. (He/They)
Matt Cagle @mattcagle.bsky.social AI policy & civil liberties. Policy Counsel, Anthropic. ACLU NorCal alum. Opinions are my own.
Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files and my FOIA podcast, Disclosure.
Signal: JasonLeopold.666
http://swap.fm/l/O8A3zzBKsGWpqLtjzLSF
https://www.bloomberg.com/foiafiles
kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT!
signal: kateconger.11
buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
Mike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com tech & society @washingtonpost.com
stories: https://drewharwell.com/
videos: tiktok.com/@drewharwell
+ instagram.com/drewharwell
Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law | computer distruster | she/hers
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2556788
Chelsea Manning @xychelsea.tv 
Jon Callas @joncallas.bsky.social Boffin, flâneur, ailouroboskos. Kubrick homage self-portraitist. Also cryptography, human rights, and stuff. Founded PGP, Blackphone, others; worked for DEC, Apple, SRI, ACLU, EFF, others. Was ShmooCon program chair for all twenty conferences.
Brian Hofer @brianhofer.bsky.social Executive Director, Secure Justice (@securejustice.bsky.social) https://secure-justice.org/ fmr. Chair, City of Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission (2016-2025)
Tarah Wheeler @tarah.org CSO of TPO.group ♦️ EFF Board of Directors♦️she/her ♦️ bestselling author but only that one time
Hack Club @hackclub.com 🚀 a worldwide community of high school hackers by the students, for the students. 🦕 we're a nonprofit & fully open source: http://github.com/hackclub.
Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social (she/her) digital security for movements with Digital Defense Fund, building a research and community space in the PNW, rural privacy advocate, editor of the Skamania Dispatch, horror weirdo.- C Chancey Fleet @chanceyfleet.bsky.social library-based accessible tech educator
Elizabeth Minkel @elizabethminkel.bsky.social Digital communities, books, and fandom. Editor of Fansplaining & co-curator of The Rec Center ✨
elizabethminkel.com // fansplaining.com // https://buttondown.email/the-rec-center
Bill Budington @legind.bsky.social @eff Threat Lab Senior Staff Technologist. Rust enthusiast. Anarchisting without adverbs. My posts are my own. 🏴
Interests include #DnD, #Hacking, #Anarchism, #Rustlang, and general nerddom.
David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social @EFF's Senior Counsel, 1st Amdt prof @ USF, ex-SFSU. NOT any of the other David Greenes, like the ex-NPR host, the ex-UGA QB, or the 1 who directed Grease. Posts r mine only, so hands off.