Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) headquarters

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a digital civil liberties nonprofit founded in 1990 and based in San Francisco. EFF has been a central organization advocating for the legal rights of programmers, security researchers, and digital activists, and has litigated and campaigned on issues involving cryptography, surveillance, and free expression online. The organization has served as a resource and legal defender for members of the hacker and researcher communities in the city and beyond.