Secure Resilient Future Foundation (SRFF) is thrilled to welcome back Katie Shea this summer as our intern. Katie worked with SRFF last summer as well, helping us to stand up our website and spearheading research on the history of “bricked and abandoned” end of life electronics – work that contributed to the launch of the Electronic Waste Graveyard data visualization U.S PIRG back in April.
Katie is a rising senior at Smith College, where she studies history and government, with a concentration on American Policy. She is passionate about consumer protections and market transparency, as well as the regulation of abandonware.
This year, she is focused on furthering the efforts of SRFF in partnership with Consumer Reports, US PIRG, and the Center for Democracy and Technology on introducing the “Connected Consumer Products End of Life Disclosure Act”. A bill that will require companies to be transparent about how long they intend to provide technology support to consumer connected devices. This will allow people to buy products while being fully informed on how long they will stay secure.
About SRFF
Secure Resilient Future Foundation is an organization focused on protecting and promoting transparent, secure, and sustainable technology in our digital world. To keep up to date with SRFF and our current campaigns, check out our other blog posts and please join our email list at https://secure-resilient.org/join-the-fight/. SRFF is also a non profit organization of cyber security and technology experts that fights for digital progress with the help of donations. You can donate to SRFF and further support our mission at https://givebutter.com/SRFFlaunch