Cindy Cohn - then a young pro bono lawyer working with EFF, and later EFF’s legal director and executive director - won the case that determined code is constitutionally protected speech, allowing the modern internet. Hear Episode 2 of our "Privacy’s Defenders" podcast: “No Privacy Without Encryption.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/privacys-defenders-podcast-no-privacy-without-encryption