Coding with EFF

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EFF needs a few good volunteers. With many important technology projects in the works and a limited amount of staff and time, we are always looking for volunteers with the skills to help us support the open source projects that we run.

If you are a designer, programmer, security auditor, QA person, or have other skills to contribute, we are happy to have your help. Some ways you can help include: improving design, improving usability, fixing bugs, reporting bugs, finding security issues, fixing security issues, writing tests, adding new features, translating interfaces or helping with whatever needs to get done.

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  • Please refrain from submissions that you haven't thoroughly understood, reviewed, and tested.
  • Please disclose if your contribution was AI-generated
  • Descriptions and comments should be made by you
  • Project leads can determine if submissions aren't reasonably reviewable

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