The Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy (CFP) is referenced in books on privacy such as The TransparentSociety and CodeAndOtherLawsOfCyberspace. Many well-known ScienceFiction authors, CypherPunks and managers got to know each other there.
Typical topics addressed at the conferences include:
- The privacy arms race between protecting privacy and invading it;
- The technology of zero-knowledge protocols;
- The principles of political privacy and personal privacy;
- Medical privacy and body privacy;
- Financial privacy; and
- Professional ethics with respect to privacy issues.
The ElectronicFrontierFoundation is a major participant, as are corporations like ZeroKnowledgeSystems.