Freedom to Tinker was started back in 2002 by Ed Felten. Over time it has grown into a group effort, and in 2008 Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy took over its management.

The focus here is on issues related to legal regulation of technology, and especially on legal attempts to restrict the right of technologists and citizens to tinker with technological devices. But we reserve the right to write about anything that strikes our fancy.

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