Cindy Cohn, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's executive director for 26 years, is stepping down today. According to EFF, Cohn has led the organization through major victories in digital rights—from establishing encryption as a privacy standard, to defending computer scientists' free speech, to fighting government and corporate surveillance. She's argued cases in courts across the country, testified before Congress and international bodies, and helped build EFF into a global leader in internet freedom advocacy. Cohn says good leaders should make way for new ones; her successor, Nicole Ozer, is an internal candidate with deep experience and commitment to EFF's values. Cohn herself isn't disappearing—after a brief sabbatical, she plans to return to courtroom battles for digital rights. Plenty remains to fight: surveillance business models, AI-driven privacy threats, and government data-buying programs.

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