This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The executive body of the European Union is pushing forward with a proposal that will endanger privacy and security for us all. When this proposal was made public by the EU Commission last…
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Your Resistance Pauses Axon’s Dangerous Drone Tasers
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks After recent horrific mass shootings, police vendor Axon announced plans to develop a supposed solution: a remotely controlled drone armed with a taser. In response to this announcement, and in light of objections…
When DRM Comes For Your Wheelchair
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Why EFF Supports Colorado’s Right to Repair Wheelchairs Law Wheelchairs Break Three million Americans rely on wheelchairs, which makes wheelchairs a key driver of the $50 billion Durable Medical Equipment industry. Many people…
Speech-Related Offenses Should be Excluded from the Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Governments should protect people against cybercrime, and they should equally respect and protect people’s human rights. However, across the world, governments routinely abuse cybercrime laws to crack down on human rights by criminalizing…
EFF to Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Colombia’s Surveillance of Human Rights-Defending Lawyers Group Violated International Law
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks EFF, Article 19, Fundación Karisma, and Privacy International, represented by Berkeley Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic, urged the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to rule that Colombia’s existing legal framework regulating intelligence…
Axon Must Not Arm Drones with Tasers
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Taser and surveillance vendor Axon has proposed what it claims to be the solution to the epidemic of school shootings in the United States: a remote-controlled flying drone armed with a taser. For…
San Francisco Police Nailed for Violating Public Records Laws Regarding Face Recognition and Fusion Center Documents
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks By unanimous vote, San Francisco’s public records appeals body ruled last night that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) violated state and local laws when it failed to respond adequately to EFF’s requests…
New York: Tell Your Assemblymembers to Pass This Landmark Repair Bill
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks New York’s legislature has the chance to make history and stand up for users’ rights by passing the Digital Fair Repair Act. Assemblymember Patricia Fahy’s bill, A7006-B, would require companies to give people…
Community Activists Reach Settlement with Marin County Sheriff for Unlawfully Sharing Drivers’ Locations with Out-Of-State and Federal Agencies
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Activists and Civil Rights Advocates Say Sheriff’s Sharing Practices Threatened Safety of Marginalized Groups SAN FRANCISCO—Community activists in Northern California today announced a settlement in their lawsuit against the County of Marin and…
Hearing Wednesday: EFF Testifies Against SFPD for Violating Transparency Laws
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Police Department Withheld Documents About Use of Face Recognition SAN FRANCISCO – On Wednesday, June 1, at 5 p.m. PT, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will testify against the San Francisco Police Department…
Podcast Episode: Wordle and the Web We Need
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Where is the internet we were promised? It feels like we’re dominated by megalithic, siloed platforms where users have little or no say over how their data is used and little recourse if…
Massachusetts’ Highest Court Upholds Cell Tower Dump Warrant
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks This blog post was drafted with help from former EFF Legal Intern Emma Hagemann. Massachusetts’ highest court has upheld the collection of mass cell tower data, despite recognizing that this data not only…
Patent Troll Uses Ridiculous “People Finder” Patent to Sue Small Dating Companies
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Finding people near you with shared interests, and talking to them, has a very long history in human culture. We’re social animals. We need to find other people close to us to work…
11th Circuit’s Ruling to Uphold Injunction Against Florida’s Social Media Law is a Win Amid a Growing Pack of Bad Online Speech Bills
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks There’s a lot to like in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling that much of Florida’s social media law—the parts which would prohibit internet platforms from removing or moderating any speech by…
California Bill Would Make New Broadband Networks More Expensive
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The state of California is primed to bring 21st-century fiber access at affordable rates to every Californian. Last year’s unanimous passage of S.B. 156, a historic multi-billion investment in broadband, means every California…
Platform Liability Trends Around the Globe: Taxonomy and Tools of Intermediary Liability
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks This is the second installment in a four-part blog series surveying global intermediary liability laws. The web of global intermediary liability laws has grown increasingly vast and complex as policymakers around the world…
Podcast Episode: Securing the Vote
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks U.S. democracy is at an inflection point, and how we administer and verify our elections is more important than ever. From hanging chads to glitchy touchscreens to partisan disinformation, too many Americans worry…
Data Brokers and True the Vote are the Real Villains of “2000 Mules” Movie
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks 2000 Mules is a movie which claims to expose election fraud with phone app location data. While these claims have already been thoroughly debunked, the movie also deserves condemnation for performing wildly invasive…
EFF to Court: California Law Does Not Bar Content Moderation on Social Media
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Moderated platforms often struggle to draw workable lines between content that is permitted, and content that’s not. Every online forum for user speech struggles with this problem, not just the dominant social media…
EFF Opposes Anti-Fiber, Anti-Affordability Legislation in California That Will Raise Prices on Middle Income Users
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks California taxpayers are funding the creation of rural fiber infrastructure and should be guaranteed affordable access to 21st century broadband infrastructure. SACRAMENTO, CA – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) opposes legislation sponsored by…
DOJ’s New CFAA Policy is a Good Start But Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Security Researchers
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the notoriously vague anti-hacking law, is long overdue for major reform. Among many problems, the CFAA has been used to target security researchers whose work uncovering…
Two of Peru’s Top ISPs Improve Transparency Practices, While Two Competitors Lag Behind, New Hiperderecho’s Report Shows
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Peru’s top two telecom operators Movistar (Telefónica) and Claro (América Móvil), both part of global companies, continued to earn high marks for being transparent about government requests for user data, while competitors Bitel…
We Finally Have a Federal Fiber Broadband Plan
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks There is a lot to appreciate in the recently published “Notice of Funding Opportunity” (NOFO) by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA). It is arguably the first federal government proposal…
New Surveillance Transparency Report Documents an Urgent Need for Change
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) has released its Annual Statistical Transparency Report disclosing the use of national security surveillance laws for the year 2021—and to no one’s surprise it documents the wide-ranging overreach…
EFF to Supreme Court: Put Texas Social Media Law Back on Hold
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Users Should Be Able to Choose Among Platforms With Different Moderation Policies WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt enforcement of Texas’ constitutionally questionable social media…
Podcast Episode: An AI Hammer in Search of a Nail
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks It often feels like machine learning experts are running around with a hammer, looking at everything as a potential nail – they have a system that does cool things and is fun to…
British Citizen Alaa Abd El Fattah Demands An End to Mistreatment in Egyptian Prison
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Egyptian blogger, coder, and free speech activist Alaa Abd El Fattah is on day 45 of a hunger strike in protest of his mistreatment in an Egyptian prison. Alaa was sentenced, without due…
EFF, Al Sur Launch Guide to Raise Awareness About Deficiencies in Cross-Border Surveillance Treaty and Strategies to Mitigate Human Rights Risks
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Latin American countries have a choice to make in the coming months—whether to accede to a new set of rules for coordinating and cooperating with each other and nations around the world on…
Geofence Warrants and Reverse Keyword Warrants are So Invasive, Even Big Tech Wants to Ban Them
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Geofence and reverse keyword warrants are some of the most dangerous, civil-liberties-infringing and reviled tools in law enforcement agencies’ digital toolbox. It turns out that these warrants are so invasive of user privacy…
California Law Enforcement Now Needs Approval for Military-Grade Surveillance Equipment. We’ll Be Watching.
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks California residents finally have a law designed to dismantle some of the secrecy around domestic acquisitions of warzone surveillance equipment. The weapons of the United States military—drones, mobile command centers, sound cannons, and…
In a Blow to Free Speech, Texas’ Social Media Law Allowed to Proceed Pending Appeal
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks A constitutionally problematic Texas law limiting social media companies exercising their First Amendment rights to curate the content they carry can go into effect after a federal appeals court lifted a lower court’s…
In a Blow to Free Speech, Texas’ Unconstitutional Social Media Law Allowed to Proceed Pending Appeal
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks A Texas law limiting social media companies exercising their First Amendment rights to curate the content they carry can go into effect after a federal appeals court lifted a lower court’s injunction blocking…
The EU Commission’s New Proposal Would Undermine Encryption And Scan Our Messages
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The executive body of the European Union published today a legislative proposal (text) that, if it became law, would be a disaster for online privacy in the EU and throughout the world. In…
EFF to Court: Fair Use is a Right Congress Cannot Cast Aside
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Copyright law and free expression have always been in tension, with the courts protecting speech from overzealous copyright claims using legal doctrines such as fair use. But in 1998, Congress passed the Digital…
How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The ad identifier – aka “IDFA” on iOS, or “AAID” on Android – is the key that enables most third-party tracking on mobile devices. Disabling it will make it substantially harder for advertisers…
What Companies Can Do Now to Protect Digital Rights In A Post-Roe World
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The increasing risk that the Supreme Court will overturn federal constitutional abortion protections has refocused attention on the role digital service providers of all kinds play in facilitating access to health information, education,…
Reproductive Privacy Requires Data Privacy
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks EFF supports data privacy for all, and that includes people seeking reproductive health care. Even before the Supreme Court draft decision regarding Roe v. Wade leaked, EFF was engaged with reproductive justice advocates…
Podcast Episode: The Philosopher King
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Computer scientists often build algorithms with a keen focus on “solving the problem,” without considering the larger implications and potential misuses of the technology they’re creating. That’s how we wind up with machine…
A Token of Thanks for a Brighter Future
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks EFF members have joined forces to fight for civil liberties and human rights online for over 30 years. Our movement has never been an easy one, but the future of technology depends on…
EFF and Other Civil Society Organizations Issue Report on Danger to Digital Rights in Ola Bini Trial
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks In preparation for what may be the final days of the trial of Ola Bini, an open source and free software developer arrested shortly after Julian Assange’s ejection from Ecuador’s London Embassy, civil…
Thomson Reuters to Review Human Rights Impact of its Data Collection for ICE
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks EFF, along with many other organizations, has loudly sounded the alarm about data brokers and the myriad ways they can collect data on unsuspecting users, as well as the numerous dangers of public-private…
SafeGraph’s Disingenuous Claims About Location Data Mask a Dangerous Industry
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks On Tuesday, Motherboard reported that data broker SafeGraph was selling location information “related to visits to clinics that provide abortions including Planned Parenthood facilities.” This included where people came from and where they…
The Movement to Ban Government Use of Face Recognition
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks In the hands of police and other government agencies, face recognition technology presents an inherent threat to our privacy, free expression, information security, and social justice. Our faces are unique identifiers that can’t…
Digital Security and Privacy Tips for Those Involved in Abortion Access
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Legislation deputizing people to find, sue, and collect damages from anyone who tries to help people seeking abortion care creates serious digital privacy and security risks for those involved in abortion access. Patients,…
The EU’s Copyright Directive Is Still About Filters, But EU’s Top Court Limits Its Use
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a long-awaited judgment on the compatibility of the EU Copyright Directive’s filtering requirements with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.…
Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 34.3
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Want the latest news on your digital rights? Well, you’re in luck! Version 34, issue 3 of our EFFector newsletter is out now. Catch up on the latest EFF news by reading our newsletter or…
Podcast Episode: Teaching AI to Its Targets
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Too many young people – particularly young people of color – lack enough familiarity or experience with emerging technologies to recognize how artificial intelligence can impact their lives, in either a harmful or…
Tracking Exposed: Demanding That the Gods Explain Themselves
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Imagine if your boss made up hundreds of petty rules and refused to disclose them, but every week, your pay was docked based on how many of those rules you broke. When you’re…
The EU Digital Markets Act Places New Obligations on “Gatekeeper” Platforms
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a proposal for bringing competition and fairness back to online platform markets. It just cleared a major hurdle on the way to becoming law in…
The EU Digital Markets Act’s Interoperability Rule Addresses An Important Need, But Raises Difficult Security Problems for Encrypted Messaging
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) allows new messaging services to demand interoperability (the ability to exchange messages) from the internet’s largest messaging services (like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage). Interoperability is…
EFF Statement on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The White House announced today that sixty one countries have signed the Declaration for the Future of the Internet. The high-level vision and principles expressed in the Declaration—to have a single, global network…
Canvas and other Online Learning Platforms Aren’t Perfect—Just Ask Students
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks School digital environments are increasingly locked down, increasingly invasive, and increasingly used for disciplinary action. This has never been more troubling than during the pandemic, with schools adopting remote proctoring and surveillance tools…
Amidst Invasion of Ukraine, Platforms Continue to Erase Critical War Crimes Documentation
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks When atrocities happen—in Mariupol, Gaza, Kabul, or Christchurch—users and social media companies face a difficult question: how do we handle online content that shows those atrocities? Can and should we differentiate between pro-violence…
EFF to European Court: No Intermediary Liability for Social Media Users
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Courts and legislatures around the globe are hotly debating to what degree online intermediaries—the chain of entities that facilitate or support speech on the internet—are liable for the content they help publish. One…
DSA Agreement: No Filternet, But Human Rights Concerns Remain
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The European Union reached another milestone late last week in its journey to pass the Digital Services Act (DSA) and revamp regulation of digital platforms to address a myriad of problems users face—from…
Plaintiffs Press Appeals Court to Rule That FOSTA Violates the First Amendment
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Two human rights organizations, a digital library, a sex worker activist, and a certified massage therapist on Monday appealed a ruling that denied their constitutional challenge to FOSTA (Allow States and Victims to…
Twitter Has a New Owner. Here’s What He Should Do.
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter highlights the risks to human rights and personal safety when any single person has complete control over policies affecting almost 400 million users. And in this case, that…
Our Fight To Prevent Patent Suits From Being Shrouded in Secrecy
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The public has a right to know what happens when companies litigate in publicly funded courts. Unfortunately, when it comes to patent cases, companies routinely ignore the public’s rights—for example, by filing entire…
Scraping Public Websites (Still) Isn’t a Crime, Court of Appeals Declares
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Reiterating its prior common-sense opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in hiQ v. LinkedIn that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act likely does not bar scraping data from a public website…
Stop Forced Arbitration in Data Privacy Legislation
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks People who want their day in court should be able to have it. That’s why EFF has long opposed forced arbitration agreements—agreements that require people to resolve conflicts without going to court—because they…
The Latest Threat to Independent Online Creators Is the Filter Mandate Bill
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Copyright filters are having a bit of a moment in Washington D.C. The Copyright Office is moving ahead with a process to determine what, if anything, constitutes a standard technical measure (STM) that…
Google Fights Dragnet Warrant for Users’ Search Histories Overseas While Continuing to Give Data to Police in the U.S.
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Google is fighting back against a Brazilian court order to turn over data on all users who searched for specific terms, including the name of a well-known elected official and a busy downtown…
Podcast Episode: Your Tax Dollars At Work
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Democracy means allowing everyday people to have their voices heard on public matters involving their communities. One of the goals of civic technology is to allow a more diverse group of people to…
Anatomy of an Android Malware Dropper
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Recently at EFF’s Threat Lab, we’ve been focusing a lot on the Android malware ecosystem and providing tools for its analysis. We’ve noticed lot of samples of Android malware in the tor-hydra family…
The NDO Fairness Act Is an Important Step Towards Transparency
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The First Amendment guarantees the right to speak your own involvement about court proceedings. Yet the Stored Communications Act currently allows the government to prevent electronic communications companies from notifying their users when…
Day of Action for Antitrust: Our Rights Are Tied to Having Choices
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Today, EFF joins a diverse coalition of civil society and tech companies to call on Congress to pass strong anti-monopoly rules for the Internet. We do this because it has long been EFF’s…
California: Speak Up For Biometric and Student Privacy
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks California has shown itself to be a national privacy leader. But there is still work to do. That’s why EFF is proud to sponsor two bills in this year’s legislature—both with the co-sponsorship of…
Public.Resource.Org Can Keep Freeing the Law: Court Allows Posting Public Laws And Regulations Online
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Private entities lose bid to control and profit from how we learn about the law San Francisco – As part of its ongoing work to ensure that people can know and understand the…
Dream Job Alert: EFF Seeks a Lawyer with Patent and Copyright Experience
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks We’ve got an amazing opportunity for a litigator to join EFF’s legal team. If you have experience and interest in patent policy or litigation and want to represent the public interest in patent…
Colombian ISPs Show Steady Commitments to User Privacy But Key Transparency Gaps Remain
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Colombia’s top internet and cell phone companies continued to maintain a high level of transparency about their privacy practices, and continued to implement best practices to protect customer data, free expression, and security…
Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 34.2
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Want the latest news on your digital rights? Well, you’re in luck! Version 34, issue 2 of our EFFector newsletter is out now. Catch up on the latest EFF news by reading our newsletter…
Podcast Episode: Securing the Internet of Things
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Today almost everything is connected to the internet – from your coffeemaker to your car to your thermostat. But the “Internet of Things” may not be hardwired for security. Window Snyder, computer security…
The Pro Codes Act Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks When a pipeline bursts, journalists might want to investigate whether the pipeline complied with federal regulations. When a toy is recalled, parents want to know whether its maker followed child safety rules. When…
An EFF Investigation: Mystery GPS Tracker On A Supporter’s Car
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Being able to accurately determine your location anywhere on the planet is a useful technological trick. But when tracking isn’t done by you, but to you—without your knowledge or consent—it’s a violation of…
California’s “Social Media Platform Duty to Children Act” is Destined to Fail—For Good Reason
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Recently, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have introduced troubling legislation focused on how young people interact with social media platforms. While well-intentioned, these bills are overbroad, and often require…
EFF Files FOIA Lawsuit Against DHS to Shed Light on Vetting Program to Collect and Data Mine Immigrants’ Social Media
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Little is Known About Trump-Era Visa Vetting Initiative That Continues Under Biden SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security…
Another Tracker Scanning App Highlights the Need for a Better Way to Protect Victims From Digital Stalking
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks First came tracking devices like Tiles and AirTags, marketed as clever, button-sized Bluetooth-enabled gizmos that can find your lost backpack. Then, after bad actors started using the devices to stalk or follow people,…
EFF Client Erik Johnson and Proctorio Settle Lawsuit Over Bogus DMCA Claims
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks EFF client Erik Johnson, a Miami University computer engineering undergraduate, reached a settlement in the lawsuit we brought on his behalf against exam surveillance software maker Proctorio, in a victory for fair use…
The Kids Online Safety Act Is a Heavy-Handed Plan to Force Platforms to Spy on Young People
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Putting children under surveillance and limiting their access to information doesn’t make them safer—in fact, research suggests just the opposite. Unfortunately those tactics are the ones endorsed by the Kids Online Safety Act…
Stop Invasive Remote Proctoring: Pass California’s Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Remote proctoring companies like Proctorio, ProctorU, and ExamSoft collect all manner of private data on students and test takers, from biometric information to citizenship status to video and audio of a user’s surroundings.…
EFF Director of Investigations Dave Maass Honored With Sunshine Award For Driving Public Disclosure of Government Surveillance Records
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks When journalists want to know if and how local police or governments are using technology tools to surveil communities, one of the first people they call (or message on Signal) is Dave Maass,…
Podcast Episode: Hack to the Future
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Like many young people, Zach Latta went to a school that didn’t teach any computer classes. But that didn’t stop him from learning everything he could about them and becoming a programmer at…
Ban Online Behavioral Advertising
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Tech companies earn staggering profits by targeting ads to us based on our online behavior. This incentivizes all online actors to collect as much of our behavioral information as possible, and then sell…
Anti-War Hacktivism is Leading to Digital Xenophobia and a More Hostile Internet
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks The horrific Russian military invasion of Ukraine has understandably led to a backlash against Russia. The temptation is to label anything Russian, from state media and students to cats, as bad and block…
The New Filter Mandate Bill Is An Unmitigated Disaster
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks After the defeat of SOPA/PIPA, Big Content has mostly focused on quiet, backroom deals for copyright legislation, like the unconstitutional CASE Act, which was so unpopular it had to be slipped into a…
Brazil’s “Remuneration Right” Strengthens Big Tech and Big Media, At the Cost of Free Expression and a Free Press
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Brazil’s “Fake News Bill” (PL 2630/2020) is the latest salvo in the global battle between Big Tech companies and the media industry—which is itself highly concentrated, controlled by a handful of dominant firms.…
To Make Social Media Work Better, Make It Fail Better
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Pity the poor content moderator. Big Tech platforms expect their mods to correctly apply a set of rules to users in more than a hundred countries, in over a thousand languages. These users…
Letter to Iran, Regarding the Regulatory System for Cyberspace Services Bill
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Today, EFF joins Article 19 and more than 50 organizations in urging the Iranian government to rescind a bill with severe implications for the privacy, security and freedom of expression of Internet users…
EFF Tells E.U. Commission: Don’t Break Encryption
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks An upcoming proposal from the European Union Commission could make government scanning of user messages and photos mandatory throughout the E.U. If that happens, it would be inconsistent with providing true end-to-end encryption…
You Should Not Trust Russia’s New “Trusted Root CA”
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Last week, Russian citizens began receiving instructions to either download a government-approved web browser, or change their basic browser settings, according to instructions issued by their government’s Ministry of Digital Development and Communications.…
Podcast Episode: Watching the Watchers
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Imagine being detained by armed agents whenever you returned from traveling outside the country. That’s what life became like for Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, who was placed on a terrorist watch-list after…
EFF Asks Federal Appellate Court to Re-hear Important Patent Transparency Case
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks After pushing for more than three years to access court records in a lawsuit brought by a notorious patent troll, Uniloc, against Apple, EFF is challenging a federal appellate court’s decision that imperils…
The Foilies 2022
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency. The Foilies were compiled by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (Director of Investigations Dave Maass, Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Mackey, Frank Stanton Fellow Mukund Rathi, Investigative Researcher…
Big Tech Pay-Outs to European ISPs Would Just Concentrate Their Power
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks As the debate about how to rein in Big Tech and its anti-competitive practices continues, news publishers and telecommunications providers are increasingly calling for large pay-outs from major platforms. However, these proposals risk…
Federal Court in Virginia Holds Geofence Warrant Violates Constitution
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks In the first order of its kind, a federal district court has held that a warrant used to identify all devices in the area of a bank robbery, including the defendant’s, “plainly violates…
Utah: Urge Governor Cox to Veto This Weak Data Privacy Bill
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks EFF fights for strong data privacy laws in statehouses across the country. That’s why we joined a coalition of privacy advocates in urging Utah’s lawmakers to stop the bill. Now we’re asking Gov.…
Here’s How ICE Illegally Obtained Bulk Financial Records from Western Union
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Senator Ron Wyden has released a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General voicing his concern over a previously-unknown bulk data collection program that was carried out by Homeland…
How the NTIA Can Fund Future-Proof Open Access Fiber
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks EFF Legal Intern Emma Hagemann contributed to the corresponding comment. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has big decisions to make in its effort to implement the new federal broadband infrastructure program.…
Using Your Phone in Times of Crisis
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Secure communications are especially important in times of crisis. Just being aware of surveillance has chilling effects in how we exercise speech, which is often under attack by all sorts of actors from…
Using your phone in times of crisis
This article has been indexed from Deeplinks Secure communications are especially important in times of crisis. Just being aware of surveillance has chilling effects in how we exercise speech, which is often under attack by all sorts of actors from…