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Speaking Freely: An Interview With Evan Greer
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EFF Ends Censorship Against PETA on Public University’s Facebook Page
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Congress Must Stop the Graham-Blumenthal Anti-Security Bill
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Clearview AI—Yet Another Example of Why We Need A Ban on Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Now
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Lawsuit in India Seeks to Shut Down Access to U.S. Journalism Website
Computer security researchers and journalists play a critical role in uncovering flaws in software and information systems. Their research and reporting allows users to protect themselves, and vendors to repair their products before attackers can exploit security flaws. But all…
Same Old NFL: League Abuses Trademark to Shut Down New York Jets Parody Store
The National Football League seems to be gunning for a spot in our Hall of Shame by setting a record for all-time career TDs—no, not touchdowns, but takedowns. We’ve written before about the NFL’s crusade against anyone who dares use…
Speaking Freely: An Interview with Christian Frank
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New Bill Would Make Needed Steps Toward Curbing Mass Surveillance
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U.K. Police Will Soon be able to Search Through U.S. Data Without Asking a Judge
Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and U.K. have negotiated a deal that sells out the privacy rights of the public in both nations. For Americans, it will effectively abrogate Fourth Amendment protections, and subject their data to search and…
Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think
If you follow security on the Internet, you may have seen articles warning you to “beware of public Wi-Fi networks” in cafes, airports, hotels, and other public places. But now, due to the widespread deployment of HTTPS encryption on most…
Design Patents Are Useless. So Why Are They Getting a Boost in DC?
When we talk about patents, we’re usually talking about “utility” patents. Utility patents protect inventions that claim to have some practical application or use. (A lot of them still claim things that are actually useless, but they’re supposed to be…
Off-Facebook Activity is a Welcome but Incomplete Move
Today Facebook announced the roll-out of its Off-Facebook Activity tool (initially introduced as “Clear History” nearly two years ago). The tools shows you a list of apps, websites, and businesses that Facebook knows you have visited through its business tools…
EFF and Other Groups to PCLOB: Urge the Ban of Face Recognition
This week EFF joined a coalition letter asking the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board (PCLOB) to urge that the government suspend its use of face recognition technology. The letter was signed by organizations like Color of Change, Council on American-Islamic…
Data Privacy or Data Protection Day? It’s a Human Right, Either Way
Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Council of Europe’s “Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data”, or, more catchily, Convention 108. It is the root treaty that spawned the first European…
Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers
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Clearview’s Face Surveillance Shows Why We Need a Strong Federal Consumer Privacy Law
The New York Times’ recent story on Clearview AI, maker of a secretive facial recognition app that markets its product to law enforcement, has raised critical questions about what can be done to protect our privacy online. Clearview claims to…
In Memory of Lina Ben Mhenni, Tunisian Free Expression Activist and Revolutionary
Like so many of her friends, colleagues, and admirers around the world, we were devastated to hear of the death of Lina Ben Mhenni at age 36, following a long illness. The Tunisian blogger, activist, athlete, and linguistics lecturer was…
Victory! Lawsuit Challenging FOSTA Reinstated by Court
Judges Found Plaintiffs Have Standing to Sue SAN FRANCISCO–A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of FOSTA, a federal law that has driven marginalized communities and speech about sex and sex work offline, was reinstated today in a court ruling that recognizes…
Don’t Write Copyright Law in Secret
The United States is the world’s chief exporter of copyright law. With recent news that President Trump is expected to sign the US Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement next week, we’re one step closer to Canada being forced to align with…
When Computer Crimes Are Used To Silence Journalists: Why EFF Stands Against the Prosecution of Glenn Greenwald
This week, prosecutors in Brazil filed a criminal complaint against Glenn Greenwald, an internationally lauded journalist best known for publishing leaked documents detailing the NSA’s mass surveillance. Greenwald’s prosecution is an attempt to use computer crime law to silence an…
The Key To Fixing Copyright Is Ending Massive, Unpredictable Damages Awards
We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what’s at stake…
The Public Domain Is the Rule, Copyright Is the Exception
We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what’s at stake…
EFF Activists To Demonstrate Against Sell Out of .ORG to Private Equity at Los Angeles Protest
Rally at ICANN’s LA Headquarters Will Feature EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow, Nonprofit Defenders Los Angeles—Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) activists will join advocates for other public interest nonprofits to protest ICANN’s plans to sell out the Internet .ORG domain registry…
Tale of Jailbreaking Disobedient IoT Appliances Shortlisted for the National Canada Reads Prize
In Unauthorized Bread, a novella by EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow published in his 2019 Tor Books collection Radicalized, a refugee named Salima leads a mass jailbreaking of the locked-down Internet of Things appliances in a subsidized housing unit in…
EFF to Supreme Court: Criminal Immigration Statute Threatens Free Speech Online
EFF is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a law that poses a serious threat to online speech by criminalizing speech that “encourages” unlawful immigration. EFF filed an amicus brief on behalf of itself and Immigrants Rising, the…
Speaking Freely: An Interview with Addie Wagenknecht
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In Serving Big Company Interests, Copyright Is in Crisis
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EFF Statement on Glenn Greenwald Charges
EFF is dismayed to learn of the decision by Brazilian prosecutors to charge journalist Glenn Greenwald under the country’s computer crime law. EFF has long warned that cybersecurity laws in the Americas have been written and interpreted so broadly as…
Hearing Wednesday: EFF Urges Court To Rule That Blogger’s Opinion of Open Source Licensing Agreement is Protected by the First Amendment
Patch Maker Sued For Defamation To Shut Down Critic San Francisco, California—On Wednesday, January 22, at 9 am, EFF Staff Attorney Jamie Williams will tell a federal appeals court that a lower court correctly dismissed a defamation lawsuit against a…
A Tool That Removes Copyrighted Works Is Not a Substitute for Fair Use
YouTube, which has become essential for video creators to build an audience, has a new tool that’s supposed to help users respond to its copyright filter. Is it something that makes fair use a priority? No, it’s a way to…
It’s Copyright Week 2020: Stand Up for Copyright Laws That Actually Serve Us All
We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what’s at stake…
ICANN Needs To Ask More Questions About the Sale of .ORG
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EFF Asks the Supreme Court to Put a Stop to Dangerously Broad Interpretations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
At EFF, we have spent years fighting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The law was aimed at computer crime, but it is both vague and draconian—putting people at risk for prison sentences for ordinary Internet behavior. Now, we…
Tuesday Hearing: EFF Argues in New Jersey Supreme Court That Defendant Can’t Be Forced to Turn Over Password to Encrypted iPhone
U.S. Constitution Protects Rights Against Self-Incrimination Trenton, New Jersey—On Tuesday, January 21, at 1 pm., EFF Senior Staff Attorney Andrew Crocker will ask the New Jersey Supreme Court to rule that the state can’t force a defendant to turn over…
Iranian Tech Users Are Getting Knocked Off the Web by Ambiguous Sanctions
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Rights Groups to European Commission: Prioritize Users’ Rights, Get Public Input For Article 17 Application Guidelines
The implementation of Art 17 (formerly Article 13) into national laws will have a profound effect on what users can say and share online. The controversial rule, part of the EU’s copyright directive approved last year, turns tech companies and…
Strange Bedfellows: EFF Sides with PTO in Trademark Battle Over ‘Booking.com’
EFF often criticizes the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for granting bad patents, but a case in the Supreme Court has us on the same side. On Monday, EFF filed an amicus brief asking the court to reject trademark protection…
Top Apps Invade User Privacy By Collecting and Sharing Personal Data, New Report Finds
A new year often starts with good resolutions. Some resolve to change a certain habit, others resolve to abandon an undesired trait. Mobile app makers, too, claim to have user behavior and their preferences at their heart. From dating to…
Bay Staters Continue to Lead in Right to Repair, and EFF Is There to Help
Massachusetts has long been a leader in the Right to Repair movement, thanks to a combination of principled lawmakers and a motivated citizenry that refuses to back down when well-heeled lobbyists subvert the legislative process. In 2012, Massachusetts became the…
Virginia Needs a Strong Anti-SLAPP Law to Stop Bogus Lawsuits
Sometimes lawsuits get filed to chill speech or harass people, rather than resolve legitimate legal disputes. Unfortunately, this trend has increased over the past few decades. Since the 1980s, these lawsuits have been called SLAPPs—or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.…
EFF Asks Supreme Court To Reverse Dangerous Rulings About API Copyrightability and Fair Use
High Court Can Put Computer Copyright Law Back on Track Washington D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that functional aspects of Oracle’s Java programming language are not copyrightable, and even if they were,…
Ten Questions—And Answers—About the California Consumer Privacy Act
You may have heard from a lot of businesses telling you that they’ve updated their privacy policies because of a new law called the California Consumer Privacy Act. But what’s actually changed for you? EFF has spent the past year…
No Digital Surveillance of Iranians at the U.S. Border—Or Within the U.S.
Only days into heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, media outlets have published disturbing reports of increased scrutiny of people of Iranian descent at U.S. borders, including in at least one case involving a traveler’s phone. EFF strongly…
No Digital Surveillance of Iranians at the U.S. Border—or Within the U.S.
Only days into heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, media outlets have published disturbing reports of increased scrutiny of people of Iranian descent at U.S. borders, including in at least one case involving a traveler’s phone. EFF strongly…
Consumer Privacy: Year in Review 2019
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Surveillance Self-Defense: Year in Review 2019
Here at EFF, we maintain a repository of self-help resources on circumventing surveillance across a variety of different platforms, devices, and threat models. We call it Surveillance Self-Defense, or SSD for short. SSD covers myriad topics, and is broken up…