Podcast Episode: Fixing a Digital Loophole in the Fourth Amendment
Episode 003 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet Jumana Musa joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they discuss how the third-party doctrine is undermining our Fourth …
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EFF Publishes New Research on Real-Time Crime Centers in the U.S.
EFF has published a new report, “Surveillance Compounded: Real-Time Crime Centers in the United States,” which profiles seven surveillance hubs operated by local law enforcement, plus data on dozens of …
InternetLab’s Report Sets Direction for Telecom Privacy in Brazil
Five years have passed since InternetLab published “Quem Defende Seus Dados?” (“Who defends your data?“), a report that holds ISPs accountable for their privacy and data protection policies in Brazil. …
Tell Trump’s Patent Office Director: Don’t Make Permanent Rule Changes Now
In the final days of the administration, Andre Iancu, President Trump’s Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is trying to push through permanent rule changes that would destroy …
Podcast Episode: The Secret Court Approving Secret Surveillance
Episode 001 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet Julian Sanchez joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they delve into the problems with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …
Election Security: When to Worry, When to Not, and the Takeaway from Antrim County, Michigan
Everyone wants an election that is secure and reliable. With technology in the mix, making sure that the technology supports this is critical. EFF has long-warned against blindly adopting technologies …
10 Years of HTTPS Everywhere
It’s been 10 years since the beta release of EFF’s HTTPS Everywhere web browser extension. It encrypts your communications with websites, making your browsing more secure. HTTPS has journeyed it’s …
Clearview’s Faceprinting is Not Sheltered from Biometric Privacy Litigation by the First Amendment
Clearview AI extracts faceprints from billions of people, without their consent, and uses these faceprints to offer a service to law enforcement agencies seeking to identify suspects in photos. Following …
RIAA Abuses DMCA to Take Down Popular Tool for Downloading Online Videos
“youtube-dl” is a popular free software tool for downloading videos from YouTube and other user-uploaded video platforms. GitHub recently took down youtube-dl’s code repository at the behest of the Recording …
In an Uncertain World, EFF Will Always Support the Users
EFF turned thirty this year. In our three decades of work, we’ve seen huge shifts in the way technology and the Internet help, harm, and otherwise influence the lives of …