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This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on what the fediverse is , security and privacy on Mastodon , and more are on the way. You can follow EFF on Mastodon here . Something remarkable is happening. For the past two weeks, people have been leaving Twitter . Many others are reducing their reliance on it. Great numbers of ex-Twitter users and employees are making a new home in the...
This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on what the fediverse is , and why the fediverse will be great—if we don't screw it up , and more are on the way. You can follow EFF on Mastodon here . With so many users migrating to Mastodon as their micro-blogging service of choice, a lot of questions are being raised about the privacy and security of the platform. Though in...
The latest version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is focused on removing online information that people need to see—people of all ages. Letting governments—state or federal—decide what information anyone needs to see is a dangerous endeavor. On top of that, this bill, supposedly designed to protect our privacy, actually requires tech companies to collect more data on internet users than they already do. EFF has long supported comprehensive privacy protections, but the details matter. KOSA gets the details...
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Surveillance Self-Defense
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Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
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Privacy Badger
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Privacy Badger is an install-and-forget browser add-on that stops advertisers and trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web.
