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digital privacy, free speech,
and innovation for 30 years and counting!
The leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation for 30 years and counting!
Why should you care about data brokers? Reporting this week about a Substack publication outing a priest with location data from Grindr shows once again how easy it is for anyone to take advantage of data brokers’ stores to cause real harm. This is not the first time Grindr has been in the spotlight for sharing user information with third-party data brokers. The Norwegian Consumer Council singled it out in its 2020 "Out of Control" report , before the Norwegian...
Today, Governor Newsom signed into law one of the largest state investments in public fiber in the history of the United States. No longer will the state of California simply defer to the whims of AT&T and cable for broadband access. Now, every community is being given their shot.
EFF hosts the Cyberlaw Trivia Night to gather those in the legal community who help protect online freedom for their users. EFF's staff joined forces to craft the questions, pulling details from the rich canon of privacy, free speech, and intellectual property law.
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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.
