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OKCupid Still Dragging Its Heels On HTTPS

Popular Dating Site Has No Love for Strong Security
Back in 2012, EFF first called out OKCupid for failing to safeguard user data by not implementing HTTPS site-wide.
Three years later, OKCupid still hasn’t fixed the problem. For users who haven’t upgraded to paid accounts, their emails,...

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More Closed-Door Meetings, a New Chief Transparency Officer, and Growing International Opposition to the Deal: What's Going on with the TPP

Over the past month, trade officials have been frantically working to resolve outstanding disagreements over provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the midst of speculation that the deal is in deep trouble. At this late stage of negotiations, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has pretty much abandoned...

Library Suspends Tor Node After DHS Intimidation

Update September 15, 2015: The Kilton Library board has met and, after hearing from Tor supporters in the community and the 4,314 people who signed our petition, have unanimously opted to reinstate the library's relay. Congratulations to the activists from the Tor Project and the Library Freedom Project who've worked...

Our Lives Online: US vs EU

Executive Director Cindy Cohn will join European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli for a conversation comparing online privacy in the United States and Europe. The event will be moderated by Paul Schwartz. From the event description:
In today’s digital world, more and more of our lives are moving online,...

Welcome Frank Stanton Legal Fellow Aaron Mackey

EFF welcomes our newest staff member Aaron Mackey to the team. Aaron joins us as a Frank Stanton Legal Fellow (along with current Stanton Fellow Jamie Williams), for a two-year fellowship sponsored by the Stanton Foundation. He and his family spent the last three years in Washington, D.C., where...

Pre-1972 Sound Recordings State Law Copyright Litigation

In the U.S., two copyrights generally exist for every song you hear on the radio or online. One relates to the underlying musical work (think sheet music). It typically belongs to a music publisher or songwriter. The other copyright relates to the recorded performance of the work, and typically belongs...

United States v. Saboonchi

UPDATE: Mr. Saboonchi was released from prison in January 2016 as part of President Obama's prisoner swap with Iran, and therefore dropped his Fourth Circuit appeal.
EFF filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit arguing that the Fourth Amendment requires...

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