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What The Hell Is Threat Modeling Anyway?

There is no single solution for keeping yourself safe online. Trying to protect all of your data from everyone all the time is impractical and exhausting. Digital security isn’t about which tools you use; rather, it’s about understanding the threats you face and how you can counter those threats....

Re:publica - Spy Animals!

In 2011, Saudi Arabian police "arrested" a vulture for spying for Israel. While that may seem unusual, the vulture in question is one of many animals throughout history accused of spying. From the CIA's "Squab Squad" to Ukraine's militarized dolphins, animals have throughout history played an integral part in military...

Re:publica - Next up on the Political Agenda: Cybersecurity

While "Internet Governance" was the main trend linking net politics in 2014 - just think NETmundial, ICANN acountability and IANA transition; "cybersecurity" is running high on the political agendas in 2015. EFF's Jillian York joins a panel that will try to identify reasons for this shift as well as the...

Techno Activism Third Mondays -- April

Intermediaries like ISPs, hosting providers, and social networks are the global chokepoints for censorship, and tempting honeypots for government surveillance. How can activists and civil society successfully prevent these private actors from bowing to governments' or others' demands to restrict user content or hand over personal data?
The ...

Fast Track Bill Would Legitimize White House Secrecy and Clear the Way for Anti-User Trade Deals

Following months of protest, Congress has finally put forth bicameral Fast Track legislation today to rush trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) through Congress. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden, and Rep. Paul Ryan, respectively, introduced the bill titled the...

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EFF at 25: Remembering the Case that Established Code as Speech

One of EFF's first major legal victories was Bernstein v. Department of Justice, a landmark case that resulted in establishing code as speech and changed United States export regulations on encryption software, paving the way for international e-commerce. We represented Daniel J. Bernstein, a Berkeley mathematics Ph.D. student, who wished...

Officer Friendly Asks: "May I Search Your Digital Device?"

Want to Record The Cops? Know Your Rights

There are some very disturbing videos circulating the Internet right now, depicting the deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of trained, armed men. Many of these videos even show individuals being shot in the back, or as they try to flee.
These are videos of police officers in...

Fighting for Patent Reform in Washington, D.C.

EFF primarily fights awful software patents with legal challenges, explaining to judges how trivial non-innovations aren’t worthy of a government-granted monopoly, which bad actors then wield to bully small businesses and users into forking over huge sums of money. With every busted and narrowed software patent—like the recently tackled ...

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