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License Plate Readers Exposed! How Public Safety Agencies Responded to Major Vulnerabilities in Vehicle Surveillance Tech

Law enforcement agencies around the country have been all too eager to adopt mass surveillance technologies, but sometimes they have put little effort into ensuring the systems are secure and the sensitive data they collect on everyday people is protected.
Case in point: automated license plate recognition (ALPR)...

EFF Disappointed as CISA Passes Senate

CISA passed the Senate today in a 74-21 vote. The bill is fundamentally flawed due to its broad immunity clauses, vague definitions, and aggressive spying authorities. The bill now moves to a conference committee despite its inability to address problems that caused recent highly publicized computer data breaches, like...

EFF Wins Petition to Inspect and Modify Car Software

Washington, D.C. - The Librarian of Congress has granted security researchers and others the right to inspect and modify the software in their cars and other vehicles, despite protests from vehicle manufacturers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed the request for software access as part of the complex, triennial rulemaking...

Members-Only Speakeasy: Bay Area


On Thursday, the fifth of November, current EFF members are invited to join the staff and interns in San Francisco for a casual drink and some great conversation. Learn more about our recent work and connect with fellow supporters in the movement to protect digital innovation, privacy, and...

Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case

Pasadena, CA - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge an appeals court Wednesday to reject the government’s attempts to block an appeal in Jewel v. NSA, EFF’s long-running lawsuit battling unconstitutional mass surveillance of Internet and phone communications. The hearing is set for 2:00 pm on October 28 before...

GOTO Berlin 2015

EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian York will speak about the intersection of security and privacy.

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