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Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | July 2, 2013

Customs & Border Protection Considered Weaponizing Drones

A Customs & Border Protection (CBP) report, released in response to EFF’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the agency, shows CBP has considered adding weapons to its domestic Predator drones.
The report, titled “Concept of Operations for CBP’s Predator B Unmanned Aircraft...

Press Release | July 1, 2013

Appeal Filed to Free Andrew 'Weev' Auernheimer

San Francisco - A team of computer-crime legal experts on Monday filed an appeal of the federal felony conviction and lengthy prison sentence handed down to Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, a computer researcher who revealed a massive security flaw in AT&T's website and was subsequently prosecuted under the Computer Fraud &...

Event | July 4, 2013

Restore the Fourth Protest Against Unconstitutional Surveillance

This Fourth of July, groups of concerned individuals will be taking to the streets in dozens of cities across the United States in support of the Fourth Amendment. EFF activist Parker Higgins will be speaking at the San Francisco protest, which starts by Civic Center at 11 AM. Come...

Event | July 5, 2013

SigInt

The SIGINT is an annual three-day conference on technical and social aspects of our digital society. It offers lectures and workshops on a multitude of topics. This year, EFF activism director Rainey Reitman will be attending to discuss NSA dragnet surveillance and efforts to fight back.

Deeplinks Blog by Rebecca Jeschke | July 1, 2013

Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Enforcement of Dangerous New Jersey Law

Good news out of New Jersey—a judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking a dangerous a provision of a recently-passed New Jersey statute (A3352) that would have left online service providers legally on the hook for user-generated content. The TRO issued Monday blocks enforcement of the new...

Deeplinks Blog by rainey Reitman | July 1, 2013

Restore the Fourth Campaign Organizes Protests Against Unconstitutional Surveillance

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or...

Deeplinks Blog by Julie Samuels | June 27, 2013

ArrivalStar: How to NOT Make Friends and Influence People

This is not a good week to be ArrivalStar.
First, we announced that the Patent Office had significantly narrowed one of ArrivalStar's favorite patents that it uses to target municipalities, civic organizations, and others who provide bus arrival data obtained via GPS.
Second, the ...

Deeplinks Blog by Maira Sutton | June 27, 2013

Historic Milestone for Rights of Readers as UN Negotiators Finalize Treaty for the Blind

Member states of the United Nations concluded the draft of an international treaty this week that gives people with visual and reading disabilities better access to copyrighted works. The treaty comes as the result of collective efforts to carve out protections for the blind and reading disabled that faced years...

Press Release | June 27, 2013

Internet Archive Sues to Stop Dangerous New Jersey Law Putting Online Service Providers at Risk

Newark, NJ - The Internet Archive has filed a new legal challenge against a New Jersey state law that aims to make online service providers criminally liable for providing access to third parties' materials, conflicting directly with federal law and threatening the free flow of information on the Internet. A...

Deeplinks Blog by rainey Reitman | June 27, 2013

Campaign to End NSA Warrantless Surveillance Surges Past 500,000 Signers

Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web, Joins Half Million Users in Opposing NSA Dragnet Surveillance
Over five hundred thousand people have signed onto the Stop Watching Us campaign, a nonpartisan, grassroots campaign opposing the dragnet surveillance programs of the National Security Agency (NSA). Galvanized by newly...

Press Release | June 27, 2013

Renowned Security Expert Bruce Schneier Joins EFF Board of Directors

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce the newest member of its Board of Directors: renowned security expert Bruce Schneier.
Schneier is widely acclaimed for his criticism and commentary on everything from network security to national security. His insight is particularly important as we...

Legal Case

Internet Archive v. Hoffman

The Internet Archive has filed a new legal challenge against a New Jersey state law -- N.J. P.L. c. 51 § 12(b)(1); originally A3352 -- that aims to make online service providers criminally liable for providing access to third parties’ materials, conflicting directly with federal law and threatening...

Press Release | June 26, 2013

EFF Sues FBI For Access to Facial-Recognition Records

San Francisco - As the FBI is rushing to build a "bigger, faster and better" biometrics database, it's also dragging its feet in releasing information related to the program's impact on the American public. In response, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a lawsuit to compel the FBI to...

Legal Case

FBI Facial Recognition Documents

As the FBI is rushing to build a “bigger, faster and better” biometrics database, it’s also dragging its feet in releasing information related to the program’s impact on the American public. In response, EFF has filed a lawsuit to compel the FBI to produce records to satisfy three outstanding Freedom...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | June 26, 2013

Global Dialogue on Governmental Extra-Territorial Surveillance

This is the seven article of our Spies Without Borders series. The series looks into how the information disclosed in the NSA leaks affects Internet users around the world whose private information is stored in U.S. servers, or whose data travels across U.S. networks.
As news of the...

Deeplinks Blog

Deeplinks Blog

Customs & Border Protection Considered Weaponizing Drones

Appeal Filed to Free Andrew 'Weev' Auernheimer

Restore the Fourth Protest Against Unconstitutional Surveillance

SigInt

Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Enforcement of Dangerous New Jersey Law

Restore the Fourth Campaign Organizes Protests Against Unconstitutional Surveillance

ArrivalStar: How to NOT Make Friends and Influence People

Historic Milestone for Rights of Readers as UN Negotiators Finalize Treaty for the Blind

Internet Archive Sues to Stop Dangerous New Jersey Law Putting Online Service Providers at Risk

Campaign to End NSA Warrantless Surveillance Surges Past 500,000 Signers

Renowned Security Expert Bruce Schneier Joins EFF Board of Directors

Internet Archive v. Hoffman

EFF Sues FBI For Access to Facial-Recognition Records

FBI Facial Recognition Documents

Global Dialogue on Governmental Extra-Territorial Surveillance

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