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Which Tech Companies Help Protect You From Government Data Demands?

San Francisco - Technology companies are privy to our most sensitive information: our conversations, photos, location data, and more. But which companies fight the hardest to protect your privacy from government data requests? Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) releases its fourth annual "Who Has Your Back" report, with comprehensive...

Techno Activism Third Mondays -- May

June 5th, 2013 was the day that began the Year of Edward Snowden. On the anniversary of the release of the first NSA documents, we'll be taking a look at what we've learned, and what we still don't know – with an emphasis on teaching others how to protect themselves.
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Can This Web Be Saved? Mozilla Accepts DRM, and We All Lose

It's official: the last holdout for the open web has fallen. Flanked on all sides by Google, Microsoft, Opera, and (it appears) Safari's support and promotion of the EME DRM-in-HTML standard, Mozilla is giving in to pressure from Hollywood, Netflix, et al, and will be implementing its own third-party version...

EFF at Maker Faire Bay Area 2014


Join EFF at Maker Faire Bay Area! Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these “makers” come to Maker...

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California Voters: Check Yes on Prop. 42

Whether you’re filling out a mail-in ballot or planning to rock the polling station in person on election day (June 3), if you’re a California voter we urge you to please vote "yes" on Prop. 42.
This statewide ballot measure would ensure that local agencies, such as cities...

Members-Only Speakeasy: London


Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Privacy International for a drink on Wednesday, May 14th at a secret location in London! Raise a glass with us and discover our latest work defending your freedom online. EFF's Speakeasy events are free, informal meetups that give you a chance to...

Criminal Defendants Should Have Chance to Review FISA Materials, EFF and ACLU Argue in Amicus Brief

In the 36-year existence of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the government has never disclosed classified FISA materials—the specific applications for surveillance and the factual affidavits that support the surveillance request—to a criminal defendant. That all changed in January 2014 when a federal judge in Chicago ordered the...

Bitcoin 2014

EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman and EFF Special Counsel Marcia Hofmann will be presenting a talk on "Bitcoin as a Liberty-Enhancing Technology: Case Studies in Financial Censorship and the SOPA Saga" on Saturday May 17th. After their presentation, they will participate in a panel discussion about Bitcoin and government relations.

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