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EFF Joins Andrew Auernheimer Case on Appeal

San Francisco - Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer today was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for revealing to media outlets that AT&T had configured its servers to allow the harvesting of iPad owners' unsecured email addresses. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is joining Auernheimer's legal team to litigate his appeal...

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United States v. Andrew Auernheimer

Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer was convicted of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") in New Jersey federal court and sentenced to 41 months in federal prison in March of 2013 for revealing to media outlets that AT&T had configured its servers to allow the harvesting of iPad owners’ unsecured...

re:publica 13

EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression, Jillian C. York, will speak on the panels "Silly jokes or game changers? A live international comparison of polictical memes" and "Responding effectively to digital emergencies & human rights violations online" at re:publica 13 in Berlin.

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