San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched a virtual reality (VR) experience on its website today that teaches people how to spot and understand the surveillance technologies police are increasingly using to spy on communities.“We are living in an age of surveillance, where hard-to-spot cameras capture our faces and...
Join EFF and others on November 10 and 11 to celebrate the sixth annual Aaron Swartz Day, with a weekend of lectures, a virtual reality fair and a hackathon. This weekend we’ll join our friends at the Internet Archive in celebrating Aaron’s work as activist, programmer, entrepreneur, and...
EFF is filing an amicus letter in support of a petition for review, asking the California Supreme Court to overturn a harmful appellate court decision in Sander v. State Bar of California that could prevent people from requesting public records from databases that contain private information, even if...
It's been three years since Australia adopted a national copyright blocking system, despite widespread public outcry over the abusive, far-reaching potential of the system, and the warnings that it would not achieve its stated goal of preventing copyright infringement.Three years later, the experts who warned that censorship wouldn't...
Google Chrome is the most popular browser in the world. Chrome routinely leads the pack in features for security and usability, most recently helping to drive the adoption of HTTPS. But when it comes to privacy, specifically protecting users from tracking, most of its rivals leave it in the...
EFF's Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel, Kurt Opsahl, will be at Roadsec São Paulo, Brazil, to discuss "Vulnerability Research and Disclosure: Pragmatic Advice for Security Researchers" on November 10th at 3pm on the Grace Hopper stage. This talk will focus on best and worst practices from both legal and...
Riverside, CA – Two individuals with no criminal record—one of whom is a retired California Highway Patrol officer—are asking a California Superior Court why their phones were tapped in 2015. These are just two targets of hundreds of questionable wiretaps authorized by a single judge, Helios J. Hernandez, in Riverside...
The First Amendment guarantees a broad right of access to court records. EFF is asking the California Court of Appeal to make clear that this right allows the public to access wiretap applications and court orders after the underlying investigations have closed. As EFF has argued in court, this right...
One of the nation’s most prolific patent trolls is finally dead. After more than a decade of litigation and more than 500 patent suits, Shipping & Transit LLC (formerly known as Arrivalstar) has filed for bankruptcy. As part of its bankruptcy filing [PDF], Shipping & Transit was required...
Wget is not a crime – an overview of hackers’ rights in Latin AmericaEFF invites hackers and security researchers for a happy hour and open talk with Kurt Opsahl, EFF’s Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel, about rights and risks involved in security research. The conversation will build on EFF's...
Media has the power to influence minds, ideas, behaviors, and attitudes of the masses. Come out as TechActivist.Org discusses the difference between corporate media and media made by the people for the people.
The Brazilian Internet Forum brings together participants from civil society, academia, government, and the private sector to discuss issues central to creating a diverse, universal, and innovative Internet in Brazil. Put on by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), the 8th annual Brazilian Internet Forum uses the human rights guidelines...
How User Rights Survive the PanopticonMonday, November 5, 2018 at 7-8:30 PMWe're excited to announce our fall EFF Members' Speakeasy. We'll be hosting a panel discussion in San Francisco featuring EFF staff and our Executive Director Cindy Cohn.The panel discussion will focus on the issues around how tech companies permeate...
Panel discussion relating to emergency service provision of broadband service, bandwidth throttling issues, and network neutrality.Scheduled panelists:Tony Bowden, Fire Chief, Santa Clara County Fire DepartmentErnesto Falcon, Legislative Counsel, Electronic Frontier FoundationDavid Hickey, Vice President of Business Sales, Verizon WirelessJesus G. Roman, Associate General Counsel for Public Policy and Regulatory Matters...
