Skip to main content
EFFecting Change Livestream Series: How to Protest with Privacy in Mind

Deeplinks Blog

Deeplinks Blog

Congress Keeps Telecoms on the Hook for Illegal Spying

Washington, D.C. - Both the full House of Representatives and the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to keep telecommunications companies on the hook for their role in illegal government spying on millions of ordinary Americans -- at least for now.
The bills each make changes to the Foreign Intelligence...

EFF Wins Reexamination of Bogus Internet Subdomain Patent

San Francisco - San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has won reexamination from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) of a bogus patent on Internet subdomains the fourth successful reexamination request from EFF's Patent Busting Project.The patent, now held by Hoshiko, LLC, claims to cover the method...

EFF Supports Consumer Right To Repair, Resell Patented Goods

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to protect consumers' traditional right to use, repair, and resell the products they own, even if those products are patented. At stake is the enforceability of "single use" and "not for resale" labels on patented products.
...

Privacy issue banner, a colorful graphical representation of a padlock

Mr. Klein Goes to Washington: Press Roundup

Last week, AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein headed to Washington D.C. to ask lawmakers to reject immunity for telecoms that assisted with the Bush administration's warrantless spying program. Mr. Klein's story deserves ample attention, as his first-hand experiences at AT&T deliver a concrete picture of dragnet spying in contrast to empty,...

Privacy issue banner, a colorful graphical representation of a padlock

Mr. Klein Goes to Washington: Initial Press Coverage of AT&T Whistleblower's Discoveries of Illegal Spying

Telecommunications technician and AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein is in Washington D.C. this week, meeting with journalists and congressional staffers to speak out against legislation that aims to immunize lawbreaking telecoms by halting cases like EFF's class-action lawsuit against AT&T. The New York Times and the Washington Post have both...

Pages

Back to top

JavaScript license information