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Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | August 28, 2018

When ISPs Tell Seniors Net Neutrality Laws Will Increase Their Bills, They’re Lying and Losing

The fight to secure net neutrality protections for Californians keeps showing how far ISPs and their surrogates will go to make a buck off of ending the free and open Internet. The latest maneuver is a flood of deceptive robocalls targeting seniors and stating that net neutrality will...

Deeplinks Blog by Soraya Okuda | August 28, 2018

Back to School Essentials for Security

Going back to school? This is a perfect time for a digital security refresh to ensure the privacy of you and your friends is protected! It’s a good time to change your passwords. The best practice is to have passwords that are unique, long, and random. In order to keep...

Deeplinks Blog by Genevieve Southwick | August 27, 2018

Cheers to EFF's 11th Annual Cyberlaw Trivia Winners!

The sharpest legal minds in the Bay Area gathered at GitHub to participate in EFF's 11th Annual Cyberlaw Trivia Night on June 28. Over 100 participants from technology law firms and Internet companies throughout the Bay Area attended, with 12 teams vying for the coveted Cyberlaw Quiz Cup. EFF's staff...

Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | August 27, 2018

Trust Us, We’re Secretly Working for a Foreign Government: How Australia’s Proposed Surveillance Laws Will Break The Trust Tech Depends On

In the last few years, we’ve discovered just how much trust — whether we like it or not — we have all been obliged to place in modern technology. Third-party software, of unknown composition and security, runs on everything around us: from the phones we carry around, to the smart...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin | August 27, 2018

Sen. Wyden Confirms Cell-Site Simulators Disrupt Emergency Calls

Sen. Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice concerning disruptions to 911 emergency services caused by law enforcement’s use of cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as IMSI catchers or Stingrays). In the letter, Sen. Wyden states that: Senior officials from the Harris...

Event | August 30, 2018

Habeas Data Panel Discussion @ UC Berkeley

EFF's grassroots advocacy coordinator, Camille Ochoa, will participate in this panel discussion hosted by UC Berkeley's Center for Technology, Society and Policy: Please join us for a panel discussion featuring award-winning tech reporter Cyrus Farivar, whose new book, Habeas Data, explores how the explosive growth...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | August 24, 2018

If It Doesn't Have Paper Backups and Automatic Audits, It's Not an Election Security Bill

Right now, the U.S. Senate is debating an issue that’s critical to our democratic future: secure elections. Hacking attacks were used to try to undermine the 2016 U.S. election, and in recent years, elections in Latin America and Ukraine were also subject to cyber attacks. It only makes sense to...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | August 24, 2018

The Supreme Court Should Say No to Patents That Take Old Ideas Away from the Public

There is room to debate what makes an invention patentable, but one thing should be uncontroversial: patentable inventions should actually be new. That’s what EFF and the R Street Institute told the Supreme Court this week in an amicus brief urging it to grant certiorari and reverse the Federal Circuit’s...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | August 23, 2018

Verizon's Throttling of Fire Fighters Could Go Unpunished Because the FCC Repealed the Open Internet Order

People are mad about the revelation that Verizon throttled the wireless service of the Santa Clara Fire Department in the middle of fighting a massive fire. In response, Verizon is making the very narrow claim that this wasn’t a clear violation of the 2015 Open Internet Order’s ban...

Deeplinks Blog by Andrew Crocker, Nate Cardozo | August 23, 2018

Don’t Shoot Messenger

Update (September 28, 2018): Reuters reports that the court has denied the government's request to force Facebook to assist with the wiretap. Late last week, Reuters reported that Facebook is being asked to “break the encryption” in its Messenger application to assist the Justice Department in...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | August 22, 2018

EFF Tells the FTC Why We Need Better Competition and Consumer Protection Policies for Tech Companies

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is wondering whether it might be time to change how the U.S. approaches competition and consumer protection. EFF has been thinking the same thing and come to the conclusion that yes, it is. On August 20, we filed six comments with the FTC on...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexei Miagkov, Andrés Arrieta, Bennett Cyphers | August 22, 2018

Giving Privacy Badger a Jump Start

When new users try Privacy Badger, they often get confused about why Privacy Badger isn’t blocking anything right away. But that’s because Privacy Badger learns about trackers as you browse; up until now, it hasn’t been able to block trackers on the first few sites it sees after being installed.

Deeplinks Blog by Jamie Williams | August 21, 2018

Win! Landmark Seventh Circuit Decision Says Fourth Amendment Applies to Smart Meter Data

The Seventh Circuit just handed down a landmark opinion, ruling 3-0 that the Fourth Amendment protects energy-consumption data collected by smart meters. Smart meters collect energy usage data at high frequencies—typically every 5, 15, or 30 minutes—and therefore know exactly how much electricity is being used, and when, in...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | August 21, 2018

Documents Bare How Federal Researchers Went to Absurd Lengths to Undo Problematic Tattoo Recognition Research

Well, this is a first. In response to an EFF investigation that uncovered deeply troubling research practices by the National Institute for Technology & Standards (NIST), a senior federal scientist stripped off his clothes, had another scientist draw all over his skin with washable markers, and then posed for...

Deeplinks Blog by Shahid Buttar | August 21, 2018

California Assembly Acquiesces In Secret Police Surveillance

For the second year in a row, the California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee has effectively killed a bill that was poised to ensure transparency, community oversight, and civil liberties regarding proliferating police surveillance technology. S.B. 1186 was approved by the California Senate, as well as by two Assembly policy...

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When ISPs Tell Seniors Net Neutrality Laws Will Increase Their Bills, They’re Lying and Losing

Back to School Essentials for Security

Cheers to EFF's 11th Annual Cyberlaw Trivia Winners!

Trust Us, We’re Secretly Working for a Foreign Government: How Australia’s Proposed Surveillance Laws Will Break The Trust Tech Depends On

Sen. Wyden Confirms Cell-Site Simulators Disrupt Emergency Calls

Habeas Data Panel Discussion @ UC Berkeley

If It Doesn't Have Paper Backups and Automatic Audits, It's Not an Election Security Bill

The Supreme Court Should Say No to Patents That Take Old Ideas Away from the Public

Verizon's Throttling of Fire Fighters Could Go Unpunished Because the FCC Repealed the Open Internet Order

Don’t Shoot Messenger

EFF Tells the FTC Why We Need Better Competition and Consumer Protection Policies for Tech Companies

Giving Privacy Badger a Jump Start

Win! Landmark Seventh Circuit Decision Says Fourth Amendment Applies to Smart Meter Data

Documents Bare How Federal Researchers Went to Absurd Lengths to Undo Problematic Tattoo Recognition Research

California Assembly Acquiesces In Secret Police Surveillance

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