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Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | February 2, 2024

What is Proposition E and Why Should San Francisco Voters Oppose It?

If you live in San Francisco, there is an election on March 5, 2024 during which voters will decide a number of specific local ballot measures—including Proposition E. Proponents of Proposition E have raised over $1 million …but what does the measure actually do? This will break down what the...

Deeplinks Blog by Saira Hussain, Matthew Guariglia | February 2, 2024

San Francisco Police’s Live Surveillance Yields Almost 200 Hours of Spying–Including of Music Festivals

A new report reveals that in just three months, from July 1 to September 30, 2023, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) racked up 193 hours and 19 minutes of live access to non-city surveillance cameras. That means for the equivalent of 8 days, police sat behind a desk...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin | January 31, 2024

Worried About AI Voice Clone Scams? Create a Family Password

Your grandfather receives a call late at night from a person pretending to be you. The caller says that you are in jail or have been kidnapped and that they need money urgently to get you out of trouble. Perhaps they then bring on a fake police officer or kidnapper...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin | January 31, 2024

What Apple's Promise to Support RCS Means for Text Messaging

You may have heard recently that Apple is planning to implement Rich Communication Services (RCS) on iPhones, once again igniting the green versus blue bubble debate. RCS will thankfully bring a number of long-missing features to those green bubble conversations in Messages, but Apple's proposed implementation has a...

Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings | January 31, 2024

EFF and Access Now's Submission to U.N. Expert on Anti-LGBTQ+ Repression

As part of the United Nations (U.N.) Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI) report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, EFF and Access Now have submitted information addressing digital rights and SOGI issues across the globe. The submission addresses...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo | January 29, 2024

In Final Talks on Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty, EFF Calls on Delegates to Incorporate Protections Against Spying and Restrict Overcriminalization or Reject Convention

Update: Delegates at the concluding negotiating session failed to reach consensus on human rights protections, government surveillance, and other key issues. The session was suspended Feb. 8 without a final draft text. Delegates will resume talks at a later day with a view to concluding their work and providing a...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | January 26, 2024

More Than a Decade Later, Site-Blocking Is Still Censorship

As Copyright Week comes to a close, it’s worth remembering why we have in it January. Twelve years ago, a diverse coalition of internet users, websites, and public interest activists took to the internet to protest SOPA/PIPA, proposed laws that would have, among other things, blocked access to websites if...

Deeplinks Blog by Rory Mir | January 25, 2024

Save Your Twitter Account

Amid reports that the site formerly known as Twitter is dropping in value, hindering how people use the site, and has had controversial removals of accounts. It has never been more precarious to rely on the site, now called X, as a historical record. So, it’s important for individuals to...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | January 25, 2024

Tell the FTC: It's Time to Act on the Right to Repair

Update: The FTC is no longer accepting comments for this rulemaking. More than 1,600 comments were filed in the proceeding, with many of you sharing your personal stories about why you support the right to repair. Thank you for taking action!Do you care about being able to fix and modify...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | January 25, 2024

San Francisco: Vote No on Proposition E to Stop Police from Testing Dangerous Surveillance Technology on You

San Francisco voters will confront a looming threat to their privacy and civil liberties on the March 5, 2024 ballot. If Proposition E passes, we can expect the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) will use untested and potentially dangerous technology on the public, any time they want, for a full...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | January 24, 2024

What Home Videotaping Can Tell Us About Generative AI

It’s 1975. Earth, Wind and Fire rule the airwaves, Jaws is on every theater screen, All In the Family is must-see TV, and Bill Gates and Paul Allen are selling software for the first personal computer, the Altair 8800. But for copyright lawyers, and eventually the public, something even more...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | January 24, 2024

Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users

This is a victory in a long fight, not just against blanket police surveillance, but also against a culture in which private, for-profit companies build special tools to allow law enforcement to more easily access companies’ users and their data—all of which ultimately undermine their customers’ trust.

Deeplinks Blog by Rory Mir | January 23, 2024

Fragging: The Subscription Model Comes for Gamers

The video game industry is undergoing the same concerning changes we’ve seen before with film and TV, and it underscores the need for meaningful digital ownership. Twenty years ago you owned DVDs. Ten years ago you probably had a Netflix subscription with a seemingly endless library. Now, you probably have...

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | January 23, 2024

FTC Bars X-Mode from Selling Sensitive Location Data

Phone app location data brokers are a growing menace to our privacy and safety. All you did was click a box while downloading an app. Now the app tracks your every move and sends it to a broker, which then sells your location data to the highest bidder, from advertisers...

Deeplinks Blog by George Wong | January 23, 2024

EFF and More Than 100+ NGOS Set Non-Negotiable Redlines Ahead of UN Cybercrime Treaty Negotiations

EFF has joined forces with 110 NGOs today in a joint statement delivered to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee, clearly outlining civil society non-negotiable redlines for the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty, and asserting that states should reject the proposed treaty if these essential changes are not...

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What is Proposition E and Why Should San Francisco Voters Oppose It?

San Francisco Police’s Live Surveillance Yields Almost 200 Hours of Spying–Including of Music Festivals

Worried About AI Voice Clone Scams? Create a Family Password

What Apple's Promise to Support RCS Means for Text Messaging

EFF and Access Now's Submission to U.N. Expert on Anti-LGBTQ+ Repression

In Final Talks on Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty, EFF Calls on Delegates to Incorporate Protections Against Spying and Restrict Overcriminalization or Reject Convention

More Than a Decade Later, Site-Blocking Is Still Censorship

Save Your Twitter Account

Tell the FTC: It's Time to Act on the Right to Repair

San Francisco: Vote No on Proposition E to Stop Police from Testing Dangerous Surveillance Technology on You

What Home Videotaping Can Tell Us About Generative AI

Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users

Fragging: The Subscription Model Comes for Gamers

FTC Bars X-Mode from Selling Sensitive Location Data

EFF and More Than 100+ NGOS Set Non-Negotiable Redlines Ahead of UN Cybercrime Treaty Negotiations

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