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Party Like It's 1986 - Demand Privacy Like It's 2011

In 1986, Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus topped the charts, Madonna dedicated her hit single Papa Don’t Preach to Pope John Paul II, and a ruffle-clad David Bowie crooned along with funky Muppet goblins in Labyrinth. Meanwhile, although the World Wide Web didn’t even exist yet and cell phones were an...

Party Like It's 1986!

Join Google, CDT, ACLU, EFF, CEI, TechFreedom, CCIA, and Americans for Tax Reform at the capital's most awesome party - Party Like It's 1986.
When: Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Where: Top of the Hill 319 Pennsylvania Ave, SE Washington, DC
Details: http://action.eff.org/site/Calendar?id=100661&view=Detail
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GPS Inventor Joins EFF in Fight Against Warrantless GPS Tracking

Washington, D.C. - The principal inventor of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other leading technologists have joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in urging the U.S Supreme Court to block the government from using GPS tracking without first getting a warrant, arguing that the massive collection of sensitive location...

California's Reader Privacy Act Signed into Law

Sacramento, CA - California Governor Jerry Brown has signed the Reader Privacy Act, updating reader privacy law to cover new technologies like electronic books and online book services as well as local bookstores.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) were sponsors of the...

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US v. Fricosu

EFF urged a federal district court in Colorado to block the government's attempt to force a woman to enter a password into an encrypted laptop, arguing that it would violate her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
A defendant in this case, Ramona Fricosu, is accused of fraudulent real estate...

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US v. Pool

The forced collection of DNA samples from arrestees without search warrants violates their Fourth Amendment right to privacy, the Electronic Frontier Foundation told a federal appeals court in an amicus brief filed in July of 2011. However, shortly before this case was to be heard in the Ninth Circuit, the...

US v. Cassidy

EFF filed an amicus brief in this case in support of a man who was indicted under the a federal anti-stalking statute for repeatedly tweeting caustic criticisms of a public figure, a Buddhist sect leader who herself made extensive use of social media. In December, 2011, the judge agreed with...

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