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Copyright Troll

Trouble in Trolltown

Judges Increasingly Catching On to Copyright Trolls' Unfair Tactics
Life under the bridge is a bit less comfortable for copyright trolls these days, as a series of legal losses continues to undermine their misguided business model. Trolls make their money through variations on a simple scheme: file mass copyright...

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California Location Privacy Act of 2012

Police shouldn’t be able to get your sensitive location data – information that can reveal your religion, health, hobbies, and politics – on a whim. That’s why EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are sponsoring California Senate Bill 1434, the Location Privacy Act, which would ensure law enforcement obtains...

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UAE Signs Deal to Integrate National IDs Into Mobile Phones

The United Arab Emirates signed a deal with telecommunications company, Etisalat, to embed citizens' national ID information into mobile phones. They will now be exploring a system that would utilize an NFC or Near Field Communication application, which allows cell phones to communicate data via radio frequency within very...

Security BSides Austin


EFF is proud to join Security BSides Texas for their third annual Austin event on Thursday, April 12 and Friday, April 13! About BSides Austin:
"An ecclectic gathering of InfoSec people to hear awesome talks and have outrageously fun discussions! Our mission is to provide an...

Aereo Customers In NYC: EFF Needs Your Input

New Yorkers: Worried about whether you will have a right to watch local TV broadcasts on your Internet devices? Aereo is a company that lets users watch their local channels by renting a dime-sized antenna at Aereo's facility - one per customer. The signal from that antenna gets...

Re:publica

Jillian will be speaking about threats to the Internet in the Middle East and North Africa.

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TPP: Continuing to Nudge Toward Agreement

Informal negotiations are underway in Chile this week on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Up for negotiation are provisions dealing with intellectual property – including online copyright enforcement, DMCA-style digital locks, and Internet intermediary liability.
TPP countries are holding informal inter-sessional discussions this week to nudge countries closer...

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