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Deeplinks Blog by Erica Portnoy | November 1, 2019

Why Adding Client-Side Scanning Breaks End-To-End Encryption

Recent attacks on encryption have diverged. On the one hand, we’ve seen Attorney General William Barr call for “lawful access” to encrypted communications, using arguments that have barely changed since the 1990’s. But we’ve also seen suggestions from a different set of actors for more purportedly “reasonable” interventions...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock | October 31, 2019

Phony HTTPS Everywhere Extension Used in Fake Tor Browser

ESET researchers recently discovered a false “trojanized” version of Tor Browser that collectively stole $40,000 USD in Bitcoin. This does not mean that Tor or Tor Browser itself is compromised in any way. It only means that attackers found a new, insidious way to create and distribute a...

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | October 30, 2019

Strengthen California’s Next Consumer Data Privacy Initiative

EFF and a coalition of privacy advocates recently asked the sponsor of a new California ballot initiative to strengthen its provisions on consumer data privacy. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) created new ways for the state’s residents to protect themselves from corporations that invade their...

Event | November 12, 2019

Energy Data Privacy: How Climate Changes Everything

The EFF-Austin, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event: Energy Data Privacy: How Climate Changes Everything From the Organizers:Energy data used to be boring. The utility read your meter 12 times a year, and no one cared much about seeing...

Event | November 6, 2019

EFF-Austin Happy Hour With Civitech!

The EFF-Austin, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event: EFF-Austin Happy Hour With Civitech! From the Organizers:Local startup Civitech is creating software with the aim of making it easier for people to register to vote and get their friends and...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | October 29, 2019

Facebook Faces Another Congressional Grilling

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was called back to Capitol Hill to speak about the company’s impact on the financial and housing sectors—particularly in light of its proposal to launch a cryptocurrency wallet, Calibra, and its involvement in the creation of the Libra cryptocurrency. We’ve criticized Facebook on ...

Event | November 18, 2019

Habeas Data – Book talk by Cyrus Farivar

The Portland's Techno-Activism 3rd Mondays, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event: Habeas Data – Book talk by Cyrus Farivar From the Organizers: Until recently, most of our personal activities were easy to keep private, and unearthing the details...

Event | November 10, 2019

Hollywood Hacking Sampler

The Tech Learning Collective, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event: Hollywood Hacking Sampler From the Organizers: Part movie night, part cybersecurity workshop, join the Tech Learning Collective’s cybersecurity trainers as they take you on a guided tour of...

Event | November 9, 2019

Digital Defenses for the People: Practical Digital Security

The Tech Learning Collective, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event: Digital Defenses for the People: Practical Digital Security From the Organizers: This beginner-friendly introduction to digital safety will cut through the fear, uncertainty, and doubt generated by the...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | October 29, 2019

Nickelback's Record Label Abuses Copyright to Silence Political Speech

EFF legal intern Samantha Hamilton co-wrote this blog post Nickelback never asked to become a meme. And yet, after the Internet decided it hated the Canadian alternative rock band and due to the lead singer’s unique voice, users have shared their image millions of times. But their record label decided...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss, Elliot Harmon | October 29, 2019

Inventergy Backs Away from Nuisance Lawsuit over GPS Patent

EasyTracGPS is a family-owned business that provides GPS tracking solutions to commercial shipping fleets. Recently, EasyTracGPS faced a litigation threat from Inventergy LBS, LLC, which accused it of infringing U.S. Patent No. 8,760,286. That patent supposedly claims a “[s]ystem and method for communication with a tracking device,” but like...

Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti | October 29, 2019

Las empresas pueden hacer todavía más por proteger la privacidad en Brasil: Internet Lab publica el cuarto informe "Quién defiende sus Datos".

Internet Lab, el centro de investigación independiente brasileño, ha publicado su cuarto informe anual de "Quem Defende Seus Dados?" ("¿Quién defiende sus datos?"), comparando las políticas de sus proveedores locales de servicios de Internet (ISP) y la forma en la que tratan los datos de los...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | October 28, 2019

The Ethics Board of One of the Largest Vendors of Police Tech Makes the Case Against ALPRs

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs)—a mass surveillance technology that allows law enforcement to record the location and travel patterns of nearly every driver on the road—are poorly regulated, threaten privacy, and worsen the racial and economic inequalities already ingrained in our justice system. That’s what EFF and other...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | October 28, 2019

DNS over HTTPS Will Give You Back Privacy that Big ISPs Fought to Take Away

An absurd thing is happening in the halls of Congress. Major ISPs such as Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon are banging on the doors of legislators to stop the deployment of DNS over HTTPS (DoH), a technology that will give users one of the biggest upgrades to their Internet privacy...

Deeplinks Blog by Eva Galperin, Cindy Cohn | October 28, 2019

Private Companies, Government Surveillance Software and Human Rights

It's old news that governments around the world are misusing private company-sold digital surveillance software track and target people for human rights abuses. Recently, Amnesty International reported finding that two prominent Moroccan human rights defenders had been targeted using Israeli-based NSO Group’s software. Just this week WhatsApp sued...

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Why Adding Client-Side Scanning Breaks End-To-End Encryption

Phony HTTPS Everywhere Extension Used in Fake Tor Browser

Strengthen California’s Next Consumer Data Privacy Initiative

Energy Data Privacy: How Climate Changes Everything

EFF-Austin Happy Hour With Civitech!

Facebook Faces Another Congressional Grilling

Habeas Data – Book talk by Cyrus Farivar

Hollywood Hacking Sampler

Digital Defenses for the People: Practical Digital Security

Nickelback's Record Label Abuses Copyright to Silence Political Speech

Inventergy Backs Away from Nuisance Lawsuit over GPS Patent

Las empresas pueden hacer todavía más por proteger la privacidad en Brasil: Internet Lab publica el cuarto informe "Quién defiende sus Datos".

The Ethics Board of One of the Largest Vendors of Police Tech Makes the Case Against ALPRs

DNS over HTTPS Will Give You Back Privacy that Big ISPs Fought to Take Away

Private Companies, Government Surveillance Software and Human Rights

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