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Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin | October 4, 2018

There are Many Problems With Mobile Privacy but the Presidential Alert Isn’t One of Them

On Wednesday, most cell phones in the US received a jarring alert at the same time. This was a test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system, also commonly known as the Presidential Alert. This is an unblockable nationwide alert system which is operated by Federal Emergency Management Agency (*not*...

Deeplinks Blog by Rebecca Jeschke | October 3, 2018

New York City Home-Sharing Ordinance Could Create Privacy Nightmare

Many cities across the country are struggling with issues surrounding short-term vacation rentals and how they affect the availability and price of housing for local residents. However, New York City’s latest ordinance aimed at regulating home-sharing platforms is an extraordinary governmental overreach with invasive privacy ramifications, and EFF...

Event | October 12, 2018

Hack Back Web Series Premiere

Written and directed by Messiah Rhodes, associate producer at VICE, Hack Back chronicles the lives of three people, living with pangs of alienation, loneliness, and the struggle found in a life filled with tenuous low wage employment. The series is designed to demystify digital security in a subliminal and fun...

Press Release | October 3, 2018

Briefing Thursday: EFF’s Eva Galperin and Lookout Discuss, Demo Cybersecurity Attacks On Democracy

Washington, D.C.—On Thursday, Oct. 4, at 2 pm, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin will speak at a special session for congressional staffers and representatives about how malware and spyware targeted at mobile devices is being used against dissidents, activists, journalists, and others to disrupt democracy...

Deeplinks Blog by Nathan Sheard | October 3, 2018

Lifting the Cloak of Secrecy From NYPD Surveillance Technology

For too long, the New York Police Department has secretly deployed cutting-edge spy tech, without notice to the public. Many of these snooping devices invade our privacy, deter our free speech, and disparately burden minority and immigrant communities. Fortunately, a proposed ordinance (“the POST Act”) would lift the cloak of...

Event | October 15, 2018

Discussion Hosted by TA3M Portland

A local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF) will host this event: Election security: How hackable are Oregon's vote scanners? As Oregonians know, the state has a mail-in voting system, where all ballots are cast either by mail or by dropping them...

Event | October 9, 2018

Discussion Hosted by EFF-Austin

A local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF) will host this event: Habeas Data Book Signing with Cyrus Farivar Cyrus Farivar, Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica, will read excerpts from and sign copies of his new book, Habeas Data, about 50...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | October 2, 2018

McSweeney’s and EFF Team Up for “The End of Trust”

For 20 years, McSweeney’s has been the first name (or last name, actually) in emerging short fiction. But this November, McSweeney’s will debut the first all-non-fiction issue of Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern: “The End of Trust” (Issue 54) is a collection of essays and interviews focusing on issues...

Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti | October 2, 2018

Noticias Fraudulentas y Elecciones en Brasil: Muchas Iniciativas, Ninguna Respuesta Fácil

Las elecciones federales de Brasil están programadas para el 7 de octubre de 2018, pero el temor de que las "noticias fraudulentas" en línea puedan interferir injustamente en el proceso electoral ha estado asomando sobre el país durante mucho más tiempo que la campaña de este año. En junio, el...

Deeplinks Blog by Sydney Young, Lindsay Oliver, Sydney Li | October 1, 2018

EFF's DEF CON 26 T-Shirt Puzzle

In August, EFF unveiled our ninth limited edition DEF CON exclusive member t-shirt. Like previous years, the design of this year’s shirt was inspired by the conference’s theme, 1983. That number isn’t just the year before 1984. It was also the year a brilliant artist named Keith Haring...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | October 1, 2018

California’s Net Neutrality Law: What’s Happened, What’s Next

Over the weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown signed S.B. 822, which guarantees strong net neutrality protections for citizens of California. Within hours, however, the federal government announced its intention to sue California for stepping in where the feds have abdicated responsibility. What happens next is going to be full of procedural...

Deeplinks Blog by Gennie Gebhart, Starchy Grant | October 1, 2018

The Devil Is in The Details Of Project Verify’s Goal To Eliminate Passwords

A coalition of the four largest U.S. wireless providers calling itself the Mobile Authentication Taskforce recently announced an initiative named Project Verify. This project would let users log in to apps and websites with their phone instead of a password, or serve as an...

Deeplinks Blog by Stephanie Lacambra, Kit Walsh | October 1, 2018

EFF Urges Ninth Circuit to Let Criminal Defense Teams Vet Forensic Software

You shouldn’t be convicted by secret evidence in a functional democracy. So when the government uses forensic software to investigate and build its case in a criminal prosecution, it should not hide that technological evidence from the defense. In an amicus brief filed today EFF urged the Ninth Circuit...

Event | October 26, 2018

A wie ANONYM

Seth Schoen presents a keynote address on "The Cypherpunk's Anonymity" at the conference A wie ANONYM. KampnagelJarrestraße 20, Hamburg, Germany

Event | October 18, 2018

TurkuSec October 2018 meeting

Seth Schoen speaks on "The History of the Battle for Privacy". TurkuSec October meetupSparkUp TurkuTykistökatu 4b, Turku, Finland

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There are Many Problems With Mobile Privacy but the Presidential Alert Isn’t One of Them

New York City Home-Sharing Ordinance Could Create Privacy Nightmare

Hack Back Web Series Premiere

Briefing Thursday: EFF’s Eva Galperin and Lookout Discuss, Demo Cybersecurity Attacks On Democracy

Lifting the Cloak of Secrecy From NYPD Surveillance Technology

Discussion Hosted by TA3M Portland

Discussion Hosted by EFF-Austin

McSweeney’s and EFF Team Up for “The End of Trust”

Noticias Fraudulentas y Elecciones en Brasil: Muchas Iniciativas, Ninguna Respuesta Fácil

EFF's DEF CON 26 T-Shirt Puzzle

California’s Net Neutrality Law: What’s Happened, What’s Next

The Devil Is in The Details Of Project Verify’s Goal To Eliminate Passwords

EFF Urges Ninth Circuit to Let Criminal Defense Teams Vet Forensic Software

A wie ANONYM

TurkuSec October 2018 meeting

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