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Press Release | February 27, 2019

EFF Supporting California’s Privacy For All Bill, Which Puts People, Not Tech Companies, in Control of Personal Data

San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is standing with Californians demanding more control over their personal data by supporting the Privacy For All bill, which requires tech companies to get their permission to share and use private information.“All eyes are on California, which has taken the lead nationwide in passing...

Deeplinks Blog by Malkia Cyril | February 26, 2019

Watching the Black Body

[This is a guest post authored by Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice. It was originally published in The End of Trust (McSweeney's 54)] In December 2017, FBI agents forced Rakem Balogun and his fifteen-year-old son out of their Dallas home. They arrested Balogun...

Deeplinks Blog by Jacob Hoffman-Andrews | February 26, 2019

ETS Isn't TLS and You Shouldn't Use It

The good news: TLS 1.3 is available, and the protocol, which powers HTTPS and many other encrypted communications, is better and more secure than its predecessors (including SSL). The bad news: Thanks to a financial industry group called BITS, there’s a look-alike protocol brewing called ETS (or...

Deeplinks Blog by India McKinney, Katharine Trendacosta | February 25, 2019

More Consumer Data Privacy Hearings Without Enough Consumer Data Privacy Advocates

Last year, the U.S. Senate held a hearing about consumer privacy without a single voice for actual consumers. At the time, we were promised more hearings with more diverse voices. And while a hearing a month later with consumer advocates did seem to be a step forward, this...

Event | April 26, 2019

EFF at LinuxFest Northwest 2019

EFF is proud to be a part of the Open Source community at LinuxFest Northwest this year for its 20th Anniversary in Bellingham, WA. LinuxFest Northwest is a free community event for people of all technical skill levels. Stop by our table in the expo hall to talk about digital...

Event | March 3, 2019

EFF at BSides SF 2019

EFF is proud to be a part of BSides SF 2019 at City View at the Metreon in downtown San Francisco, March 2 and 3. Check out our Ask the EFF Panel at 4:50 pm on Sunday, March 3. All day Sunday and...

Event | March 7, 2019

EFF at SCaLE 17x

We're happy to be returning to the 17th Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE), where you can find the EFF table in the expo hall all weekend. We're offering member special rates and unique EFF shwag for donation. Come say hi! More information about SCALe here: SCaLE 17X – the 17th...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama, Adam Schwartz | February 25, 2019

Governments Must Face the Facts about Face Surveillance, and Stop Using It

It’s time for governments to confront the harmful consequences of using facial recognition technology as an instrument of surveillance. Yet law enforcement agencies across the country are purchasing face surveillance technology with insufficient oversight—despite the many ways it harms privacy and free speech and exacerbates racial injustice. EFF...

Deeplinks Blog by Michael Barclay | February 25, 2019

EFF Asks the Supreme Court to Clean Up the Oracle v. Google Mess

EFF has just filed an amicus brief in support of Google’s petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the long-running case of Oracle v. Google. The case asks whether functional aspects of computer programs are copyrightable, and...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | February 24, 2019

Artists Against Article 13: When Big Tech and Big Content Make a Meal of Creators, It Doesn't Matter Who Gets the Bigger Piece

Article 13 is the on-again/off-again controversial proposal to make virtually every online community, service, and platform legally liable for any infringing material posted by their users, even very briefly, even if there was no conceivable way for the online service provider to know that a copyright infringement had...

Deeplinks Blog by Rebecca Jeschke | February 22, 2019

Win in Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional ‘Cyberstalking’ Law Chilling Free Speech

Great news out of Washington state: a federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment protects speech on the Internet, even from anonymous speakers, and even if it’s embarrassing. EFF has been fighting this statute for a long time. It’s a prime example of how sloppy...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin | February 22, 2019

Cyber-Mercenary Groups Shouldn't be Trusted in Your Browser or Anywhere Else

DarkMatter, the notorious cyber-mercenary firm based in the United Arab Emirates, is seeking to become approved as a top-level certificate authority in Mozilla’s root certificate program. Giving such a trusted position to this company would be a very bad idea. DarkMatter has a business interest in subverting encryption...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | February 21, 2019

What’s the Emergency? Keeping International Requests for Law Enforcement Access Secure and Safe for Internet Users

Law enforcement access to data is in the middle of a profound shake-up across the globe. States are pushing to get quicker, deeper, and more invasive access to personal data stored on the global Internet, and are looking to water down the international safeguards around privacy and due...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | February 20, 2019

The Public Deserves a Return to the 2015 Open Internet Order

Congress is actively debating how to fix the FCC’s repeal of the net neutrality rules. But the first bills offered (H.R. 1101 (Walden), H.R. 1006 (Latta), and H.R. 1096 (McMorris Rodgers) focus narrowly on the “bright line” rules of no blocking, no throttling, and no paid prioritization...

Event | March 9, 2019

Cindy Cohn & Cory Doctorow at SXSW in Austin

EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn and EFF Special Consultant / author Cory Doctorow, will join Electronic Frontier Alliance group EFF-Austin at their annual SXSW informal shindig. This year they're throwing a house party and all the cyberpunks are invited! Come join the...

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EFF Supporting California’s Privacy For All Bill, Which Puts People, Not Tech Companies, in Control of Personal Data

Watching the Black Body

ETS Isn't TLS and You Shouldn't Use It

More Consumer Data Privacy Hearings Without Enough Consumer Data Privacy Advocates

EFF at LinuxFest Northwest 2019

EFF at BSides SF 2019

EFF at SCaLE 17x

Governments Must Face the Facts about Face Surveillance, and Stop Using It

EFF Asks the Supreme Court to Clean Up the Oracle v. Google Mess

Artists Against Article 13: When Big Tech and Big Content Make a Meal of Creators, It Doesn't Matter Who Gets the Bigger Piece

Win in Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional ‘Cyberstalking’ Law Chilling Free Speech

Cyber-Mercenary Groups Shouldn't be Trusted in Your Browser or Anywhere Else

What’s the Emergency? Keeping International Requests for Law Enforcement Access Secure and Safe for Internet Users

The Public Deserves a Return to the 2015 Open Internet Order

Cindy Cohn & Cory Doctorow at SXSW in Austin

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