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Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | July 29, 2019

Equifax Settlement Won’t be Enough to Deter Future Breaches: The Law Must Catch Up

Last week, news broke of a large financial settlement for the massive 2017 Equifax data breach affecting 147 million Americans. While the direct compensation to those harmed and the fines paid are important, it’s equally important to evaluate how much this result is likely to create strong incentives to...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta, Jason Kelley | July 29, 2019

Congress Is Home For the Summer and Ready to Hear From You

When it comes to politics, in-person meetings make a huge difference. Just a few questions from constituents during town halls can show a representative or senator which issues are resonating with the residents of their district or state. Even if you’ve never met an elected representative before, showing up IRL...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue | July 29, 2019

Thanks for Fighting for a Better Digital Future

We at EFF are deeply grateful to each one of the 2,076 people who gave a donation during our Better Digital Future membership drive. They join the over 30,000 supporters around the world who have answered our call to reclaim the fate of the Internet. Your help allows us to...

Deeplinks Blog by Elliot Harmon, India McKinney | July 26, 2019

The Key to Safety Online Is User Empowerment, Not Censorship

The Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on “Protecting Digital Innocence.” The hearing covered a range of problems facing young people on the Internet today, with a focus on harmful content and privacy-invasive data practices by tech companies. While children do face problems online, some committee members seemed...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | July 26, 2019

This Summer, Take Some Time to Stand Up for Net Neutrality

As we head into the August, Congress will be on recess and most of your senators and representatives will be heading back to their home states. That means it’ll be easier for you to reach out and talk to them or their staff and ask them to act on important...

Deeplinks Blog by Gennie Gebhart | July 25, 2019

Fixed? The FTC Orders Facebook to Stop Using Your 2FA Number for Ads

Since academics and investigative journalists first reported last year that Facebook was using people’s two-factor authentication numbers and “shadow” contact information for targeted advertising, Facebook has shown little public interest in fixing this critical problem. Subsequent demands that Facebook stop all non-essential uses of these...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | July 25, 2019

Adblocking: How About Nah?

For more than a decade, consumer rights groups (including EFF) worked with technologists and companies to try to standardize Do Not Track, a flag that browsers could send to online companies signaling that their users did not want their browsing activity tracked. Despite long hours and backing from the...

Deeplinks Blog by Hannah Diaz | July 25, 2019

Original Cult of the Dead Cow Members Keep it "Wacky, Weird, and Wild" to Celebrate Joseph Menn's Newest Book

On June 18, the Internet Archive hosted a reading and panel discussion in celebration of Joseph Menn's new book Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World. As the evening's event began, an archived video of Cult of the...

Deeplinks Blog by Bennett Cyphers | July 24, 2019

Thank Q, Next

In its next release, Android plans to up its privacy game. But the operating system still caters to ad trackers at its users’ expense. The newest release of Android, dubbed “Q,” is currently in late-stage beta testing and slated for a full release this summer. After a year defined...

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington | July 24, 2019

EFF Extensions Recommended by Firefox

Earlier this month, Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 68, which includes a curated "list of recommended extensions that have been thoroughly reviewed for security, usability and usefulness." We are pleased to announce that both of our popular browser extensions, HTTPS Everywhere and Privacy ...

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | July 24, 2019

The FTC-Facebook Settlement Does Too Little to Protect Your Privacy

EFF is disappointed by the terms of the settlement agreement announced today between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Facebook. It is grossly inadequate to the task of protecting the privacy of technology users from Facebook’s surveillance-based system of social networking and targeted advertising. This settlement arises from the...

Event | December 31, 1969

EFF at Colpin 2019

EFF's Senior Investigative Researcher Dave Maass and EFF's International Rights Director Katitza Rodrigez will be speaking at Colpin, the Latin American Conference on Investigative Journalism in Mexico City to journalists about "Investigative Reporting: The Paper Trail of Digital Surveillance" and "Latin America's surveillance boom: What we know so far" respectively...

Event | August 7, 2019

Black Hat Briefings 2019: Hacking for the Greater Good - Empowering Technologists to Strengthen Digital Society

Location: South Seas CDF Track: Community We’re at a critical juncture right now where the benefits from technological advances are increasingly counterbalanced by harmful applications and perilous consequences. Cyberattacks are crippling hospitals and threatening public health, governments are using malware and online propaganda to undermine elections and democracies and widespread...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | July 23, 2019

When Will We Get the Full Truth About How and Why the Government Is Using Face Recognition?

Earlier this month, the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing to discuss the role of face recognition and other invasive biometric technologies in use by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Despite some pushback from some lawmakers on the committee, John Wagner of the U.S. Customs and...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | July 23, 2019

Thank Laws Supported By AT&T and Comcast for California’s Broadband Monopoly Problem

If you, like a great many Californians, have shopped for high-speed broadband options (in excess of 100 mbps) and found that you always ended up with Comcast, it is because the state’s legislature has failed to promote broadband competition for more than ten years. That reality has resulted in...

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Equifax Settlement Won’t be Enough to Deter Future Breaches: The Law Must Catch Up

Congress Is Home For the Summer and Ready to Hear From You

Thanks for Fighting for a Better Digital Future

The Key to Safety Online Is User Empowerment, Not Censorship

This Summer, Take Some Time to Stand Up for Net Neutrality

Fixed? The FTC Orders Facebook to Stop Using Your 2FA Number for Ads

Adblocking: How About Nah?

Original Cult of the Dead Cow Members Keep it "Wacky, Weird, and Wild" to Celebrate Joseph Menn's Newest Book

Thank Q, Next

EFF Extensions Recommended by Firefox

The FTC-Facebook Settlement Does Too Little to Protect Your Privacy

EFF at Colpin 2019

Black Hat Briefings 2019: Hacking for the Greater Good - Empowering Technologists to Strengthen Digital Society

When Will We Get the Full Truth About How and Why the Government Is Using Face Recognition?

Thank Laws Supported By AT&T and Comcast for California’s Broadband Monopoly Problem

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