Free Signal Guide
EFF friend Guy Kawasaki* has written a book: Everybody Has Something to Hide: Why and How to Use Signal to Preserve Your Privacy, Security, and Well-Being. This guide is now available in Spanish and English as an ebook in the EPUB format that you can download here. Take a look...
Milestone 1.0.0 Release of APK Downloader `apkeep` Powers Research on Android Apps
Last week, we released apkeep version 1.0.0, the latest edition of our command-line Android package downloading software. Rather than indicating major changes for the project, this milestone instead signifies arriving at a relatively stable and mature place after gradual iteration on the project over the course of over...
👎 California's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Social Media Ban | EFFector 38.9
The SECURE Data Act is Not a Serious Piece of Privacy Legislation
Offline: Osama Khalid
Doctor, Wikipedian and digital rights activist, Saudi Arabia
Arrested: July 2020, RiyadhÂ
Currently serving a 14-year sentence
Osama Khalid is a prominent Wikipedian and digital rights activist in Saudi Arabia. A medical doctor by profession, he worked as a volunteer administrator for Arabic Wikipedia and published a blog where he advocated against censorship and in support of human rights and freedoms.Â
EFF and 18 Organizations Urge UK Policymakers to Prioritize Addressing the Roots of Online Harm
Shut Down Turnkey Totalitarianism
EFF Submission to UK Consultation on Digital ID
Last September, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to introduce a new digital ID scheme in the country. The scheme aims to make it easier for people to prove their identities by creating a virtual ID on personal devices with information like names, date of birth,...
A Bridge to Somewhere: How to Link Your Mastodon, Bluesky, or Other Federated Accounts
Utah’s New Law Targeting VPNs Goes Into Effect May 6th
Update, May 11, 2026: Utah has agreed to not enforce the VPN law until Sept. 3, 2026 after Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub.com, challenged the law in court.For the last couple of years, we’ve watched the same predictable cycle play out across the globe: a state (or country) passes...
