PCLOB “Book Report” Fails to Investigate or Tell the Public the Truth About Domestic Mass Surveillance
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) has concluded its six-year investigation into Executive Order 12333, one of the most sprawling and influential authorities that enables the U.S. government’s mass surveillance programs. The result is a bland, short summary of a classified report, as well as a justified,...
Setbacks in the FTC’s Antitrust Suit Against Facebook Show Why We Need the ACCESS Act
After a marathon markup last week, a number of bills targeting Big Tech’s size and power, including the critical ACCESS Act, were passed out of committee and now await a vote by the entire House of Representatives. This week, decisions by a federal court tossing out both the Federal...
A Wide, Diverse Coalition Agrees on What Congress Needs to Do About Our Broadband
EFF to Ecuador's Human Rights Secretariat: Protecting Security Experts is Vital to Safeguard Everyone's Rights
Today, EFF sent a letter to Ecuador's Human Rights Secretariat about the troubling, slow-motion case against the Swedish computer security expert Ola Bini since his arrest in April 2019, following Julian Assange's ejection from Ecuador's London Embassy. Ola Bini faced 70 days of imprisonment until a Habeas...
Supreme Court Says You Can’t Sue the Corporation that Wrongly Marked You A Terrorist
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court late last week barred the courthouse door to thousands of people who were wrongly marked as “potential terrorists” by credit giant TransUnion. The Court’s analysis of their “standing” —whether they were sufficiently injured to file a lawsuit—reflects a naïve view of the...
Decoding California's New Digital Vaccine Records and Potential Dangers
This post was updated on 6/29/21 to more accurately describe how New York is running its voluntary vaccine passport programThe State of California recently released what it calls a “Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record.” It is part of that state’s recent easing of...
[VISUAL] The Overlapping Infrastructure of Urban Surveillance, and How to Fix It
Now Is The Time: Tell Congress to Ban Federal Use of Face Recognition
Cities and states across the country have banned government use of face surveillance technology, and many more are weighing proposals to do so. From Boston to San Francisco, New Orleans to Minneapolis, elected officials and activists know that face surveillance gives police the power to track...
How Big ISPs Are Trying to Burn California’s $7 Billion Broadband Fund
Standing With Security Researchers Against Misuse of the DMCA
Security research is vital to protecting the computers upon which we all depend, and protecting the people who have integrated electronic devices into their daily lives. To conduct security research, we need to protect the researchers, and allow them the tools to find and fix vulnerabilities. The Digital Millennium Copyright...
