Preserve What Works, Fix What is Broken
The Internet has seen better days. It once promised liberation: anyone with a computing device can connect with the world, anonymously or not, to tell their story, organize, educate, and learn. But today for many, the online experience means being locked into a few powerful platforms, nonconsensually tracked across the Web, with our ability to access and share information left at the mercy of algorithmic decision systems that curate our online lives.
Judge Upends Vallejo’s Use of a Stingray
Cops in Vallejo have put their controversial cell-phone surveillance tool back in the box, after a judge released a tentative ruling (which the judge might or might not later finalize or amend) that they'd acquired it in violation of state law. The case was brought by Oakland Privacy, the EFF...
Urgent: EARN IT Act Introduced in House of Representatives
The dangerous EARN IT Act passed the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, and now it’s been introduced in the House of Representatives.Take ActionTell Congress to Reject the Earn It ActWe need your help to stop this anti-speech, anti-security bill. Email your elected officials in both chambers of...
The Online Content Policy Modernization Act Is an Unconstitutional Mess
EFF is standing with a huge coalition of organizations to urge Congress to oppose the Online Content Policy Modernization Act (OCPMA, S. 4632). Introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the OCPMA is yet another of this year’s flood of misguided attacks on Internet speech (read bill [pdf]). The...
Vote for EFF on CREDO's October Ballot
Right now you can help EFF receive a portion of a $150,000 donation pool just by casting your vote! EFF is one of the three nonprofits featured in CREDO's giving group this month, so if you vote for EFF by October 31 you will direct a bigger piece of...
Broad Coalition Urges Court Not to Block California’s Net Neutrality Law
After the federal government rolled back net neutrality protections for consumers in 2017, California stepped up and passed a bill that does what FCC wouldn’t: bar telecoms from blocking and throttling Internet content and imposing paid prioritization schemes. The law, SB 822, ensures that that all Californians have full access...
Tell the Department of Homeland Security: Stop Collecting DNA and other Biometrics
Update (10/16/20): The comment window is now closed. EFF will be posting our response to the DHS in the days to come. Thank you to everyone who made your voice heard against this unjust rule change.)We need your help. On September 11, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
California Community Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Broadband Access—Add Your Organization to the List
More than fifty California organizations, businesses, and public officials—including the AARP of California, the San Francisco Tech Council, the California Center for Rural Policy, the Khan Academy, and a number of California cities and counties—join Common Sense Kids Action and EFF in urging Governor Gavin Newsom to call the...
Bust 'Em All: Let's De-Monopolize Tech, Telecoms AND Entertainment
The early 1980s were a period of tremendous foment and excitement for tech. In the four years between 1980 and 1984, Americans met:The Vic-20 (1980);The Commodore 64 (1981);The IBM PC (1982); andThe PC-compatible ROM (1984)But no matter how exciting things were in Silicon Valley during those years, even more...
Introducing “YAYA”, a New Threat Hunting Tool From EFF Threat Lab
At the EFF Threat Lab we spend a lot of time hunting for malware that targets vulnerable populations, but we also spend time trying to classify malware samples that we have come across. One of the tools we use for this is YARA. YARA is described as “The Pattern...
