The House Votes in Favor of Disastrous Copyright Bill
EFF and Partners Urge U.S. Lawmakers to Support New DoH Protocol for a More Secure Internet
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today called on Congress to support implementation of an Internet protocol that encrypts web traffic, a critical tool that will lead to dramatic improvements in user privacy and help impede the ability of governments to track and censor people.EFF, joined by Consumer Reports and...
Apple’s Split Brain: Building Levers for Improved Security or Content Censorship?
For many years, Chinese users of Apple devices have had a very different experience from non-Chinese users. Chinese users can’t type or see the Taiwanese flag emoji (which has even caused severe bugs in the past); iCloud backups and encryption keys for Chinese users are stored locally within...
EFF to Amazon and Shaq: Stop Pushing Police Partnerships with Doorbell Camera Company
Chicago – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging Amazon, along with basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, to cancel an event promoting Ring home-surveillance cameras at a police chiefs’ conference in Chicago later this month. EFF and many other civil liberties and privacy organizations are growing increasingly concerned about privacy-invasive partnerships...
EFF Challenges Ring Spokesperson Shaq Over Privacy Concerns
Join EFF In Our Challenge to Ring Spokesperson Shaq Over Privacy Concerns
EFF is challenging Shaq to a one-on-one: not on the basketball court, but across the table, so we can discuss with him how the ubiquitous surveillance facilitated by Ring and its privacy-invasive partnerships with police can harm communities.
Ready to Pay $30,000 for Sharing a Photo Online? The House of Representatives Thinks You Are
Tomorrow the House of Representatives has scheduled to vote on what appears to be an unconstitutional copyright bill that carries with it life altering penalties. The bill would slap $30,000 fines on Internet users who share a copyrighted work they don’t own online.Take ActionNow is the time...
Tell HUD: Algorithms Shouldn't Be an Excuse to Discriminate
Update 10/18: EFF has submitted its comments to HUD, which you can read here. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released a proposed rule that will have grave consequences for the enforcement of fair housing laws. Under the Fair Housing Act, individuals can...
EFF Comments on HUD Proposed Rule on Disparate Impact and Algorithmic Defenses - October 2019
Massachusetts: Tell Your Lawmakers to Press Pause on Government Face Surveillance
Face surveillance by government poses a threat to our privacy, chills protest in public places, and amplifies historical biases in our criminal justice system. Massachusetts has the opportunity to become the first state to stop government use of this troubling technology, from Provincetown to Pittsfield.Massachusetts residents: tell your legislature to...
