Australian Government Wants to Give Satire The Boot
KRACK Vulnerability: What You Need To Know
This week security researchers announced a newly discovered vulnerability dubbed KRACK, which affects several common security protocols for Wi-Fi, including WPA (Wireless Protected Access) and WPA2. This is a bad vulnerability in that it likely affects billions of devices, many of which are...
Expanding E-Verify is a Privacy Disaster in the Making
E-Verify is a massive federal data system used to verify the eligibility of job applicants to work in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) administer E-Verify. Until now, the federal government has not...
South Dakota Civil Liberties Groups Urge Senator Thune to Put the Brakes on SESTA
A coalition of civil liberties groups in South Dakota is sending a clear message to Senator John Thune: don’t turn your back on our right to assemble online.
The ACLU of South Dakota, Indivisible 605, Indivisible Rapid City, and Queer South Dakota signed a letter [.pdf] urging Senator...
Alice Saves Medical Startup From Death By Telehealth Patent
Whistleblower Protections in USA Liberty Act Not Enough
The USA Liberty Act fails to safeguard whistleblowers—both as federal employees and contractors—because of a total lack of protection from criminal prosecution. These shortcomings—which exist in other whistleblower protection laws—shine a light on much-needed Espionage Act reform, a law that has been used to stifle anti-war speech and punish...
Digital Rights Groups Demand Deletion of Unlawful Filtering Mandate From Proposed EU Copyright Law
Today EFF and 56 other civil society organizations have sent an open letter [PDF] to European lawmakers outlining our grave concerns with Article 13 of the proposed new Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which would impose a new responsibility on Internet platforms to filter content that...
USA Liberty Act Won’t Fix What’s Most Broken with NSA Internet Surveillance
A key legal linchpin for the National Security Agency’s vast Internet surveillance program is scheduled to disappear in under 90 days. Section 702 of FISA—enacted in 2008 with little public awareness about the scope and power of the NSA’s surveillance of the Internet—supposedly directs the NSA’s powerful surveillance apparatus...
Q&A with Professor Xiaoxing Xi, Victim of Unjust Surveillance
California Governor Signs Bill to Defend Against Religious Registries
On the last day to act on legislation in 2017, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill creating a firewall between the state's data and any attempt by the federal government to create lists, registries, or databases based on a person's religion, nationality, or ethnicity.
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