Internet Free Speech for People on Supervised Release from Prison
Update July 14, 2016: Last week, the federal appeals court for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Chaker. The court held that Chaker's blog posts did not violate his supervised release conditions because they were not harassment or defamation. Because the court ruled in favor of Chaker on...
A Call to the Security Community: The W3C's DRM Extension Must Be Investigated
The World Wide Web Consortium has published a "Candidate Recommendation" for Encrypted Media Extensions, a pathway to DRM for streaming video.
A large community of security researchers and public interest groups have been alarmed by the security implications of baking DRM into the HTML5 standard. That's because DRM...
EFF Joins Stars to Rock Against the TPP
New EEOC Rules Allow Employers to Pay for Employees’ Health Information
New EEOC Rules Allow Employers to Pay for Employees’ Health Information
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions for employee wellness programs give employers the power to reward or penalize their employees based on whether they complete health screenings and participate in fitness programs. While wellness programs are often welcomed, they put most employees in a bind: give your employer access to...
California Grounds Two Bad Drone Bills
When EFF analyzes state legislation regulating the operation of drones, we look for a few elements. How will the bill affect law enforcement use of drones? And how will the bill impact private drone use, whether for recreation, journalism, or innovative new business applications? Will the legislation protect...
Researchers Confirm EFF’s Binge On Findings—And Learn How to Get Binge On to Zero-Rate Everything
EFF’s headline-making research earlier this year showed that T-Mobile’s Binge On program wasn’t exactly working as advertised. Now, researchers at Northeastern University and the University of Southern California have published a paper confirming EFF’s findings in detail—even revealing a major weakness in...
EFF Joins Stars to Rock Against the TPP and Finally Defeat It
One of the hardest pills to swallow about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is that our opinion about it (and yours) really isn't worth much. When we look at the only three industries that have reportedly been holding up passage of the deal through Congress—big pharma,...
Ever Use Someone Else’s Password? Go to Jail, says the Ninth Circuit
Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case called United States v. Nosal, held 2-1 that using someone else’s password, even with their knowledge and permission, is a federal criminal offense. This dangerous ruling threatens to upend a good decision that the Ninth Circuit...
Senate Still Considering Giving FBI More Power to Spy on Browser History
Despite strong opposition in Congress and from the grassroots, the FBI is still pushing to expand its National Security Letter (NSL) authority. The proposed amendments would allow the FBI to serve companies with NSLs and obtain a wide range of Internet records, known as Electronic Communication Transactional Records (ECTRs),...
