The UK's Proposed Spy Law Would Force Apple to Secretly Hack its Phones Too
The FBI's demand that Apple craft new software to bypass iOS's security protections has ignited a worldwide debate about a government's ability to force tech companies to sabotage their own security. One repeated question has been: will other countries, like China, demand the same powers?
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The Kafkaesque Battle of Soulseek and PayPal, and Why Free Speech Defenders Should be Worried About Payment Networks
Does your business follow copyright law to the best of its ability? Not good enough. At least that was the case for one long-standing peer-to-peer network, which had its payment processing shut down after more than 14 years of being a loyal PayPal customer.
Soulseek, a peer-to-peer file-sharing network,...
The Murky Waters of International Copyright Law
Protecting Fair Use from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Copyright is too often used to stifle speech and restrict common sense uses of creative works, from books, to films, textbooks, images, and music. That's why we need exceptions and limitations to copyright, to serve as a safety valve against these kinds...
A Texas City Rescinds "No Cost" License Plate Reader Deal For Being "Big-Brotherish"
At the beginning of the year, the City of Kyle, Texas, approved a controversial agreement to install automated license plate recognition (ALPR) technology in its police vehicles. The devices would come at no cost to the city’s budget; instead, police would also be outfitted with credit card readers and...
EFF Urges Appeals Court to Allow Wikimedia and Others to Fight NSA Surveillance
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to permit Wikimedia and other groups to continue their lawsuit against the NSA over illegal Internet surveillance. A ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in Wikimedia v. NSA would follow...
Pwning Tomorrow: Today!
Join EFF for an afternoon with the authors of Pwning Tomorrow, our free ebook anthology of speculative fiction! EFF's Dave Maass will lead Pwning Tomorrow authors Cory Doctorow, Annalee Newitz, Carolyn Jewel, Hannu Rajaniemi, Eileen Gunn, Ramez Naam, and Rudy Rucker in...






