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EFFecting Change: If You Own It, Why Can't You Fix It? on July 23

EFF Lawsuits Seek Records About 'Hemisphere' Phone Call Collection and Drug Enforcement Program

San Francisco ­– The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Justice and the California Attorney General’s office demanding records that shed light on a secret drug enforcement program that allows federal and local law enforcement agents to obtain citizens’ phone call records from AT&T.
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In Light of Hacking Team Leaks, EFF and Latin American Civil Society Groups Call for Greater Oversight of Surveillance Technology

The digital security community has been reacting this week to leaked documents from italian surveillance company Hacking Team. The documents, which include lists of contracts and sales pitches to some of the worst authoritarian regimes and countries with weak democracies, show a global industry of sales to states of software...

Europe Blocks Progress for Libraries and Educators at WIPO

Last week negotiators from around the world came together as the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) standing committee on copyright (SCCR) resumed consideration of its two current work items: the on-again, off-again broadcasters' rights treaty, and the harmonization of minimum copyright limitations and exceptions...

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FBI's Revival of Crypto Wars Part II Continues At Two Hearings in Congress

The FBI wants to ensure everyday people can't use strong encryption. For over nine months FBI Director James Comey has been pushing the FBI's twenty-year-old talking points about why he wants to reduce the security in your devices, rather than help you increase it. Director Comey will appear at...
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Powerful Coalition Letter Highlights Danger of ICANN’s New Domain Registration Proposal

EFF has joined 46 organizations and 105 individuals to oppose a new domain registration proposal in front of the Internet Corporation for Assignment of Names and Numbers (ICANN). From Academy Award-winning documentary film director Laura Poitras to the National Council of Women's Organizations to Chayn, an...

EFF at DEF CON 23


Join EFF at DEF CON 23! Catch EFF speakers and stop by our information booth in the Vendor and Contest areas to find out about the latest developments in protecting digital freedom. You can even sign up as an EFF member and pick up some great swag!
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