EFF Statement on Mozilla and the Importance of the Open Internet
We support the Mozilla community and the vital work they've done—and must keep doing—for the open Internet. EFF has been following the discussions around the choice of Brendan Eich as Mozilla’s CEO, including the announcement that he is stepping down.
As partners to Mozilla in campaigns that...
Philippines: Inching Toward Censorship
[Accessing] any part of a computer system without right. Cyber-squatting. Cybersex. Computer-related forgery. What do these things have in common? They are all punishable acts under Philippines’ Cybercrime Prevention Act.
EFF has closely followed the Philippines Republic Act No. 10175, also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act, since...
Yahoo Protects Users with Lots More Encryption
We were thrilled to hear today that Yahoo is carrying through a concerted effort to protect users across its sites and services by rolling out routine encryption in several parts of its infrastructure. The company's statement announced that, among other things, it now encrypts traffic between its data centers,...
EFF Files Supreme Court Brief Defending Internet Streaming Service
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed an amicus brief in American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, a case before the United States Supreme Court that could have a lasting impact on broadcast technology and viewers' ability to choose how and when they watch their favorite television programs....
An NSA "Reform Bill" of the Intelligence Community, Written by the Intelligence Community, and for the Intelligence Community
Representatives Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersberger, the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, introduced HR 4291, the FISA Transparency and Modernization Act (.pdf), to end the collection of all Americans' calling records using Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Both have vehemently defended the program...
Court Orders Government Not to Destroy Evidence in EFF Cases Against the NSA
In an emergency hearing on March 19th, the government tried to convince the Northern District Court of California that the NSA should be relieved of its obligation to preserve evidence of dragnet collection of call records for the EFF's First Unitarian case. The arguments in court revealed...
Pick Up the Phone and Tell Congress To Fix Patents
UPDATE: EFF Fights Patent Troll Demand For Save Podcasting Campaign Donor Information
The Patent Reform We Need to See from the Senate
This is a big week in the world of patents. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a case about the eligibility of computer-implemented inventions. The outcome of this case has big implications on the future of software patents, the often broad and...
Reforming Terms of Service: Microsoft Changes Its Policy on Access to User Data
Last week we wrote about initial news reports that Microsoft had searched and disclosed the contents of a blogger’s Hotmail account as part of an internal investigation into the alleged theft of Microsoft source code and other trade secrets. Since then, EFF has been in touch with Microsoft to...
