Brazil and Germany Proposed UN Resolution Against Mass Surveillance
On November 7th, Brazil and Germany jointly proposed a preliminary version of a resolution on online privacy at the UN General Assembly. At a time when public outrage over the reach and scope of U.K. and U.S. mass surveillance is at an all time high, the draft resolution is...
The House Intelligence Committee's Misinformation Campaign About the NSA
Rep. Mike Rogers, Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), is a busy man. Since June, he (and HPSCI) have been all over the media with press statements, TV appearances, and tweets, relentlessly trying to persuade the public that the National Security Agency (NSA)...
EFF Represents ProPublica in Motion Seeking Release of Secret Court Opinions
EFF has filed a motion on behalf of the news organization ProPublica seeking the release of secret opinions issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The text of ProPublica's press release is below:
ProPublica Motion Seeks Release of Court Rulings on NSA Spying
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EFF to New York Times: Don't Get Fooled Again by Claims of NSA Spying "Legality"
Over the weekend, the New York Times' public editor, Margaret Sullivan, published a piece investigating the Times' thirteen month delay in the publication of a bombshell report on the Bush Administration's domestic mass surveillance program back in 2004 and 2005. Sullivan's revisitation of the issue in light of what...
EFF and CDT File Brief in Support of Airbnb
Albany, NY - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) have filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Airbnb's petition to set aside a sweeping New York State Attorney General subpoena that demands information about virtually all Airbnb users who make real estate available for rent...
NSA's Vast Surveillance Powers Extend Far Beyond Counterterrorism, Despite Misleading Government Claims
Time and again we’ve seen the National Security Agency (NSA) defend its vast surveillance apparatus by invoking the spectre of terrorism, discussing its spying powers as a method to keep America safe. Yet, the truth is that counterterrorism is only a fraction of their far broader authority to seek “foreign...
San Diego Gets in Your Face With New Mobile Identification System
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San Diego Gets in Your Face With New Mobile Identification System
The San Diego regional planning agency, SANDAG, has been quietly rolling out a new mobile face recognition system that will sharply change how police conduct simple stops on Americans. The system, which allows officers to use mobile devices to collect face images out in the field, already has...
Six Good Things About the Innovation Act: Part Six, Covered Business Method Review
The bipartisan Innovation Act is the best bill yet when it comes to fighting patent trolls. This post is the sixth of a series explaining the bill’s various provisions. While the Innovation Act won't fix every problem with the patent system, it includes a powerful set of proposed reforms...
