En 2013, nos enteramos que la vigilancia digital por los gobiernos del mundo no conoce límites. La NSA y otras agencias de investigación vienen capturando nuestras llamadas telefónicas, haciendo seguimiento de nuestra ubicación, escudriñando nuestras libretas de direcciones y haciendo acopio de nuestros correos electrónicos. Lo hacen en secreto, sin...

Since 1990, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been fighting to make sure when you go online your rights come with you. For the LGBT community, these rights are especially important.
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In 2013, we learned digital surveillance by the world’s governments knows no bounds. The NSA and other investigative agencies are capturing our phone calls, tracking our location, peering into our address books, and collecting our emails. They do this in secret, without adequate public oversight, and in violation of our...

Beginning in 2011, a patent troll named Innovatio IP Ventures, LLP, began a massive shakedown campaign. Armed with some patents purchased from Broadcom, Innovatio sent thousands of letters targeting hotels and cafes that provide Wi-Fi for customers. The troll demanded as much as $2,500 per location. Router manufacturer Cisco...

Free speech is equally important whether it’s shouted in a town square or posted to a personal website. The Supreme Court made that clear way back in 1997 in Reno v. ACLU, but it bears repeating as the Internet matures. Ensuring that online speech isn’t relegated...

Despite all the gains we've made in Washington toward patent reform, the legal threat posed by patent trolls isn't going away. Trolls are still on the prowl, perhaps more so than ever before.
The patent troll model relies on small businesses and individuals not being able to...

As the popularity of Bitcoins has increased, government officials are concerned about criminal activity associated with the virtual currency. But a recent subpoena issued by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs to 19-year-old Bitcoin developer and MIT student Jeremy Rubin goes too far, and we're fighting back...