Pushing for Perfect Forward Secrecy, an Important Web Privacy Protection
When you access a Web site over an encrypted connection, you're using a protocol called HTTPS. But not all HTTPS connections are created equal. In the first few milliseconds after a browser connects securely to a server, an important choice is made: the browser sends a list of preferences...
EFF at the World Maker Faire New York
Three Illusory "Investigations" of the NSA Spying Are Unable to Succeed
Since the revelations of confirmed National Security Agency spying in June, three different "investigations" have been announced. One by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), another by the Director of National Intelligence, Gen. James Clapper, and the third by the Senate Intelligence Committee, formally called the...
Lawrence Lessig Strikes Back Against Bogus Copyright Takedown
Lawrence Lessig Strikes Back Against Bogus Copyright Takedown
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed suit against an Australian record company for misusing copyright law to remove a lecture by Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig from YouTube. With co-counsel Jones Day, EFF is asking a federal judge in Massachusetts to rule that the video...
EFF Members-Only Speakeasy: Columbus, OH
Join EFF Global Policy Analyst Eva Galperin for a drink next Tuesday in Columbus! Raise a glass and discover EFF's latest work defending your freedom online. Ask Eva your burning questions about the state of privacy, security, and the NSA.
EFF's Speakeasy events are free informal...
GAO Study Confirms the Obvious: Bad Patents Lead to Trolls
You might remember that in 2011, Congress passed the America Invents Act (AIA), which at the time, was heralded as it was heralded as "the first meaningful, comprehensive reforms to the nation’s patent system in nearly 60 years." You might also have noticed that we haven't talked much...
Big Win for "Gaymers"
Big Win for 'Gaymers' – Blogger Surrenders Bogus Trademark Claim
San Francisco - In a big win for gay gamers around the world, a blogger has surrendered his bogus trademark claim on the word 'gaymer,' freeing online forums, conventions, and others to use the descriptive term without fear of legal threats and interference.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and...
Vigilancia Estatal y Derechos Humanos en Argentina
De un tiempo ahora se ha vuelto necesario actualizar la forma en que entendemos al derecho internacional de los derechos humanos para dar cuenta de las nuevas tecnologías y técnicas de la vigilancia. La urgencia de esta tarea se ve demostrada por las recientes revelaciones que confirman la vigilancia...




