First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. NSA
Unitarian Church, Gun Groups Join EFF to Sue NSA Over Illegal Surveillance
San Francisco - Nineteen organizations including Unitarian church groups, gun ownership advocates, and a broad coalition of membership and political advocacy organizations filed suit against the National Security Agency (NSA) today for violating their First Amendment right of association by illegally collecting their call records. The coalition is represented by...
EFF Boards a Balkan Battleship: SHARE's Croatia Workshop on Fighting Surveillance
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and SHARE Defense are organizing a three day workshop on state surveillance and human rights (SSHR) in Rijeka, Croatia on 18 - 20 July. It’s part of an amazing array of festivals taking place simultaneously in the city, including the Share Cyberpunk Academy...
The EFF Guide to San Diego Comic-Con
The Times Profiles a Patent Troll
This weekend, the New York Times published a fascinating portrait of Erich Spangenberg of IPNav, who has been called one of "one of the most notorious patent trolls in America." In the past five years, IPNav has sued 1,638 companies.
While the Times' profile includes many colorful details...
Aaron’s Law and the Future of CFAA Reform
Will CFAA reform end with Aaron’s Law? Join TechFreedom and the Electronic Frontier Foundation on July 22 for drinks and a discussion of the future of CFAA reform.
Aaron Swartz’s tragic suicide, following two years of aggressive federal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA),...
The EFF Guide to San Diego Comic-Con
Bills Introduced by Congress Fail to Fix Unconstitutional NSA Spying
In the past two weeks Congress has introduced a slew of bills responding to the Guardian's publication of a top secret court order using Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act to demand that Verizon Business Network Services give the National Security Agency (NSA) a record...
EFF Addresses Protesters at San Francisco's "Restore the Fourth" Protest
Hundreds of protesters gathered in San Francisco and thousands more in cities around the United States earlier this month in support of "Restore the Fourth," a grassroots and non-partisan campaign dedicated to defending the Fourth Amendment. The protests took aim in particular at the National Security Agency's unconstitutional dragnet...
