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...
EFF Submits Sentencing Support Letter for Jeremy Hammond
In our ongoing efforts to rein in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), we submitted a support letter on behalf of Jeremy Hammond on Wednesday, asking for leniency from the New York federal judge who is about to sentence him for hacking into private intelligence contractor Stratfor.
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How Can the New York Times Endorse an Agreement the Public Can't Read?
The New York Times' editorial board has made a disappointing endorsement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), even as the actual text of the agreement remains secret. That raises two distressing possibilities: either in an act of extraordinary subservience, the Times has endorsed an agreement that neither the public...
EFF Files 22 Firsthand Accounts of How NSA Surveillance Chilled the Right to Association
Speakeasy: Mesa with HeatSync Labs
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and HeatSync Labs are teaming up in Mesa! We invite you to visit your friendly neighborhood hackerspace and discover the latest developments in advancing digital freedom. Be sure to say hello to your hosts from EFF: International Director Danny O'Brien, Activist Trevor...
Apple Issues First Transparency Report, Includes "Warrant Canary"
On Tuesday, yet another one of the nine companies originally implicated in the PRISM program released its first transparency report. Apple joins the ranks of Google, Yahoo, and Facebook, among others that have issued reports that detail the number of requests the companies receive from governments for...
EFF Files 22 Firsthand Accounts of How NSA Surveillance Chilled the Right to Association
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has provided a federal judge with testimony from 22 separate advocacy organizations detailing how the National Security Agency's (NSA) mass telephone records collection program has impeded the groups' work, discouraged their members and reduced the numbers of people seeking their help via...
Aaron Swartz Hackathons This Weekend to Continue his Work
This weekend, people in at least 16 cities around the world will take part in hackathons in memory of Aaron Swartz, the free software developer, writer, and activist. Aaron took his own life earlier this year after nearly two years of unjust prosecution under the Computer Fraud...
Rally Against Mass Surveillance: Inspiring Pics from the Historic Demonstration
On October 26th, thousands of people from all walks of life converged on Washington, DC in a demonstration against the NSA's mass surveillance.
Among the crowd were dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of proud EFF members, including many showing...
Six Good Things About the Innovation Act: Part Five, Customer Suit Exception
The bipartisan Innovation Act is the best bill yet when it comes to fighting patent trolls. This post is the fifth 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...
