Trolling Effects: New Web Resource Launched to Shine Light on Patent Trolls
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of organizations and law schools today launched the newest tool in the fight against patent trolls: Trolling Effects (trollingeffects.org). The online resource aims to unite and empower would-be victims of patent trolls through a crowdsourced database of...
Huge Global Coalition Stands Against Unchecked Surveillance
New Court Ruling Makes it Easier for Police to Track Your Cell Phone
A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling this week will make it easier for police to track your movements through your cell phone after the court decided police aren't required to obtain a search warrant to track you.
The case involved a 2010 law enforcement request to obtain...
Huge Global Coalition Stands Against Unchecked Surveillance
San Francisco - More than 100 organizations from across the globe – including Privacy International, Access, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) – are taking a stand against unchecked communications surveillance, calling for the governments around the world to follow international human rights law and curtail pervasive spying.
The...
The Bradley Manning Verdict and the Dangerous “Hacker Madness” Prosecution Strategy
Bradley Manning was convicted (PDF) on 19 counts today, including charges under the Espionage Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for leaking approximately 700,000 government documents to WikiLeaks. While it was a relief that he was not convicted of the worst charge “aiding the enemy,” the verdict...
EFF in Las Vegas for Computer Security Conferences
EFF at Security BSidesLV
EFF will have a panel discussion and information table at Security BSides Las Vegas! Learn more about our Las Vegas activities here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/eff-las-vegas-computer-security-conferences.
From BSidesLV:
BSides Las Vegas is an Information / Security conference that’s different. We’re a 100% volunteer organized event, put on...
EFF in Las Vegas for Computer Security Conferences
EFF is heading to fabulous Las Vegas this week for the summer security conferences: Black Hat USA, Security B-Sides Las Vegas and DEF CON. We're excited to see everyone there!
Booths:
Come by the EFF booth to learn about our latest work, renew your membership, check out the...
EFF at DEF CON 21
Dr. Joseph Bonneau Wins NSA Award, Criticizes NSA
"Like many in the community of cryptographers and security engineers, I’m sad that we haven’t better informed the public about the inherent dangers and questionable utility of mass surveillance. And like many American citizens I’m ashamed we’ve let our politicians sneak the country down this path." -- Bonneau
On...
