Security BSides Boston
Copyright Vampires Attempt to Suck the Lifeblood Out of Fair Use Video
A New Year, a New FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization, But the Same Old Secret Law
As 2012 came to a close, Congress reauthorized the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) for another 5 years. Yes, the same FAA under which the government conducted unconstitutional surveillance; the same FAA for which the government refuses to estimate the number of Americans who have been spied on;...
112th Congress Finished Its Term By Taking Away More of Your Privacy, In The Worst Possible Way
The 113th Congress was sworn into office last week and will start regular business later this month. They’ll have a huge, and perhaps unprecedented, slate of Internet related legislation in the next year, including potentially taking up a dangerous new Internet surveillance bill—which we will detail in the...
Amid Further Lawsuits, A Federal Anti-SLAPP Law Is Sorely Needed
Free speech has very strong protections in the United States. Not only do we have laws like CDA 230 that allow review sites like Yelp to exist, but we also have very strong defenses ingrained both in our Constitution and in our statutes. Unfortunately, there are aspects of...
Kuwaiti Court Jails Two Men in Two Days Over Tweets “Insulting the Emir”
In the last two days, Kuwaiti courts have issued back-to-back 2-year jail sentences to Twitter users for allegedly insulting Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah. The first verdict was issued on Sunday against 26-year old Rashid Saleh al-Anzi over a Tweet he made to his 5,700 followers in October,...
Rapid DNA: Coming Soon to a Police Department or Immigration Office Near You
Video: Senator Ron Wyden Opposes Warrantless Surveillance
On December 28, 2012, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) spoke out eloquently against the warrantless wiretapping program instituted by the Bush Administration and continued by the Obama Administration. In his testimony before the Senate, Wyden explained how the original FISA Act worked - and how, after September 11th, the Bush Administration...
Free Expression in Danger as Bloggers and Activists Go On Trial in Vietnam
UPDATE 1/10/13: After a two-day trial, a court in the city of Vinh convicted all 14 of the defendants that appeared in court. Thirteen of the activists and bloggers were sentenced to serve prison terms ranging individually from 3 to 13 years. One [Nguyen Dang Vinh Phuc] was given a...
Yahoo! Mail Makes HTTPS Available
We're really happy that Yahoo! is starting 2013 right by letting Yahoo! Mail users use HTTPS to access their e-mail accounts securely. (That means that, just a few days into 2013, we got one of the items on our holiday wishlist!)
EFF helped organize a coalition of human...
