4 Simple Changes to Stop Online Tracking
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Internet Freedom Advocates Answer Questions on Reddit IAmA
Yesterday, EFF joined in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread on Reddit about Internet freedom with a particular focus on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
EFF's Adi Kamdar, Carolina Rossini, Maira Sutton, Mark M. Jaycox, and Trevor Timm...
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Join EFF’s Efforts to Keep 3D Printing Open
Thanks to the open hardware community, you can now have a 3D printer in your home for just a few hundred dollars, with dozens of printer models to choose from and build upon. Community-designed printers already outclass proprietary printers costing 30 times as much. This incredible innovation is possible...
Fact Checking Obama's Misleading Answer About Warrantless Wiretapping on The Daily Show
On last Thursday’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart boldly went where no mainstream reporter has gone so far this election cycle: asking President Barack Obama why has he embraced Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program after campaigning against it on civil liberties grounds. While Stewart’s question was commendable, Obama’s answer was puzzling...
Civil Society Urges World Trade Organization to Give the Poorest Countries in the World More Time To Implement International Intellectual Property Agreement
The relentless expansion of intellectual property from the developed world to the developing world is rooted in a key international agreement: it’s called the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (colloquially, “TRIPS”), and it was enacted in 1994 by the World Trade Organization (WTO). TRIPS was envisioned as...
Geek Reading with Rob Reid
Aliens, music, shady intergalactic corporations, a lawyer who happens to be named Nick Carter… Rob Reid’s debut novel 'Year Zero' has it all, plus plenty of clever digs at the recording industry and our broken copyright system. And there might be a shout-out to the “open-source ayatollahs at...
Megaupload User Seeks to Unseal Documents Relating to Data Seizure
Alexandria, VA - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), on behalf of its client Kyle Goodwin, asked a federal court yesterday to unseal warrant-related documents surrounding the loss of access to Mr. Goodwin's data after the government shut down Megaupload.com. Goodwin used Megaupload's cloud-based storage system for his small business reporting...
EFF and ERI Fight to Quash Speech-Chilling Subpoenas from Chevron
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and EarthRights International (ERI) asked judges in California and New York today to quash subpoenas issued by Chevron Corporation to three email providers demanding identifying information about the users of more than 100 email accounts, including environmental activists, journalists, and attorneys. The...
