A Syrian Man-In-The-Middle Attack against Facebook
UPDATE: If you are in Syria and your browser shows you this certificate warning on Facebook, it is not safe to login to Facebook. You may wish to use Tor to connect to Facebook, or use proxies outside of Syria.
UPDATE II: We have received reports that some...
Criminal Justice Blog Moves to Dismiss Sham Copyright Troll Lawsuit
Las Vegas - The publisher of a criminal justice blog that provides resources for difficult-to-prosecute murder cases has asked a judge to dismiss the sham infringement lawsuit filed against him by copyright troll Righthaven LLC. Recently unsealed documents show that Righthaven is not the true owner of the copyright of...
Medical Justice: Stifling Speech of Patients with a Touch of "Privacy Blackmail"
Whether you’re buying a car, looking for a nearby cafe or hunting for deals on sneakers, the Internet – and especially crowd-sourced online review sites like Yelp – can help you decide which businesses to patronize. But one company is taking away users’ voices when it comes to reviewing...
Notes from the Digital Underground: Privacy's Electronic Frontier
Great Hall, International House
University of California San DiegoWednesday, May 11, 2011, 7 PM
Every time you use the Internet, you're leaving behind a "digital shadow" that can be tracked by a host of unseen online companies — or even the government. From surveillance of social...
DEF CON 19 Contest Gonna Set Your Soul On Fire
EFF is pleased to announce our Second Annual DEF CON Getaway Contest! We are proud to support the information security community and want our strongest supporters to enjoy DEF CON 19 in style. If you spread the word about our efforts to defend coders’ rights, you could find...
EFF to Council of Europe: Live Up to Your Internet Rights Commitments
EFF has been monitoring the Council of Europe (CoE) and its Internet policymaking process to ensure that they live up to their human rights commitments. A few weeks ago, we submitted detailed comments to the CoE’s Expert Committee on New Media’s draft recommendation and guidelines for social networking...
New FBI Documents Provide Details on Government’s Surveillance Spyware
EFF recently received documents from the FBI that reveal details about the depth of the agency's electronic surveillance capabilities and call into question the FBI's controversial effort to push Congress to expand the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) for greater access to communications data....
In Memoriam: Professor Keith Aoki
Like so many others, we were stunned to learn that law professor, cartoonist, copyfighter and digital rights stalwart Professor Keith Aoki passed away earlier this week. Keith, who started at the University of Oregon then moved to U.C. Davis, was a longtime friend to EFF and one of...
Why We Need An Open Wireless Movement
If you sometimes find yourself needing an open wireless network in order to check your email from a car, a street corner, or a park, you may have noticed that they're getting harder to find.
Stories like the one over the weekend about a bunch of police breaking...
EFF Welcomes New Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury
EFF is very pleased to announce the newest staff attorney to join our legal team, Hanni Fakhoury. Hanni is an experienced criminal defense attorney, who will focus on the intersection of technology and criminal law and join our Coders' Rights Project, which protects programmers and developers engaged in...
