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Press Release | November 28, 2007

Blogger Fights for Free Speech in New Jersey

Manalapan, NJ - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a Superior Court judge in New Jersey today to preserve the free speech rights of an anonymous blogger facing legal threats from local government officials.
The blogger, writing as "daTruthSquad" on a site hosted on Google's Blogspot service, has criticized...

Press Release | November 28, 2007

EFF Wins Fast-Track Release of Telecom Lobbying Records

San Francisco - Late Tuesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won the speedy release of telecom lobbying records from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
The agency was ordered to comply with a new December 10 deadline -- in time for the documents to play a...

Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | November 28, 2007

Year-End 2007: Darknet Assumptions Still True

Princeton's Professor Ed Felten (full disclosure: he's an EFF board member) in a recent post on his blog reminds us that one of the core "Darknet premises" -- that DRM systems on mass media content will inevitably be broken -- continues to prove itself true. The victim this...

Press Release | November 28, 2007

EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interference with Internet Traffic

San Francisco - In the wake of the detection and reporting of Comcast Corporation's controversial interference with Internet traffic, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive account of Comcast's packet-forging activities and has released software and documentation instructing Internet users on how to test for packet forgery or...

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Packet Forgery By ISPs: A Report on the Comcast Affair

November 2007
By Peter Eckersley, Fred von Lohmann and Seth Schoen{pde,fred,schoen}@eff.org

Comcast is the second largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the United States. They run the cable TV and cable Internet networks in many parts of the United States, and many consumers know them as their duopoly or...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | November 27, 2007

Arizona Affirms Strong Protections For Anonymous Speech Online

An Arizona appellate court today joined a growing judicial consensus recognizing the need to protect the anonymity of online speakers from overreaching discovery requests.
Mobilisa, a Washington-based communications company, went to court last year to seek the identity of an individual who had obtained an email initially sent...

Whitepaper

Detecting packet injection: a guide to observing packet spoofing by ISPs

Introduction

Certain Internet service providers have begun to interfere with their users' communications by injecting forged or spoofed packets - data that appears to come from the other end but was actually generated by an Internet service provider (ISP) in the middle. This spoofing is one means (although not...

Press Release | November 27, 2007

Friday Court Battle Over Telecom Lobbying Records

*UPDATE* EFF Wins Fast-Track Release of Telecom Lobbying Records: Judge Cancels Friday Hearing, Orders Government to Comply by December 10
San Francisco - On Friday, November 30, at 9am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge a federal judge to speed the release of lobbying records that could...

Event | November 29, 2007

2007: IS THIS 1984?

EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston and others discuss how the web and technology have challenged privacy at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. For more information see http://www.commonwealthclub.org/INFORUM.

Deeplinks Blog by Rebecca Jeschke | November 26, 2007

A Second Chance to See "Spying on the Home Front"

As Congress gears up to debate giving amnesty to telecoms involved in illegal spying, the terrific Frontline documentary "Spying on the Home Front" will be rebroadcast Tuesday on many PBS stations across the country. This program examines just how far the government has gone with its surveillance program,...

Event | November 27, 2007

"Spying on the Home Front" documentary airing on PBS

The terrific Frontline documentary "Spying on the Homefront" will be rebroadcast Tuesday on many PBS stations across the country. EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn appears in the documentary, discussing EFF's ongoing case against AT&T for its illegal collaboration with the NSA. Check your local listings for times.

Event | November 28, 2007

BayFF with Jonathan Zittrain

EFF invites you to hear luminary researcher Jonathan Zittrain, principal of the Oxford Internet Institute, deliver a presentation on the topic of his next book: "The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It." Zittrain will cover what he sees looking forward, as the Internet ecosystem becomes blotted...

Deeplinks Blog by Richard Esguerra | November 19, 2007

Join EFF for Jonathan Zittrain's "The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It"

Next week, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28, noted cyberlaw scholar Jonathan Zittrain will deliver a presentation called "The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It." Zittrain will cover the pitfalls and solutions he sees looking forward, as freedom in the Internet ecosystem becomes increasingly...

Deeplinks Blog by Fred von Lohmann | November 16, 2007

You Bought It, You Own It: Quanta v. LG Electronics

Earlier this week, EFF filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Quanta v. LG Electronics, a case that asks whether patent owners can impose restrictions on what you can do with a product after you buy it. The brief, filed on behalf of EFF, Consumers...

Event | January 7, 2008

Fred von Lohmann speaks at CES

"The True Cost of DRM: What Can't We Do Now?"
Las Vegas Convention Center

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Blogger Fights for Free Speech in New Jersey

EFF Wins Fast-Track Release of Telecom Lobbying Records

Year-End 2007: Darknet Assumptions Still True

EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interference with Internet Traffic

Packet Forgery By ISPs: A Report on the Comcast Affair

Arizona Affirms Strong Protections For Anonymous Speech Online

Detecting packet injection: a guide to observing packet spoofing by ISPs

Friday Court Battle Over Telecom Lobbying Records

2007: IS THIS 1984?

A Second Chance to See "Spying on the Home Front"

"Spying on the Home Front" documentary airing on PBS

BayFF with Jonathan Zittrain

Join EFF for Jonathan Zittrain's "The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It"

You Bought It, You Own It: Quanta v. LG Electronics

Fred von Lohmann speaks at CES

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