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Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | November 6, 2019

Join EFF for Aaron Swartz Day This Weekend at The Internet Archive

Join EFF and others on November 9 at the Internet Archive for Aaron Swartz Day—an annual event to celebrate Aaron Swartz’s legacy as an activist, programmer, entrepreneur, and political organizer.   Aaron’s life was cut short in 2013, after he was charged under the notoriously draconian Computer Fraud...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock | November 5, 2019

Virtual(ly) Private Network: NordVPN’s Breach and the Limitations of VPNs

The popular VPN provider, NordVPN, recently announced a server breach at a third-party data center. NordVPN reassured users that its key services were not impacted by this breach in particular, however, NordVPN users credentials were used with credential stuffing attacks. NordVPN stresses that there is no indication the breach and...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | November 5, 2019

Transparency Advocates and Environment Defenders Call on California Supreme Court to Review Government Email Deletion Practices

In California, as in many states, the public has a right to request public records—government documents that reveal information such as what decisions public officials make, what actions they take, and how they spend our money. But what happens when a government agency starts deleting records faster than a member...

Deeplinks Blog by Rebecca Jeschke | November 4, 2019

Affordances: Science Fiction About Algorithmic Bias and Technological Resistance

Future Tense Fiction, a joint project of ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination and Slate, has just published Affordances, a new science fiction story by EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow. It's a tale of algorithmic bias, facial recognition, and technological self-determination that touches on many of EFF’s...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | November 4, 2019

Congress, Remember the 4th Amendment? It’s Time to Stop the U.S.-UK Agreement.

Unless Congress stops it, foreign police will soon be able to collect and search data on the servers of U.S. Internet companies. They’ll be able to do it without a probable cause warrant, or any oversight from a U.S. judge. This is all happening because of a new law enforcement...

Deeplinks Blog by Erica Portnoy | November 1, 2019

Why Adding Client-Side Scanning Breaks End-To-End Encryption

Recent attacks on encryption have diverged. On the one hand, we’ve seen Attorney General William Barr call for “lawful access” to encrypted communications, using arguments that have barely changed since the 1990’s. But we’ve also seen suggestions from a different set of actors for more purportedly “reasonable” interventions...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock | October 31, 2019

Phony HTTPS Everywhere Extension Used in Fake Tor Browser

ESET researchers recently discovered a false “trojanized” version of Tor Browser that collectively stole $40,000 USD in Bitcoin. This does not mean that Tor or Tor Browser itself is compromised in any way. It only means that attackers found a new, insidious way to create and distribute a...

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | October 30, 2019

Strengthen California’s Next Consumer Data Privacy Initiative

EFF and a coalition of privacy advocates recently asked the sponsor of a new California ballot initiative to strengthen its provisions on consumer data privacy. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) created new ways for the state’s residents to protect themselves from corporations that invade their...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | October 29, 2019

Facebook Faces Another Congressional Grilling

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was called back to Capitol Hill to speak about the company’s impact on the financial and housing sectors—particularly in light of its proposal to launch a cryptocurrency wallet, Calibra, and its involvement in the creation of the Libra cryptocurrency. We’ve criticized Facebook on ...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | October 29, 2019

Nickelback's Record Label Abuses Copyright to Silence Political Speech

EFF legal intern Samantha Hamilton co-wrote this blog post Nickelback never asked to become a meme. And yet, after the Internet decided it hated the Canadian alternative rock band and due to the lead singer’s unique voice, users have shared their image millions of times. But their record label decided...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss, Elliot Harmon | October 29, 2019

Inventergy Backs Away from Nuisance Lawsuit over GPS Patent

EasyTracGPS is a family-owned business that provides GPS tracking solutions to commercial shipping fleets. Recently, EasyTracGPS faced a litigation threat from Inventergy LBS, LLC, which accused it of infringing U.S. Patent No. 8,760,286. That patent supposedly claims a “[s]ystem and method for communication with a tracking device,” but like...

Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti | October 29, 2019

Companies Can Still Do More to Protect Privacy in Brazil: Internet Lab Releases Fourth "Who Defends Your Data" Report

Internet Lab, the Brazilian independent research center, has published their fourth annual report of “Quem Defende Seus Dados?" (“Who defends your data?"), comparing policies of their local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and how they treat users’ data after receiving government requests. Vivo (Telefónica) still takes the lead, but...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | October 28, 2019

The Ethics Board of One of the Largest Vendors of Police Tech Makes the Case Against ALPRs

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs)—a mass surveillance technology that allows law enforcement to record the location and travel patterns of nearly every driver on the road—are poorly regulated, threaten privacy, and worsen the racial and economic inequalities already ingrained in our justice system. That’s what EFF and other...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | October 28, 2019

DNS over HTTPS Will Give You Back Privacy that Big ISPs Fought to Take Away

An absurd thing is happening in the halls of Congress. Major ISPs such as Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon are banging on the doors of legislators to stop the deployment of DNS over HTTPS (DoH), a technology that will give users one of the biggest upgrades to their Internet privacy...

Deeplinks Blog by Eva Galperin, Cindy Cohn | October 28, 2019

Private Companies, Government Surveillance Software and Human Rights

It's old news that governments around the world are misusing private company-sold digital surveillance software track and target people for human rights abuses. Recently, Amnesty International reported finding that two prominent Moroccan human rights defenders had been targeted using Israeli-based NSO Group’s software. Just this week WhatsApp sued...

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Join EFF for Aaron Swartz Day This Weekend at The Internet Archive

Virtual(ly) Private Network: NordVPN’s Breach and the Limitations of VPNs

Transparency Advocates and Environment Defenders Call on California Supreme Court to Review Government Email Deletion Practices

Affordances: Science Fiction About Algorithmic Bias and Technological Resistance

Congress, Remember the 4th Amendment? It’s Time to Stop the U.S.-UK Agreement.

Why Adding Client-Side Scanning Breaks End-To-End Encryption

Phony HTTPS Everywhere Extension Used in Fake Tor Browser

Strengthen California’s Next Consumer Data Privacy Initiative

Facebook Faces Another Congressional Grilling

Nickelback's Record Label Abuses Copyright to Silence Political Speech

Inventergy Backs Away from Nuisance Lawsuit over GPS Patent

Companies Can Still Do More to Protect Privacy in Brazil: Internet Lab Releases Fourth "Who Defends Your Data" Report

The Ethics Board of One of the Largest Vendors of Police Tech Makes the Case Against ALPRs

DNS over HTTPS Will Give You Back Privacy that Big ISPs Fought to Take Away

Private Companies, Government Surveillance Software and Human Rights

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