Skip to main content
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Our Work

Our Work

students use books and tablets to hide from a spying eye
Deeplinks Blog by Jeremy Gillula | December 1, 2015

Guide to Google Account Privacy Settings for Students

Update December 19, 2016: Updated to reflect changes to Google's policies and user interface. Even if your student doesn't use a Chromebook, they may have a Google Apps for Education (GAFE) account, which is essentially a Google account provided by the school. GAFE accounts can be accessed from any browser...
Privacy issue banner, a colorful graphical representation of a padlock
Deeplinks Blog by Wafa Ben Hassine | November 30, 2015

A Deeper Look Inside the PECB, Pakistan’s Terrible Cyber-Crime Bill

The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) has received harsh criticism inside and outside of Pakistan since its radical re-drafting in April of this year. A coalition of Pakistan’s leading online rights groups and businesses warned the current version, written with no input from legal experts or technologists, would “adversely...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | November 25, 2015

Stronger Locks, Better Security

What if, in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris, or cybersecurity attacks on companies and government agencies, the FBI had come to the American people and said: In order to keep you safe, we need you to remove all the locks on your doors and windows and replace them...

Free Speech banner, an colorful graphic representation of a megaphone
Deeplinks Blog by Nighat Dad and Adnan Chaudhry | November 23, 2015

The Sorry Tale of the PECB, Pakistan's Terrible Electronic Crimes Bill

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a government, in the wake of a national security crisis—or hostage to the perceived threat of one—will pursue and in many cases enact legislation that is claimed to protect its citizens from danger, actual or otherwise. These security laws often include wide-ranging provisions...

A person holding a megaphone that another person speaks through
Deeplinks Blog by Aylin Akturk, Jeremy Malcolm | November 20, 2015

Unintended Consequences, European-Style: How the New EU Data Protection Regulation will be Misused to Censor Speech

Europe is very close to the finishing line of an extraordinary project: the adoption of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a single, comprehensive replacement for the 28 different laws that implement Europe's existing 1995 Data Protection Directive. More than any other instrument, the original Directive has created...

Deeplinks Blog by Amul Kalia | November 19, 2015

YouTube Backs Its Users With New Fair Use Protection Program

In what we very much hope launches a “race to the top” to protect online fair use, today YouTube announced a new program to help users fight back against outrageous copyright threats. The company has created a ‘Fair Use Protection’ program that will cover legal costs of users who, in...

Privacy issue banner, a colorful graphical representation of a padlock
Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | November 19, 2015

Baseless Calls to Expand Surveillance Fit Familiar, Cynical Pattern

Like clockwork, cynical calls to expand mass surveillance practices—by continuing the domestic telephone records collection and restricting access to strong encryption—came immediately following the Paris attacks. These calls came before the smoke had even cleared, much less before a serious investigation completed. They came from high places too, including ...

Pages

Back to top

JavaScript license information