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Deeplinks Blog by Thorin Klosowski | March 10, 2026

Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans

Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make “smart glasses”—tech-infused glasses with cameras, AI, maps, displays, and more—a thing. But in the past year, products like Meta’s Ray-Ban Display Glasses and Oakley’s Meta Glasses have gone from a curious niche to...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Tori Noble | March 10, 2026

The Government Must Not Force Companies to Participate in AI-powered Surveillance

Update: On March 24, 2026, the Northern District of California granted Anthropic's Motion for Preliminary Injunction, finding that the government's actions were not designed to protect national security, but rather to punish Anthropic. "Punishing Anthropic for bringing public scrutiny to the government’s contracting position is classic illegal First Amendment retaliation."The...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | March 9, 2026

The SAFE Act is an Imperfect Vehicle for Real Section 702 Reform

The SAFE act, introduced by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), is the first of many likely proposals we will see to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008–and while imperfect, it does propose a litany real and much-needed reforms Big...

Deeplinks Blog by Melissa Srago | March 9, 2026

Privacy's Defender: Launch Party in Berkeley

We're celebrating the launch of Privacy's Defender, a new book by EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn on Thursday, March 12—and we want you to join us! Be there for a live conversation between Cindy Cohn and Annalee Newitz followed by a book signing with Cindy.

Deeplinks Blog by Melissa Srago | March 9, 2026

EFFecting Change: Privacy's Defender

Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with 404 Media Cofounder Jason Koebler to discuss Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, Cindy’s personal story of standing up to the Justice Department, taking on the NSA, and tangling with the FBI to protect our right to...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | March 6, 2026

Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women Who Have Received EFF Awards

Women in tech deserve more and brighter spotlights. At EFF, we’ve had the honor of celebrating some of our heroes at our annual EFF Awards, including many women who are leading the digital rights community. In this blog, we recognize Carolina Botero (EFF Award Winner, 2024), Chelsea Manning (EFF Award...

Deeplinks Blog by Allison Morris, Babette Ngene, Corynne McSherry, Jillian C. York, Sarah Hamid | March 6, 2026

Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Five Women In Tech That EFF Admires

In honor of International Women’s Day, we asked five women at EFF about women in digital rights, freedom of expression, technology, and tech activism who have inspired us. They include Anna Politkovskaya, Cindy Cohn, Jane (the organization), Ebele Okobi, and Ada Lovelace.

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Matthew Guariglia | March 6, 2026

Weasel Words: OpenAI’s Pentagon Deal Won’t Stop AI‑Powered Surveillance

OpenAI, the maker of ChaptGPT, is rightfully facing widespread criticism for its decisions to fill the gap the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) created when rival Anthropic refused to drop its restrictions against using its AI for surveillance and autonomous weapons systems. After protests from both users and...

Deeplinks Blog by Lena Cohen, Hudson Hongo | March 5, 2026

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | March 4, 2026

Speaking Freely: Shin Yang

Shin Yang builds the kind of online space most platforms say is impossible: a sex-positive community that protects anonymity without turning users into data. She is the steward of Lezismore, an independent, self-hosted community for sexual minorities in Taiwan. It is built on open-source software and she is developing privacy-first...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | March 3, 2026

EFF to Third Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

EFF, along with the national ACLU and the ACLU affiliates in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit urging the court to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices.

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | March 3, 2026

The Anthropic-DOD Conflict: Privacy Protections Shouldn’t Depend On the Decisions of a Few Powerful People

The U.S. military has officially ended its $200 million contract with AI company Anthropic and has ordered all other military contractors to cease use of their products. Why? Because of a dispute over what the government could and could not use Anthropic’s technology to do. Anthropic had made it...

Event | March 18, 2026

Encrypted Resistance: Youth Revolt in Memes, Art & Metadata

SXSW (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin will be speaking.From the Organizers: As authoritarian regimes globally expand digital control through AI-powered surveillance, censorship algorithms, and language policing, free expression faces coordinated attacks. These systems now share...

Event | April 23, 2026

BSides Prague: Eva Galperin Keynote

We're at the edge of The Next Frontier, where technology isn't just advancing it's truly taking off. Just like the ancient legend of the Golem, brought to life to protect but challenging its creator, today's smart systems are striving for autonomous self-improvement. This isn't merely evolution, it's a revolutionary leap...

Event | March 5, 2026

Using data to investigate the global surveillance industry

Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Senior Investigative Researcher Beryl Lipton will be speaking.From the Organizers: Around the world, shadowy firms are siphoning location data from apps, telecom networks, and rogue brokers to track people with...

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Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans

The Government Must Not Force Companies to Participate in AI-powered Surveillance

The SAFE Act is an Imperfect Vehicle for Real Section 702 Reform

Privacy's Defender: Launch Party in Berkeley

EFFecting Change: Privacy's Defender

Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women Who Have Received EFF Awards

Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Five Women In Tech That EFF Admires

Weasel Words: OpenAI’s Pentagon Deal Won’t Stop AI‑Powered Surveillance

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

Speaking Freely: Shin Yang

EFF to Third Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

The Anthropic-DOD Conflict: Privacy Protections Shouldn’t Depend On the Decisions of a Few Powerful People

Encrypted Resistance: Youth Revolt in Memes, Art & Metadata

BSides Prague: Eva Galperin Keynote

Using data to investigate the global surveillance industry

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