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Hearing in Jewel v. NSA

EFF will argue on behalf of AT&T customers in order to stop the NSA's illegal, unconstitutional, and continuing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records. EFF has cleared numerous hurdles set by the government since filing Jewel v. NSA in 2008. The case includes declarations from three NSA...

EFF at 31C3

EFF is headed to Hamburg for the 31st annual Chaos Communication Congress (31C3), the four-day conference on technology, society and utopia. The Congress offers lectures and workshops and various events on a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) information technology and...

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The Faulty Logic at the Heart of Microsoft Ireland Email Dispute

Microsoft has been battling with the federal government over the Department of Justice's high profile attempt to get access to emails stored abroad in Ireland for the better part of 2014. The US government has claimed a US warrant is sufficient to get emails even when stored in another country,...

EFF to Challenge Podcasting Patent Before USPTO

Alexandria, Va. - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue at a public hearing Wednesday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) should invalidate key claims of a patent used by notorious patent troll Personal Audio to shake down podcasters.
Personal Audio claims it owns a patent that...

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Password Sharing Isn’t a Crime, EFF Tells Ninth Circuit

How many times have you logged into a computer or website with someone else’s name and password—maybe to retrieve information for a spouse or a friend—completely with their permission? Can you imagine spending a year in prison for that? It sounds ridiculous. That’s why EFF filed a “friend of the...

United States v. David Nosal

EFF has filed three separate amicus briefs in this criminal case, explaining why the government’s repeatedly expansive interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) threatens people engaging in innocent behavior with criminal liability.
David Nosal, an ex-employee of the Korn/Ferry executive recruiting firm, was charged with violating...

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