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Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | April 10, 2026

We Need You: Our Privacy Cannot Afford a Clean Extension of Section 702

The intelligence community and its defenders in Congress, as always, seem more interested in defending their rights to read your private communications than in protecting your right to privacy. It’s not really a compromise between safety and privacy if it's always your privacy that gets sacrificed. Now, we’re drawing a...

Deeplinks Blog by Erica Portnoy | April 9, 2026

Yikes, Encryption’s Y2K Moment is Coming Years Early

Google moved up its estimated deadline for quantum preparedness in cryptography to 2029—only 33 months from now. That’s earlier than previous deadlines, and they proposed the new post-quantum migration deadline because of two new papers that comprise a big jump in the state of the technology. It’s ahead of schedule...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Tori Noble | April 9, 2026

Comparison Shopping Is Not a (Computer) Crime

The Ninth Circuit should follow Van Buren’s lead and interpret the CFAA narrowly, as Congress intended.

Deeplinks Blog by Kenyatta Thomas | April 9, 2026

EFF is Leaving X

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington | April 8, 2026

Banning New Foreign Routers Mistargets Products to Fix Real Problem

On March 23, the FCC issued an update to their Covered List, a list of equipment banned from obtaining regulatory approval necessary for U.S. sale (and thus effectively a ban on sale of new devices), to include all new routers produced in foreign countries unless they are specifically...

Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | April 8, 2026

Another Court Rules Copyright Can’t Stop People From Reading and Speaking the Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling that it is fair use to copy and disseminate building codes that have been incorporated into federal and state law, even though those codes are developed by private parties who claim copyright in them. The court...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | April 8, 2026

👁 Selling Mass Surveillance | EFFector 38.7

Time and time again, we've seen police surveillance suffer from 'mission creep'—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes ends up enforcing traffic violations, tracking protestors, and more. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're diving into this troubling pattern and sharing all the latest in the fight for...

Deeplinks Blog by Sarah Hamid | April 8, 2026

Digital Hopes, Real Power: How the Arab Spring Fueled a Global Surveillance Boom

When people remember the 2011 uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), they picture crowded squares, raised phones, and the feeling that the internet had finally shifted the balance of power toward ordinary people. But the past decade and a half is also a story about how governments...

Event | April 9, 2026

Privacy Index Workshop

lumka (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian C. York will be speaking.From the Organizers: The discussion will feature Ruby Chen, Ana Luisa Cubas (Sound Surveillance Archive Researcher), Jillian C. York (Director for International Freedom...

Deeplinks Blog by Christoph Schmon | April 7, 2026

EU Parliament Blocks Mass-Scanning of Our Chats—What's Next?

The EU’s so-called Chat Control plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption breaking measures, has had some good news lately. The most controversial idea, the forced requirement to scan encrypted messages, was given up by EU member states. And now, another win for privacy: the EU Parliament has...

Event | April 25, 2026

EFF at BSidesCharm

EFF is excited to be in Baltimore, MD for BSidesCharm for the first time! If you're attending BSidesCharm, be sure to stop by the EFF booth to chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in the fight for privacy and free expression online. You can...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue, Melissa Srago | April 3, 2026

Triple Header for Privacy’s Defender in New York

Join EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn at three events in NYC to talk digital rights and her new book: Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance.

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | April 3, 2026

The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE

Legal intern Raj Gambhir was the principal author of this post.Update: On April 15, 2026 the FAA rescinded the TFR (FDC 6/4375) and instead issued an advisory (FDC 6/2824), which states: [Drone] operators are advised to avoid flying in proximity to: Department of War (DOW), Department of Energy (Doe),...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | April 3, 2026

Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don’t Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI Trust and Safety

While the very public fight continues between the Department of Defense and Anthropic over whether the government can punish a company for refusing to allow its technology to be used for mass surveillance, another agency of the U.S. government is quietly working to ensure that this dispute will never...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue, Melissa Srago | April 3, 2026

Double Shot of Privacy's Defender in D.C.

You're invited to join EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn at two events in Washington, D.C. on the national tour for her new book: Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance.

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Our Work

We Need You: Our Privacy Cannot Afford a Clean Extension of Section 702

Yikes, Encryption’s Y2K Moment is Coming Years Early

Comparison Shopping Is Not a (Computer) Crime

EFF is Leaving X

Banning New Foreign Routers Mistargets Products to Fix Real Problem

Another Court Rules Copyright Can’t Stop People From Reading and Speaking the Law

👁 Selling Mass Surveillance | EFFector 38.7

Digital Hopes, Real Power: How the Arab Spring Fueled a Global Surveillance Boom

Privacy Index Workshop

EU Parliament Blocks Mass-Scanning of Our Chats—What's Next?

EFF at BSidesCharm

Triple Header for Privacy’s Defender in New York

The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE

Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don’t Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI Trust and Safety

Double Shot of Privacy's Defender in D.C.

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