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Event | September 22, 2021

Ethics in Tech - A Conversation with Eva Galperin

From the moment you wake up and check your messages on Facebook or Twitter, to when you set your Google Nest for the night, tech giants wield unprecedented influence over our daily lives. With this enormous power comes an enormous potential for abuse. The information economy has led to profound...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia, Mukund Rathi, Houston Davidson, Jennifer Lynch | September 10, 2021

Geofence Warrants Threaten Civil Liberties and Free Speech Rights in Kenosha and Nationwide

In the days following the police shooting of Jacob Blake on August 23, 2020, hundreds of protestors marched in the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Federal law enforcement, it turns out, collected location data on many of those protesters. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) used a series...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn, Matthew Guariglia | September 10, 2021

The Other 20-Year Anniversary: Freedom and Surveillance Post-9/11

The twentieth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2021 are a good time to reflect on the world we’ve built since then. Those attacks caused incalculable heartbreak, anger and fear. But by now it is clear that far too many things that were put into place in the immediate...

Deeplinks Blog by Beryl Lipton, Cooper Quintin | September 10, 2021

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Voice Recognition and Surveillance

This post has been updated to provide additional context about patents and patent applications, which are indications of an entity’s interest in a particular product but not proof that the product is currently in development or available for use. You can read more about the role of patents in this...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | September 9, 2021

Don’t Stop Now: Join EFF, Fight for the Future at Apple Protests Nationwide

We’re winning—but we can’t let up the pressure. Apple has delayed their plan to install dangerous mass surveillance software onto their devices, but we need them to cancel the program entirely. Next week, just before Apple’s big iPhone launch event, we need your help to make sure the company...

Event | September 13, 2021

Join Us in San Francisco to Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones

We’re winning—but we can’t let up the pressure. Apple has delayed their plan to install dangerous mass surveillance software onto their devices, but we need them to cancel the program entirely. We need your help to make sure the company does the right thing. RSVP TODAYJoin us...

Event | September 29, 2021

Digital Sanctuary Cities: Surveillance, Immigration, and Protecting Black Dissent

S.T.O.P. - a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Digital Sanctuary Cities: Surveillance, Immigration, and Protecting Black DissentFrom the Organizers:While the borders of the US are often conceived as clear lines, in reality they manifest as a labyrinth of agencies, individuals,...

Event | September 16, 2021

Art, Artists, and Conflict

S.T.O.P. - a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Art, Artists, and ConflictFrom the Organizers:Join three artists in conversation on artists’ roles, responsibilities, and tactics around presentations and examinations of conflict. Through examples of their own artworks and others, the three...

Event | September 15, 2021

Digital Security 101

Constitutional Communications, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Digital Security 101From the OrganizersDuring this public webinar you will receive an introduction to:How to shore up your internal digital security practices.Free tools you can use to increase your communications privacy and...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton | September 9, 2021

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Prison Gaming and AR/VR Services

Press Release | September 9, 2021

EFF Activists To Lead Protest Demanding Apple Cancel iPhone Scanning Program and Keep Its Privacy Promises To Customers

San Francisco—Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) activists will lead a protest on Monday, September 13, at 6 pm PT, demanding Apple drop its planned iPhone surveillance software program, which will endanger the privacy and security of its customers and open a backdoor to increased surveillance around the world.Demonstrators from EFF...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey, Mukund Rathi | September 8, 2021

EFF to Court: FOIA Requires ICE to Release Arrest and Deportation Database Records With Privacy Protections

The Freedom of Information Act requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to disclose deidentified data that would enable greater public oversight of the agency while protecting the privacy of immigrants and others, EFF argued in an amicus brief filed last month in federal court.The case, ACLU v. ICE,...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | September 8, 2021

EFF to Council of Europe: Cross Border Police Surveillance Treaty Must Have Ironclad Safeguards to Protect Individual Rights and Users’ Data

This is the third post in a series about recommendations EFF, EDRi, CIPPIC, Derechos Digitales, TEDIC, Karisma Foundation, and other civil society organizations have submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which is currently reviewing the Protocol, to amend the text before its final approval...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton | September 8, 2021

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Mobile Correctional Facility Robots

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton | September 7, 2021

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Exploring the Future of Incarceration Technology

Securus and GTL have spent the last several years inventing new and improved ways to extract money from incarcerated people, violate human rights, and surveil not only prisoners but their families, and friends. Over the next two weeks we will be shedding light on some of the patents and technologies...

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Ethics in Tech - A Conversation with Eva Galperin

Geofence Warrants Threaten Civil Liberties and Free Speech Rights in Kenosha and Nationwide

The Other 20-Year Anniversary: Freedom and Surveillance Post-9/11

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Voice Recognition and Surveillance

Don’t Stop Now: Join EFF, Fight for the Future at Apple Protests Nationwide

Join Us in San Francisco to Tell Apple: Don’t Scan Our Phones

Digital Sanctuary Cities: Surveillance, Immigration, and Protecting Black Dissent

Art, Artists, and Conflict

Digital Security 101

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Prison Gaming and AR/VR Services

EFF Activists To Lead Protest Demanding Apple Cancel iPhone Scanning Program and Keep Its Privacy Promises To Customers

EFF to Court: FOIA Requires ICE to Release Arrest and Deportation Database Records With Privacy Protections

EFF to Council of Europe: Cross Border Police Surveillance Treaty Must Have Ironclad Safeguards to Protect Individual Rights and Users’ Data

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Mobile Correctional Facility Robots

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Exploring the Future of Incarceration Technology

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