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Podcast Episode: About Face (Recognition)

Computer security and the lack of computer security is a fundamental issue that underpins much of how the Internet does (and doesn't) function. Many of the policy issues that EFF works on are linked to security in deep ways including privacy and anonymity, DRM, censorship, and network neutrality.

EFF works directly on a wide range of security issues including increased deployment of cryptographic protocols through projects like Certbot; improving the security of those protocols; offering legal assistance to researchers through our Coders' Rights Project; offering practical security advice to activists through the surveillance self-defense project; and working on the development of new security standards.

Security Highlights

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Encrypting the Web

The web has largely switched from non-secure HTTP to the more secure HTTPS protocol. All web servers use one of these two protocols to get web pages from the server to your browser. HTTP has serious problems that make it vulnerable to eavesdropping and content hijacking. HTTPS fixes most of...

Coders' Rights Project

EFF's Coders' Rights Project protects programmers and developers engaged in cutting-edge exploration of technology. Security and encryption researchers help build a safer future for all of us using digital technologies, but too many legitimate researchers face serious legal challenges that prevent or inhibit their work. These challenges come from laws...

Security Updates

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Former Church Committee Staffers Tell Congress To Reassert Authority As 40th Anniversary of Church Committee Comes to Close

In light of this year's 40th anniversary of the Church Committee—legendary for exposing illegal mass domestic government surveillance during the 1960s and 1970s—the Wayne State University School of Law brought former Church Committee members together in Washington, D.C. to discuss how Congress can effectively oversee classified programs. The...

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Where Do Major Tech Companies Stand on Encryption?

Comparing the Public Encryption Policies from 21 of the Biggest Tech Companies
There’s a major battle brewing over encryption right now.
Law enforcement agencies are trying to demand “backdoors” to our sensitive data and communications, while civil liberties groups are fighting back through a new campaign called ...

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Tell President Obama: Save Crypto From Dangerous Backdoors

It's a critical moment in the global debate over privacy, security, and “backdoors” in encryption technology. Despite all that attention, President Obama has yet to come to a public position on backdoors—i.e., the government mandating, coercing, or pressuring companies to design their systems to give it special access to our...

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