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eff, 6 hours ago to random

The Microsoft “Recall” constant screenshot feature could “be a gift for domestic abusers,” EFF’s @evacide told @Deciphersec. “This [also] creates a tempting target for hackers and for people who make malware.”
https://duo.com/decipher/privacy-security-concerns-mount-over-microsoft-recall-feature

eff, 5 hours ago to random

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eff, 9 hours ago to random

Police are subject to public records requests. "You cannot do that with a giant corporation. You have very little control over what technology they deploy, how they deploy it and then what they do with that data,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @CNN Business.
https://www.cnn.com/business/retailers-crackdown-organized-crime-invs/index.html

eff, 1 day ago to random

“It’s really hard for the average person in the United States to know all this technology that police are using, how they justify it, what they’re spending on it,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia said. “It’s important because it’s dangerous.”
https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/05/21/santa-cruz-aclu-panel-examines-privacy-rights/

eff, 1 day ago to random

Texas’ unconstitutional #ageverification law threatens the anonymity, privacy, and security of adult internet users. The #SCOTUS should reject it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/eff-urges-supreme-court-reject-texas-speech-chilling-age-verification-law

eff, 1 day ago to random

“We don't want people's voices being censored by states, but we also don't want people's voices being drowned out by these bots and by humans doing propaganda as well as states doing propaganda,” EFF’s @jilliancyork told @AJEnglish. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/5/22/are-you-chatting-with-an-ai-powered-superbot

eff, 2 days ago to random

“Historically speaking the (broadband expansion) approach has been: Let’s give money to the big ISPs,” EFF’s Chao Jun Liu told the Indiana Capital Chronicle via the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism. “It sort of disappears into that black box.”
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2024/05/21/communities-struggle-to-get-connected-despite-billions-in-broadband-investment/

eff, 2 days ago to random

NEW: We can’t let corporations and politicians stifle online communities that connect people with similar interests, tastes, views, and concerns, filmmaker @alexwinter tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn & @jgkelley on “How to Fix the Internet.”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/podcast-episode-chronicling-online-communities

eff, 3 days ago to random

If Nova PBS’ #SecretsInYourData got you thinking about your privacy online, check out this panel discussion with EFF’s @evacide, @brewsterkahle, Patrick Jackson, and @alokpatelmd held last week at the Computer History Museum. https://youtu.be/n6gqpqWCqyI?feature=shared

eff, 6 days ago to random

Bills to protect kids online may be well-meaning "but they just tend to be overbroad,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. “Whenever you attempt to regulate anything that has to do with speech, you’re always going to bump up against the Constitution.” https://penncapital-star.com/technology-information/balancing-first-amendment-data-privacy-key-to-making-social-media-safer-for-kids-experts-say/

eff, 6 days ago to random

Police — with power to kill, detain, or deny people’s freedom — shouldn't be allowed to outsource their official narratives to technology in a way that makes them less subject to critique, transparency, or accountability, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @404mediaco. https://www.404media.co/here-is-what-axons-bodycam-report-writing-ai-looks-like-draft-one/

eff, 7 days ago to random

You share more personal data online than you realize, risking your privacy — and perhaps, your safety. EFF’s Hayley Tsukayama, @evacide, and @pluralistic join PBS'
NOVA for “Secrets in Your Data,” a look at how to thrive online without compromising personal privacy. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/secrets-in-your-data/

eff, 7 days ago to random

Convicting a Tornado Cash builder chills development of privacy and security tools, EFF’s @aaronmackey told DL News. “Holding a developer of beneficial tools responsible for the wrongdoing of others is short-sighted and harms everyone’s privacy online.” https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/why-the-tornado-cash-alexey-pertsev-case-harms-everyone/

eff, 7 days ago to random

Set it and forget it.

Start an annual or monthly recurring donation to EFF to show your support for free speech and privacy online. https://supporters.eff.org/donate/fight-surveillance-and-protect-free-speech--S

eff, 8 days ago to random

Surveillance technology comes at a huge cost to both migrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico and the communities on the border where surveillance is most concentrated, EFF’s Dave Maass and other privacy advocates told inewsource.
https://inewsource.org/2024/05/15/in-california-border-town-ai-raises-fresh-questions-over-decades-old-surveillance-tower/

eff, 9 days ago to random

We must recognize and fight legislation like KOSA that’s pushing us to cede our power, privacy, and control over our health care and free expression, EFF’s @ericabp writes in TheAdvocate. https://www.advocate.com/voices/erica-portnoy-upholding-privacy

eff, 9 days ago to random

“Enacting this legislation has undermined the U.S.’s longstanding championing of the free flow of information as a fundamental democratic principle,” EFF’s @BrendanGilligan told PCWorld. Instead, we need comprehensive data privacy legislation.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2317334/could-a-vpn-circumvent-the-tiktok-ban.html

eff, 9 days ago to random

Customs & Border Protection wants Calexico to renew the lease for a surveillance tower overlooking a public park. Here’s why city leaders should think twice before approving it.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/coalition-calexico-think-twice-about-reapproving-border-surveillance-tower-next

eff, 13 days ago to random

"If you bought a game, if you made a game, if you love a game, technology shouldn't get in the way of that game's ongoing existence,” EFF’s @pluralistic told @IGN — tech should preserve games for those who love them and for posterity.
https://www.ign.com/articles/how-stop-killing-games-ups-the-ante-in-the-fight-for-video-game-preservation

eff, 13 days ago to random

Inclusion in tech isn’t a destination — it’s a constant work in progress, non-visual tech education and design advocate @ChanceyFleet tells Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley on the new episode of EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/podcast-episode-building-tactile-internet

eff, 14 days ago to random

Using AI to turn body-camera videos into police reports is worrisome given that some AI have been shown to "hallucinate" facts, or summarize events inaccurately, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told Phoenix’s 12News. https://www.12news.com/article/tech/artificial-intelligence-police-reports/75-bab7ec96-5521-40fd-a716-6f4ea908f815

eff, 15 days ago to random

In coalition with 19 other organizations, we told Meta to #StopSilencingPalestine. Read the company’s response and our statement here: https://stopsilencingpalestine.com/our-letter-and-meta-s-response/

eff, 16 days ago to random

“It’s comically difficult” to turn off your new car’s data collection, EFF’s @Thorin told Sherwood News. “I do this for a living and I am not 100% positive I have gotten everything correct, which is ridiculous.” https://sherwood.news/tech/how-to-opt-out-of-the-privacy-nightmare-that-comes-factory-installed-in-new/

eff, 15 days ago to random

Creating the best, most useful non-visual internet technology requires including blind and low-vision people in every step of development and deployment, @ChanceyFleet tells Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley on the new episode of EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/podcast-episode-building-tactile-internet

eff, 16 days ago to random

To defend against TikTok’s lawsuit, the DOJ must show Congress had compelling reasons that justify the ban’s burdens on free speech. “They’re going to have to show this is a real & actual security concern, not a hypothetical,” EFF’s @davidgreene told @WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/tiktok-sues-to-block-u-s-ban-6ec6e17f