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eff, 11 months ago to random

In a huge victory for civil liberties, a district court judge in New York ruled that a warrant is required for a cell phone search at the border. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/federal-judge-makes-history-holding-border-searches-cell-phones-require-warrant

eff, 6 months ago to random

HTTPS encryption for EU residents is at risk, as the soon-to-be-passed Article 45 removes browsers’ control over security for their users.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/article-45-will-roll-back-web-security-12-years

eff, 9 months ago to fediverse

The Kolektiva raid reminds us that it’s important to stand with your users in the #fediverse too.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their

eff, 3 months ago to random

“Banning Flipper Zero devices is tantamount to banning a multi-tool because it can be used for vandalism, or banning markers because they can be used for graffiti,” EFF’s @legind told @Motherboard. https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a388g/flipper-zero-ban-canada-hacking-car-thefts

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, 3 months ago to random

VICTORY! Ring has announced it will no longer facilitate warrantless police requests for footage to Ring’s users. This comes after years of sustained pressure from EFF and other civil liberties and privacy advocates. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/ring-announces-it-will-no-longer-facilitate-police-requests-footage-users

eff, 7 months ago to privacy

Victory! California’s new data broker law will hold data brokers accountable and give us needed control over our data by making it easier to exercise our privacy rights.

Read more about what the new law does here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/californias-delete-act-protects-us-data-brokers
#privacy #databrokers #CA

eff, 3 months ago to random

Many of the ills of today’s internet have a single thing in common: they are built on a system of corporate surveillance. This Data Privacy & Protection Day, we're calling for a ban on the targeting of ads based on our online behavior. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/ban-online-behavioral-advertising

eff, 1 year ago to random

You and your friends hold each other hostage on social media because you can't all agree on when to quit and where to go. #Interoperability guarantees the #RightToExit:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/platforms-decay-lets-put-users-first

eff, 7 months ago to privacy

The latest update for @privacybadger stops more Google link mangling.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/new-privacy-badger-prevents-google-mangling-more-your-links-and-invading-your
#privacy #extension #google

eff, 6 months ago to random

Dream job alert: Defend civil liberties and innovation at EFF as a Staff Attorney working on patent, copyright, and related fields.

https://www.eff.org/staffattorneyip

eff, 9 months ago to random

2020: New Orleans bans police use of #facerecognition, recognizing it to be dangerous and invasive.
2022: Crime panic causes city to reverse course and reinstate face recognition despite earlier concerns.
2023: Face recognition has led to zero arrests. https://gizmodo.com/facial-recognition-new-orleans-police-no-arrests-1850692101

eff, 11 months ago to random

Victory! New Jersey court rules #police must turn over facial recognition source code and error rates to defendant ID'd by the faulty technology. Law enforcement sought to block release of any info about the #facialrecognition system they used--even the name. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/victory-new-jersey-court-rules-police-must-give-defendant-facial-recognition

eff, 3 months ago to random

Don’t give in to privacy nihilism. Instead, share and celebrate the ways we’re winning. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/privacy-isnt-dead-far-it

eff, 26 days ago to random

Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during, and after a protest is vital to keeping yourself and your information safe, as well as getting your message out. Learn more:
https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest

eff, 1 year ago to random

The sponsors of the EARN IT Act and the STOP CSAM Act have made it clear they want to surveil user messages. We can still stop these bills, if there’s enough public pushback. The Senate is listening. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/dangerous-earn-it-bill-advances-out-committee-several-senators-offer-objections

eff, 6 months ago to random

We are #thankful for open source projects decentralizing the social web.

eff, 4 months ago to random

Google's Chrome browser is more locked down than ever, introducing new tricks to inhibit extensions, collect even more user data for ads, and restrict access to content for people who use ad-blockers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser

eff, 7 months ago to random

With the impending expiration of Big Brother’s favorite surveillance law, Section 702, the intelligence community will start to search for new scary problems that can be solved with mass surveillance. Don't fall for it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/dont-fall-intelligence-communitys-monster-week-justifications

eff, 9 months ago to BadInternetBills

If you’re a teenager, the Kids Online Safety Act (#KOSA) could have a disastrous impact on your ability to use many apps, platforms, and websites. Here’s why you should oppose it. #STOPKOSA #BadInternetBills https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/young-people-should-oppose-kids-online-safety-act

eff, 2 months ago to random

Police are using DNA to create hypothetical face renderings—then using these images as a clue to base investigations on.

If this wasn't bad enough, police in California ran one of these images through face recognition tech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/cops-running-dna-manufactured-faces-through-face-recognition-tornado-bad-ideas

eff, 3 months ago to random

We are looking for a technologist to help us take Privacy Badger to the next level. #getfedihired #jobsearch #jobs https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=115349&clientkey=28620672D234BF368306CEB4A2746667

eff, 2 months ago to random

It’s here! Signal finally gets the long-requested username feature, making it possible to share your contact info without giving out your phone number. We've updated our SSD guide with directions to set it up. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal

eff, 1 month ago to random

Police used DNA and probability software to invent a likely face for a subject and then put that fake face through face recognition software. This is policing done by pure chance and it's beyond dangerous. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/cops-running-dna-manufactured-faces-through-face-recognition-tornado-bad-ideas #facerecognition

eff, 6 months ago to random

Privacy Badger is causing a storm in the cloud. It's meaner than ever. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/privacy-badger-learns-block-ever-more-trackers