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DHS' dangerous new plan to use biometric data for identity verification is "about making it so the government can engage in dragnet surveillance of immigrant communities," says EFF Staff Attorney @sairahussain87https://apnews.com/b417ac4f12cb04f4805e881a91834a11 …

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) money is supposed to save jobs during the pandemic. So why were loans given to five different patent trolls?https://www.patentprogress.org/2020/08/26/paycheck-protection-recipients-among-npe-targets/ …

By not acting, the Assembly has chosen to leave millions of Californians behind—especially in rural areas and in communities of color that big ISPs have refused to serve. EFF and many others will keep fighting for broadband access for all Californians.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/how-californias-assembly-killed-effort-expand-broadband-all-californians …

Thanks to everyone who donated to EFF during our birthday month! If you missed it, you can still become a member of EFF today and help us reach our goal of 30,000 donors this year!https://eff.org/join 

Indiscriminate searches like geofence warrants put innocent people in the government’s crosshairs for no good reason, & give law enforcement unlimited discretion that can be deployed arbitrarily. Two federal judges have recently ruled them unconstitutional:https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/new-federal-court-rulings-find-geofence-warrants-unconstitutional-0 …

"The privacy recommendations in the W3C and mDL specs must be treated as a floor and not a ceiling. We implore the digital identity community and technologists to consider the risks to privacy and social equity. "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/digital-identification-must-be-designed-privacy-and-equity-10 …

If you are in California and you think our legislature shouldn’t close for the year before taking decisive action on broadband access during the pandemic, call them now.https://act.eff.org/action/california-tell-your-assemblymembers-that-all-californians-deserve-21st-century-internet …

Two federal judges have ruled that a geofence warrant violates the Fourth Amendment, offering a detailed constitutional analysis that aligns with arguments EFF + others have made over the past couple years.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/new-federal-court-rulings-find-geofence-warrants-unconstitutional-0 …

SFPD recently used this camera network to spy on Black-led protests against police violence and racism. SFPD must immediately stop.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors …

The San Francisco Business Improvement District camera network "was never intended to be something that law enforcement gained control of and is able to remotely access," says EFF's @sairahussain87. But that's exactly what they did.https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-police-repeatedly-secure-access-to-camera-network-for-live-surveillance-emails-show/ …

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Seen an odd piece of police tech? See if you recognize it in our Street-Level Surveillance field guide.https://www.eff.org/sls