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  1. 7 hours ago

    The Electronic Frontier Alliance is a grassroots network of community and campus organizations across the United States working to educate our neighbors about the importance of digital rights.

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  2. 7 hours ago

    A good weekend project: Create strong, unique passphrases for your online accounts.

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  3. 8 hours ago

    Of the companies that market stalkerware—sometimes under the guise of child safety or employee-monitoring software— told the TED audience, “Do these companies know that their tools are being used as tools of abuse? Absolutely.”

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  4. 8 hours ago

    In the TransUnion decision, the Court has failed to recognize that Congress must have the power to proactively protect us from the risks created when private companies use modern databases to vacuum up our personal information.

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  5. 11 hours ago

    Does someone in your life love Internet freedom and civil liberties? Donate to EFF in their honor today!

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  6. 13 hours ago

    EFF is committing to highlight LGBTQ+ issues not only during Pride month, but year-round on our new issue page.

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  7. 14 hours ago

    It needs to be easier for users to leave big tech platforms, or to use other tools to interact with their data without leaving entirely.

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  8. 14 hours ago

    One of the major hurdles to ending mass surveillance is over-classification and minuscule reform attempts. We have a major problem if the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board have become a poster child for both.

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  9. 15 hours ago

    The Biden Administration’s recent rescission of a proposed rule that sought to massively expand the collection of biometrics from immigrants and their family members is a good first step toward protecting privacy rights. But more must be done.

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  10. 15 hours ago

    In a landmark ruling, the Fourth Circuit found that Baltimore’s warrantless aerial surveillance program that could track the entire city’s movements violated the Fourth Amendment.

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  11. 15 hours ago

    The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act bans federal use of face surveillance and withholds some federal tax dollars from paying for it at the state and local level. Tell your elected officials now to co-sponsor this bill!

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  12. 16 hours ago

    Nominations are now open for the 2021 Barlows.

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  13. 16 hours ago

    Tech giants need to be pushed to make it easy for users to leave, or to use other tools to interact with their data without leaving entirely.

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  14. 17 hours ago

    Section 230 doesn’t protect people who spread lies online. It helps moderators kick them offline.

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  15. Jul 2

    Takeaways from last week’s victory against Baltimore’s warrantless aerial surveillance program.

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  16. Jul 2

    might be over, but EFF is committed to defending the digital rights of LGBTQ+ communities year-round.

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  17. Retweeted
    Jun 30

    We've created downloadable, shareable graphics to show how the varying surveillance technologies and legal authorities overlap, how they disproportionately impact the lives of marginalized communities, and what tools we have at our disposal to halt or mitigate their harms.

    An image of a satellite with the text "Government surveillance begins all the way at the top. Satellite photography has been a reality since the 1950s, and at any given moment there are over 5,000 satellites in orbit over the Earth—some of which have advanced photographic capabilities. While many are intended for scientific purposes, some satellites are used for reconnaissance by intelligence agencies and militaries." A link to this page is included.
    an image of a police officer placing a GPS device under a car. text reads: One common method that police attempt to track people suspected of criminal activity is GPS monitors placed underneath a person’s vehicle. Before the 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v Jones, which ruled that a GPS monitor on a car constituted a search under the Fourth Amendment, and the 2013 Katzin decision in the Third Circuit which ruled, once and for all....more text cut
    a person typing, with the text Through programs like PRISM and XKEYSCORE, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) can monitor emails as they move across the internet, browser and search history, and even keystrokes as they happen in real time. Much of this information can come directly from the internet and telecommunications companies that consumers use, through agreements between these companies and government agencies or through warrants or orders granted by a judge to local police.
    a scuba diver cutting wires. text reads: Running under ground and under the oceans are thousands of miles of fiber optic cable that transmit online communications between countries. Originating as telegraph wires running under the ocean, these highways for international digital communication are now a hotbed of surveillance by state actors looking to surveil chatter abroad and at home.
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  18. Jul 2

    The Nestlé case points to the need for Congress to step in to update that 1789 Alien Tort Statute to ensure that companies face accountability when they take on the role of “repression’s little helper.”

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  19. Jul 2

    But technology companies that purpose-build repressive tools—like Cisco’s specific internet surveillance tool built to help the Chinese government track and target the Falun Gong—should not be off the hook.

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  20. Jul 2

    EFF filed an amicus brief warning that governments around the world have relied on U.S. technology companies like Cisco and Sandvine to build the tools of repression.

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