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  1. 11 hours ago

    Encryption is not a privacy and security cure-all, but it is still the best existing technology we have to protect information from governments, service providers, and technically skilled hackers.

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  2. 13 hours ago

    The EU has spent months trying to fix the , but leaks show they're failing.

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  3. 14 hours ago

    We gave the U.S. Commerce Department five concrete recommendations for any Administration policy proposal or proposed legislation regarding the data privacy rights of users online.

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  4. 16 hours ago

    Portland: enjoy the company of other local digital rights fans at a happy hour this Monday organized by Electronic Frontier Alliance members Portland TA3M.

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  5. 17 hours ago

    A recent Federal Circuit decision will allow trolls with abstract software patents to extend litigation and extract more settlement payouts. EFF and have filed a brief asking for Supreme Court review.

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  6. 19 hours ago

    It shouldn't have taken this long for Sony to admit that it doesn't own the copyright on a piece of music that's nearly 300 years old.

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  7. 20 hours ago

    2.5 Billion. That's how many license plates these 200 law enforcement agencies scanned in 2016-2017.

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  8. 21 hours ago

    EFF has joined more than 70 human and digital rights groups asking for real transparency about when Facebook removes content. You shouldn’t have to be famous to get Facebook to review a decision to delete user content.

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  9. Nov 16

    EFF's tells that "License plate readers are indiscriminate forms of mass surveillance. That means they collect information on everyone, regardless of whether you're suspected of being part of the crime."

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  10. Nov 16

    Why don't we hear more about marginalized communities unfairly censored on Facebook? "We don’t hear those stories as much because they’re often overshadowed by the pushes for hate speech to come down," says EFF's

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  11. Nov 16

    This week, released public records on billions of police license plate scans from 2016 and 2017. 99.5% of those plates were not under suspicion of any crime when they were scanned.

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  12. Nov 16

    When you update your software, you are no longer a “target of opportunity” for cheap attacks that try to catch people running out-of-date software.

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    Nov 16

    📸 Sneak peek of 's article from Issue 54: END OF TRUST, up on today. 📸 

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  14. Nov 15

    Berkheimer v. HP is a flawed Federal Circuit decision that makes it easier for patent trolls with abstract software patents to shake down innovators. The Supreme Court needs to reverse it.

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  15. Nov 15

    Even small towns are collecting and sharing ALPR data. Hiram, Georgia (pop. 4,000) collected 32,000 plates in 2016-2017 and shares that data with 833 other agencies, including ICE and the Honolulu Police Department.

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  16. Nov 15

    The New Jersey State Police () collected 20 million license plate scans in 2016-2017, but they wouldn't tell us who they share the data with.

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  17. Nov 15

    The Buffalo Police Dept. in NY () collected 85 million license plate scans in 2016-2017. It directly shares data with at least 137 other agencies plus a pool of 528 agencies.

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  18. Nov 15

    The Dept. collected 1.2 million license plate scans in 2016-2017. It shares data with at least 539 other agencies.

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  19. Nov 15

    The Dept. in Texas collected 25 million license plate scans in 2016-2017. It shares data with at least 817 other agencies.

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  20. Nov 15

    The Dept. in California collected 64 million license plate scans in 2016-2017. It shares data with at least 779 other agencies.

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