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Bogus copyright and trademark complaints have threatened all kinds of creative expression on the Internet. EFF's Hall Of Shame collects the worst of the worst.

There's a long, not-so-proud history of critical speech being removed through abusive copyright notices. Revisit the worst of the worst at EFF's Takedown Hall of Shame.

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Today, we released Cover Your Tracks (formerly Panopticlick), which aims to make browser fingerprinting and tracking more understandable to the average user. Check it out today! https://coveryourtracks.eff.org If you're curious about Cover Your Tracks's history, and its past life as Panopticlick, read our blog post on how the project changed. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/introducing-cover-your-tracks
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How the RIAA took youtube-dl offline using DRM and DMCA 1201
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How to Observe Police Surveillance at Protests
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Image may contain: text that says '1 SOMETHING YOU KNOW: USE STRONG PASSWORDS EACH PASSWORD FOR EACH ACCOUNT SHOULD BE: PASSWORD GENERATION RECIPE Random Long Unique Pae0.. Check out EFF's guide on generating strong passwords: httng passwords BUT HOW CAN POSSIBLY REMEMBER ALL THESE RANDOM, LONG, UNIQUE PASSWORDS? Depending on your security plan, you may want to use a password manager! Watch EFF's video on using a password manager here: heeve using-password-managersstay.safe- online LOOKING FOR A PASSWORD MANAGER? Check out one option for a password manager here:'
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