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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Aug 3

    Cheers to all the researchers, tinkerers, hackers, and reverse engineers who are pushing infosec to new heights. Together we can—and must—ensure that the future of technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for everyone.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Today, everything we do involves the internet. Tomorrow, everything will require it. We can’t afford to let our digital citizenship be reduced to a heavy-handed mess of unreadable terms of service and broken appeals processes.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    The asked Executive Director Cindy Cohn and six other luminaries to rewrite parts of the Constitution

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  4. 3 hours ago

    EFF's Tech Trivia will be live on August 6 at 5 pm Pacific Time. Think you've got what it takes to win some prizes? Sign up today!

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  5. Retweeted
    5 hours ago

    . supports the Wyden-Toomey-Lummis amendment. “Nonetheless, we wish that the infrastructure bill was not attempting to address as complex and nuanced an issue as reporting requirements around cryptocurrency," tells me.

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  6. Retweeted
    Aug 2

    Here are 6 reasons we hate the new cryptocurrency surveillance provision buried in Biden's infrastructure bill:

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  7. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    Facebook claims they shut down the researchers accounts due to privacy problems with the Ad Observer. In our view, those claims simply do not hold water. We know this because we reviewed the code ourselves before recommending it. Read more here:

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  8. 5 hours ago

    EFF, , and partner organizations to Ninth Circuit: online platforms have the right to remove content and we have the right to disagree. Government retaliation, like Texas AG Paxton’s investigation of Twitter, crosses the line.

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  9. 6 hours ago

    Dearest Hackers, We're sad not to see you in Las Vegas at , , and , but we can really use your support. Remember to renew your EFF membership and keep fighting for online privacy and free speech all year. Your Pal, EFF 🖤

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  10. 7 hours ago

    We have the right to a better digital future - a future where the ambitions of would-be monopolists and their shareholders take a back-seat to fairness, equity, and your right to self-determination.

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  11. 9 hours ago

    EFF is proud to be a supporter of the 30th USENIX Security Symposium!

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  12. 10 hours ago

    DRM, EULAs and monopoly - three reasons that a tech company can make you totally dependent on its service and then cut you off without explanation or appeal, bricking your thermostat, confiscating your audiobooks, and stealing a decade's worth of photos.

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  13. 24 hours ago

    In honor of the summer hacker conferences, EFF's annual mystery-filled t-shirt is available online, but it won't last long! Snag one before they're gone.

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  14. Aug 3

    EFF has joined with the ACLU and EPIC to file comments that raise privacy and equity concerns about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's proposed rules on “mobile driver’s licenses” or mDLs.

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  15. Aug 3

    We're kicking off a week of applauding and supporting the professionals and enthusiasts who are pushing computer security forward. You can help by becoming an EFF member.

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  16. Aug 3

    Documents reveal that employees at ShotSpotter may be altering alerts generated by the technology in order to justify arrests and buttress prosecutors’ cases.

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  17. Aug 3

    Register your crew for EFF's Tech Trivia and become the champion hive mind to claim fame and prizes!

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  18. Retweeted
    Aug 2

    Any smart cryptocurrency regulation should safeguard privacy, innovation, and decentralization. This fast-moving provision fails those standards.

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  19. Aug 3

    "Imposing reporting requirements on non-custodial cryptocurrency actors could have a huge chilling effect on innovation and civil liberties" - EFF Special Counsel

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  20. Aug 3

    A confusing provision in Biden's infrastructure bill could create more surveillance in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

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