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Check out 's new report about which ISPs best protect user privacy in Chile! Telco companies' scores are high but challenges posed by surveillance are also mounting. Read more.
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New: Flock builds license plate readers for law enforcement. Its goal? Eliminating crime.
Now that abortion has been criminalized in some states, has that goal changed at all? Flock says no. “We support local governments enforcing their local laws.”
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Society would be better served if researchers used their imaginations to help us avoid the pitfalls of new technology, not jetpack right into them. Case in point: "Digital Police Officers."
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Thanks to all U.S. federal employees and retierees who donated to EFF through the Combined Federal Campaign last year. Be sure to renew your support this year by using our CFC ID 10437!
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The President should join in seeking to reform the law—Section 702, state secrets privilege, and other tools of mass surveillance—to expressly recognize everyone's privacy rights, here and abroad. eff.org/702-spying
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We understand and appreciate that the Biden Administration is trying to do by executive order some of what is required by international law and the EU. But an executive order isn't enough.
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Copyright trolls have recently cropped up in Brazil. They operate in many countries around the world with predatory practices that threaten the due process and data privacy rights of thousands of internet users. 1/
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Hoy a las 16:30 (Chile) únetenos para conocer más de la nueva edición de ¿Quién defiende tus datos? Chile. Realizada por . ¡Estaremos en vivo desde Instagram! instagram.com/derechos_digit
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Governments should not have the power to tell websites what opinions they must host, and we hope that the Supreme Court will take the case and strike down this disastrous law.
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A federal appeals court has upheld Texas’ unconstitutional and disastrous social media law that takes away large online sites’ right to edit their content, including by blocking posts that are legal but offensive to users.
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Pacific Northwest National Lab's proposal for "Digital Police Officers" reads like a pitch for the most dystopian buddy cop movie ever.
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"As currently written, we believe that the standard businesses are asked to consider—'the best interests of children'—is too vague and perhaps incoherent," EFF had written in urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto the bill.
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Este viernes a las 16:30 (Chile) te presentaremos la quinta edición del informe "Quién defiende tus datos" edición chilena realizada por . ¡Estaremos en vivo desde Instagram! instagram.com/derechos_digit
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Protestors have been charged with felonies that could send them to prison for years, EFF’s Mukund Rathi told . “In many cases, the fact that the protester had done nothing wrong was revealed by a video of the activity.”
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“Flock Safety’s position illustrates how surveillance isn’t actually about benefiting society or protecting people – it’s about enforcing the political goals of those in power,” EFF’s Dave Maass told The .
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Este viernes a las 16:30 (Chile) te presentaremos la quinta edición del informe "Quién defiende tus datos" edición chilena realizada por . ¡Estaremos en vivo desde Instagram! instagram.com/derechos_digit
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EFF is proud to support this year's in-person and virtual . We'll be there in Raleigh, NC, so if you're at the event, be sure to stop by and say hi!
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Some courts have rightfully limited police searches of cell phones to certain types of data or specific time periods, while others have authorized warrants that are much broader. In August, two courts issued significant decisions illustrating this divide:
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“Privacy isn’t something that’s just an individual set of decisions,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told . “It’s about all the people you interact with and how your actions can impact them and their actions impact you.”
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Illinois’ strict privacy laws are having an impact, EFF’s told . “I think a lot of businesses in Illinois are becoming aware of it and they will stop collecting biometrics from people without their permission.”
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Our meetup next month is with Mike Michaels discussing his creation The Eureka Room, join us! meetup.com/eff-austin/eve
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Millions of people use the Tor network every day to access the internet without fear of surveillance and censorship. A new protocol—Tor Snowflake—means that even more people can help others exercise their freedom of expression anywhere in the world.
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Police generally need a warrant to search a cell phone. But what happens when they do get a warrant? Can they look at everything? Unfortunately, it depends:
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People should beware of period tracking apps “but we ought to be urging them to think bigger than that. There are many other aspects of their digital footprint that could potentially be used against them,” EFF’s Daly Barnett told the .
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You can auto-renew your EFF membership each year. Sign up today and say you want to give annually!
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Instructions on circumventing network censorship in Iran. Provided by Tor in Farsi, Turkish, and English.
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The soft wall between Cubic’s transportation & military businesses raises still-unanswered questions about the risks that personal data could move between the two sides of the company, EFF’s Bill Budington told .
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“Vendors come in promising the world with these technologies without talking about the risks or threats and policymakers just swallow it without questioning it” – but mass surveillance isn’t the answer, EFF’s Dave Maass told the .
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سیگنال با رمزگذاری سرتاسری از پیامهایتان حفاظت میکند. اگر سیگنال در کشورتان فیلتر است، EFF یک سرور پروکسی را برای اتصال افراد به پلتفرم ایجاد نموده. اگر از تلفنهمراه استفاده میکنید، لینک استفاده از پروکسی ما signal.tube/#talk.eff-acti است.
#IRanaSignalProxy
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Only 24 hours left on our "Linux by No Starch Press" @Humble Bundle! That means you still have time to pay what you want for up to 21 truly excellent ebooks—*and* have a portion of your purchase price go to @EFF & @letsencrypt: humblebundle.com/books/linux-no
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Signal protects your messages with end-to-end encryption. If Signal is blocked in your country, EFF now has a proxy server for enabling people to connect to the platform. #IRanASignalProxy
If you're on a mobile device, the link to use our proxy is:
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Face recognition presents an inherent threat to individual privacy, free expression, information security, and social justice. Join us in demanding a ban on government use of face recognition in the UK.
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Single companies should not be given control of generic top-level domain names. Why should one company get to control .car?
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Are you thinking about building a coalition to support digital rights in your community? For ideas on this and more, check out our organizing resources
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Software patents already tend to be vague and overbroad. The last thing we need is to drastically loosen the rules for these problematic patents.
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The SFPD's cooperation with this regional fusion center puts sensitive data and the civil rights of Bay Area residents at severe risk.
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