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A year ago, EFF supporters spoke up to Apple and said: Don't scan our phones. Today, privacy won.

Victory! Apple Commits to Encrypting iCloud, And Drops Phone-Scanning

Today Apple announced it will provide fully encrypted iCloud backups, meeting a longstanding demand by EFF and other privacy-focused organizations. We applaud Apple for listening to experts, child

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VICTORY! Today, President Biden

@POTUS

signed the Safe Connections Act into law, Public Law No: 117-223.

VICTORY! The Safe Connections Act is Now Law

In the 21st century, it is difficult to lead a life without a cell phone. It is also difficult to change your number—you’ve given it to all your friends, family, doctors, children’s schools, and so

In 2020, two copyright bills were added to the end-of-the-year spending package. That bill was what’s known as “must-pass” legislation—i.e. something that is considered vitally important and must...

Thanks to everyone who spoke up, the link tax is not in the military budget. Let's make sure it doesn't creep into any other end-of-year legislation!

act.eff.org

Stop the Copyright Creep

San Francisco terminates explosive killer cop bots

"This is a big step forward for a style of common sense governance where we know that security theater does not actually make San Francisco safer," EFF’s

@MGuariglia

told

@TheRegister

theregister.com

I'll be back, or perhaps not

Apple advances user security with powerful new data protections

Encryption is one of the most important tools we have for maintaining privacy and security online. We applaud Apple for listening to experts, child advocates, and users who want to protect their most sensitive data.

apple.com

iMessage Contact Key Verification, Security Keys, and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud provide users important new tools to protect data.

Looking to learn more about automatic license plate readers? Join Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@lucyparsonslabs

for this online event on Dec 14

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Lucy Parsons Labs #BLM

@lucyparsonslabs

Join us on 12/14 from 5-6:30pm CT for an Automated License Plate Reader 101 panel. We will have folks from @blknshassembly @conmijente @eff & @ajpeddakotla dropping knowledge. Register to join at bit.ly/alpr101

We did it! We killed killer robots in San Francisco...for now. If the Supervisors’ Rules Committee considers revising the ban, the community will be back in opposition to robot deployment of deadly force.

VICTORY! San Francisco Bans Killer Robots…For Now

In a stunning 8-to-3 vote yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors banned the SFPD from using deadly force with remote-controlled robots. The Board also sent the killer robot policy back to

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Legal reform to enhance global text and data mining research

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Text and data mining research using automated tools is essential to the #RightToResearch – but outdated and unfair copyright rules can stand in the way. A group of academics from around the world have suggested a better way forward:

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Outdated copyright laws around the world hinder research

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We just passed our goal for Power Up Matching Week ⭐️ Thanks to all of our supporters who got their donation matched. We couldn't continue the work that we do without your support! eff.org/join

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A lower court’s broad interpretation of the Anti-Terrorism Act threatens to broadly censor internet users’ speech on a variety of online services.

The Supreme Court Must Protect Internet Users’ Rights to Access

Lawsuits claiming that online services aid terrorist organizations just by hosting their content or having users who espouse the organizations’ views potentially could censor a vast amount of

How US police use counterterrorism money to buy spy tech

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Buying & using police surveillance tech should be heavily scrutinized because such tools can seriously threaten civil liberties, EFF’s

@_blip_

told

@TechReview

- yet transparency is poor “because agencies do not want to be held accountable.”

technologyreview.com

A new report shows that federal aid from FEMA is often used to buy surveillance equipment, without the public knowing much about it

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האינטרנט הוא משאב חיוני למיליארדי בני אדם ברחבי העולם. אנו זקוקים לכך שספקי התשתית ימשיכו להתמקד במשימת הליבה שלהם: תמיכה באינטרנט מוצק וגמיש. הצטרפו אלינו ואל למעלה מ-50 ארגונים תומכים כדי להגן על ארסנל הכלים הטכנולוגי:

Our annual report features reflections from several EFF staff members about some of our most significant efforts, as well as financial information for the fiscal year ending June 2019.

טיוטה סופית, נא לא לערוך

Dec 7

Interpreting the Anti-Terrorism Act broadly would have dangerous implications for the First Amendment rights of internet users and the platforms hosting their speech.

The Supreme Court Must Protect Internet Users’ Rights to Access

Lawsuits claiming that online services aid terrorist organizations just by hosting their content or having users who espouse the organizations’ views potentially could censor a vast amount of

Dec 7

Police fund surveillance equipment in ways that circumvent transparency and prioritize their relationships with private companies over the community’s wants and needs. Read here about how police funding of equipment is part of the problem:

How Police Fund Surveillance Technology is Part of the Problem

Law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local level are spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on surveillance technology in order to track, locate, watch, and listen to people

About $28b has been channeled from

@DHSgov

to local police for drones, ShotSpotter, cell-site simulators, automated license plate readers, and similar surveillance tools that collect data on people who, for the most part, are not of any criminal interest. eff.org/issues/street-.

Street-Level Surveillance

A Guide to Law Enforcement Spying TechnologyEFF’s “Street-Level Surveillance” project shines light on the advanced surveillance technologies that law enforcement agencies routinely deploy in our

A new report describes how billions of federal dollars have gone to funding surveillance and military equipment in communities around the country, and how the federal government and tech contractors influence where money goes in police and city budgets.

acrecampaigns.org

DHS Open for Business

DHS Open for Business: How Tech Corporations Bring the War on Terror to Our Neighborhoods Read the full report here Executive Summary In the aftermath of 9/11, the George W. Bush administration...

Should the Rules Committee revisit the issue, the community must come together to stop this dangerous use of technology. Huge thanks are due to the coalition of residents and groups who pushed back, and who we know will be ready if we must fight again.

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VICTORY! Thanks to the passionate residents of the Bay Area and the leadership of Supervisors

@DeanPreston

@HillaryRonen

, and

@shamannwalton

, the Board today voted against SFPD use of deadly force with remote-controlled robots.

sfchronicle.com

San Francisco police can't use deadly robots for now

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to put the brakes on a...

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You can help the Babylon Burning staff bounce back:

gofundme.com

Babylon Burning Needs Your Help, organized by JAIMI HOLKER

On December 2nd our dear friends Mike and Judy Lynch at Babylon Burning got a terrible c… JAIMI HOLKER needs your support for Babylon Burning Needs Your Help

Our friends at

suffered a fire that destroyed their screen printing shop last weekend. This SF Legacy Business has made top quality shirts and hoodies with EFF for over 15 years. But that's not the end!

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People wearing EFF 25th anniversary unicorn and "Defend Encryption" t-shirts

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EFF "Stay Golden" member t-shirt near floral wall.

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NSA training slide featuring Ed Snowden and EFF's "NSA Spying" sweatshirt.

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POWER UP your digital freedom – give to EFF today to help keep up the fight for online rights all year!

Your support keeps EFF fighting for online privacy and free speech all year—join us today.

Celebrate Library Privacy Week with Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@Cypurr

on Dec 10 in a training on workplace surveillance.

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Cypurr Collective

@cypurrnyc

Workplace Surveillance! You can't work with it...but maybe you can work without it! Join us this Saturday for our next online event with @BKLYN_IC to discuss different types of workplace surveillance and what rights you have to push back against it! bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cypur

S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

Learn how you're being surveilled in your own home with Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@STOPSpyingNY

Wednesday at 6pm.

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@STOPSpyingNY

Don't miss out! This Wednesday (Dec. 7th) at 6 PM EST, tune in to the matter of in-home surveillance at our inaugural Tech & Society Salon with @JayCStanley, @ninalwang, David Shalleck-Klein, and S.T.O.P.'s @DavidASiffert. Register: eventbrite.com/e/tech-society

San Francisco supervisors to take final vote on robotics with lethal capabilities

Again and again we've seen that when police get military technology, "even if they pinky promise that they will only use it in the most extreme circumstances, that threshold eventually gets wider and wider and wider," EFF’s

@MGuariglia

told

@KTVU

ktvu.com

San Francisco city leaders are set to take a final vote on a plan that would allow police in that city to use robots equipped with deadly force.

The 2022 #OpenSourceSecuritySummit will feature special guest

@evacide

. Register today: btwrdn.com/3Fjoi2W

इंटरनेट दुनिया भर के अरबों लोगों के लिए एक आवश्यक संसाधन है। हमें बुनियादी ढांचा प्रदाताओं की जरूरत है कि वे अपने मुख्य मिशन पर केंद्रित रहें: एक मजबूत और लचीला इंटरनेट का समर्थन करना। स्टैक की सुरक्षा के लिए काम करने में हमारे और 50+ सहयोगी शामिल हों:

अंतिम प्रारूप, संपादित न करें

Our annual report features reflections from several EFF staff members about some of our most significant efforts, as well as financial information for the fiscal year ending June 2019.

The solution to tech monopolies isn’t to create a big media cartel. We need to keep JCPA out of the must-pass national defense bill.

act.eff.org

Stop the Copyright Creep

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Your support keeps EFF fighting for online privacy and free speech all year—join us today.

EFF is joined by

and dozens of other groups calling on the Board of Supervisors to vote “No” tomorrow on authorizing use of deadly force by police robots.

44 Local Organizations Stand Against SFPD’s Killer Robots

EFF is announcing a letter signed by 44 community groups who stand united in opposition to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors authorizing the San Francisco Police Department to deploy deadly

Broadband priorities for outgoing and incoming Congress | Light Reading

"A major priority for a whole range of industries and consumer groups is getting Gigi Sohn confirmed," EFF’s

@EFFFalcon

told

@Light_Reading

. "That sets the stage for the FCC to then begin … implementing a number of policy goals."

lightreading.com

Here are some of the broadband policy matters facing the outgoing and incoming US Congress that will help determine the implementation of BEAD and more.

Consumer Reports Advocacy

We’ve heard that the JCPA, a “link tax” proposal, could get slipped into the NDAA, a must-pass defense bill. Tell your Congressional representative to reject JCPA today.

act.eff.org

Stop the Copyright Creep

EFF Retweeted

@CRAdvocacy

Gov. Hochul: Sign the Digital Fair Repair Act!

By the end of 2022, New York could be the first state to say goodbye to costly tech support and hello to #RighttoRepair. But we need your help to urge

@GovKathyHochul

to sign this bill into law asap! Will you send her a message? #HochulCanFixIt

act.consumerreports.org

Join me in calling on @GovKathyHochul to sign the Digital Fair Repair Act! We want the right to repair our electronics! #RightToRepair http://act.consumerreports.org/pd25YUm

Thank you, Supervisor Mar, for listening to city residents and community groups and bringing us one step closer to defeating this dangerous policy.

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Gordon Mar 馬兆明

@D4GordonMar

I'm grateful to all who've expressed concerns with our vote authorizing SFPD to use robots to kill suspects in extreme circumstances. Despite my own deep concerns with the policy, I voted for it after additional guardrails were added. I regret it. I will vote no tomorrow. 1/4

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We Asked Privacy Experts About Amazon and Ring’s Controversial Relationship With Law Enforcement

“Every time a piece of technology is brought into the home that is connected to the internet, to other devices, or to networks outside the home, there are concerns related to security and privacy,” EFF’s

@_blip_

told

@SpyDotCom

spy.com

Is Ring a great tool for protecting your home, or another tool to be used by the surveillance state? We talked to cybersecurity experts to find out.

Most users use the internet without thinking about its underlying infrastructure—but those services are essential to expression, privacy, and security. Learn why we and 50+ allies believe interventions by infrastructure providers should be extremely rare

Our annual report features reflections from several EFF staff members about some of our most significant efforts, as well as financial information for the fiscal year ending June 2019.

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‘We Are All F****d’: The Developers of Tornado Cash and the Future of Crypto

“This is a wake-up call to that community that they need to recognize and protect the open source community that they rest on top of,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told

@CoinDesk

about the Tornado Cash fiasco.

coindesk.com

The arrest of a web developer for the now-sanctioned currency mixer Tornado Cash has raised questions about whom states can hold responsible when bad actors use software to commit crimes. That's why...

A internet é um recurso essencial para bilhões de pessoas em todo o mundo. Precisamos que os provedores de infraestrutura se concentrem em sua missão principal: apoiar uma internet robusta e resiliente. Trabalhe conosco para proteger a stack:

Our annual report features reflections from several EFF staff members about some of our most significant efforts, as well as financial information for the fiscal year ending June 2019.

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