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19 Nov 2019, 4:29 am
Survivor Groups, Tech Companies Unite To Stand Against Malicious Software That Spies On and Threatens Safety of Women, Partners, WorkersSan Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Kaspersky, Operation Safe Escape and seven other organizations today launched the Coalition Against Stalkerware to unite and mobilize security software companies and advocates for domestic abuse victims in actions to combat and shut down malicious stalkerware apps.Stalkerware, a… [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 6:05 am
You know, your Wikipedia bio notes that you were the first MP to reference Linux and the Electronic Frontier Foundation on the floor of the House of Commons. [read post]
14 Nov 2019, 9:05 pm
” Esha Bhandari of the ACLU, which filed the lawsuit with the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of eleven travellers, said that “by putting an end to the government’s ability to conduct suspicionless fishing expeditions, the court reaffirms that the border is not a lawless place and that we don’t lose our privacy rights when we travel. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 12:34 pm
Documents and testimony we and the Electronic Frontier Foundation obtained as part of our lawsuit challenging the searches revealed that the government has been using the border as a digital dragnet. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 7:04 am
District Judge Denise Casper issued the ruling in response to a lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 11 travelers. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 3:02 am
House of Representatives votes lopsidedly in favor of CASE Act [Makena Kelly, The Verge; Jonathan Bailey, Plagiarism Today; Katharine Trendacosta and Ernesto Falcon, Electronic Frontier Foundation, here, here, here, and here; Mike Masnick, TechDirt; Copyright Alliance and ABA president Judy Perry Martinez (supportive of bill); earlier] A social media platform that proposes to vet political claims for truthfulness will inevitably be drawn into taking sides in favor of… [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 7:25 pm
McAleenan, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and ACLU of Massachusetts, on behalf of 11 travelers whose smartphones and laptops were searched without individualized suspicion at U.S. ports of entry. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 3:09 pm
The ACLU teamed up with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to fight the government on behalf of plaintiffs including 10 US citizens and one lawful permanent resident. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 2:58 pm
” *** In a development that the Electronic Frontier Foundation declared “an enormous victory for privacy,” a federal judge in Boston ruled Tuesday that suspicionless searches of travelers’ phones, laptops, and other electronic devices by government agents at U.S. ports of entry are unconstitutional. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 11:54 am
McAleenan, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and ACLU of Massachusetts, on behalf of 11 travelers whose smartphones and laptops were searched without individualized suspicion at U.S. ports of entry. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 10:33 am
Refusing to Provide DNA Carries Threat That Children Will Be Separated from FamiliesSan Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today to obtain information that will shine a light on the agency’s use of Rapid DNA technology on migrant families at the border to verify biological parent-child relationships.In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint filed today in federal court in San Francisco, EFF… [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 4:03 pm
From the report: That’s about 40 million more than the agency’s 2017 projections, which estimated 220 million unique identities by 2022, according to previous figures cited by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a San Francisco-based privacy rights nonprofit. [read post]
29 Oct 2019, 1:33 pm
We know that Public Knowledge and Electronic Frontier Foundation will take point for Google against us, so let’s not be surprised when it happens next time. [read post]
24 Oct 2019, 9:24 am
As the letter explains, IPR was used by the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation to successfully challenge a patent that claimed to cover all forms of podcasting. [read post]
23 Oct 2019, 1:17 pm
License-Plate Tracking Technology Reveals Sensitive Location InformationSan Francisco – On Thursday, Oct. 23, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge the California Court of Appeal to reverse a lower court and hold that law enforcement use of data gathered from automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems is a search that requires a warrant. [read post]
22 Oct 2019, 11:53 am
DoH Can Prevent Censorship and ISP Tracking by Encrypting Users’ Web Browsing San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today called on Congress to support implementation of an Internet protocol that encrypts web traffic, a critical tool that will lead to dramatic improvements in user privacy and help impede the ability of governments to track and censor people.EFF, joined by Consumer Reports and National Consumers League, said in a letter today to… [read post]
22 Oct 2019, 6:42 am
EFF Urges Cancellation of Police Conference Event with Ring Spokesperson Shaquille O’NealChicago – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging Amazon, along with basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, to cancel an event promoting Ring home-surveillance cameras at a police chiefs’ conference in Chicago later this month. [read post]
15 Oct 2019, 1:56 pm
– On Wednesday, Oct. 16, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Legal Director Corynne McSherry will testify at a congressional hearing in support of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA)—one of the most important laws protecting Internet speech.CDA 230 shields online platforms from liability for content posted by users, meaning websites and online services can’t be punished in court for things that their users say online. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 12:40 pm
Mash-up is Transformative Work Protected by Copyright LawSan Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal appeals court today to rule that the creators of a parody book called “Oh The Places You’ll Boldly Go! [read post]
10 Oct 2019, 8:00 am
Franks reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation lodged its concern that “every time a company throws a vile neo-Nazi site off the Net, thousands of less visible decisions are made by companies with little oversight or transparency. [read post]
