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1 Nov 2018, 9:24 am by Rebecca Jeschke
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP represent the targeted individuals, who were never charged and never received any notification that they were the subject of a wiretap order, despite the law requiring such notice within 90 days of the wiretap’s conclusion. [read post]
1 Nov 2018, 3:45 am by Cyrus Farivar
In September 2018, Shipping & Transit LLC (formerly known as ArrivalStar) filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy—voluntary liquidation—but no one seems to have noticed until the Electronic Frontier Foundation pointed it out on October 31. [read post]
29 Oct 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
“Requests like this act as ‘general warrants’ and may violate the Fourth Amendment because they are not tied to a specific device,” said Jennifer Lynch, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 9:54 am by Karen Gullo
—The Electronic Frontier Foundation won petitions submitted to the Library of Congress that will make it easier for people to legally remove or repair software in the Amazon Echo, in cars, and in personal digital devices, but the library refused to issue the kind of broad, simple and robust exemptions to copyright rules that would benefit millions of technology users.The Library of Congress, through its subsidiary, the Copyright Office, yesterday granted several new… [read post]
24 Oct 2018, 4:13 am by Ben
As the CopyKat reported earlier this week, the technology sectors are continuing their assault on planned reforms to EU Copyright law, and now the Electronic Frontiers Foundation has joined the likes of Google, YouTube and Facebook in criticising the planned copyright law reforms. [read post]
23 Oct 2018, 3:07 pm by Cory Doctorow
Thank you, Cory DoctorowSpecial Consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation [read post]
23 Oct 2018, 2:50 pm by Karen Gullo
EFF Investigating Compliance with CalECPASan Bernardino, California—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department today to gain access to records about search warrants where cell-site simulators, devices that allow police to locate and track people by tricking their cell phones into a connection, were authorized in criminal investigations.EFF seeks the records to investigate whether California law enforcement… [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 7:00 am by Nicholas Weaver
Though the FAA legislation would provide the necessary authority to counter this threat, the American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation have voiced strong opposition on the grounds that such authorities are overbroad and a threat to civil liberties. [read post]
3 Oct 2018, 12:18 pm by Karen Gullo
—On Thursday, Oct. 4, at 2 pm, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin will speak at a special session for congressional staffers and representatives about how malware and spyware targeted at mobile devices is being used against dissidents, activists, journalists, and others to disrupt democracy. [read post]
2 Oct 2018, 9:11 am by Dave Maass
 Across more than 350 pages of essays, debates, interviews, graphs, and manifestos from over thirty writers and with special advisor Electronic Frontier Foundation, this monumental collection asks whether we’ve reached the end of trust, and whether we even care. [read post]
24 Sep 2018, 4:56 pm by David Ruiz
Multiple Australian rights groups, including Digital Rights Watch, Australian Privacy Foundation, Electronic Frontiers Australia, and New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, recommended that both the potentially affected “designated service providers” and the types of required “assistance” be “significantly reduced. [read post]
12 Sep 2018, 9:20 am by Timothy B. Lee
"We're enormously disappointed that MEPs [Members of European Parliament] failed to listen to the concerns of their constituents and the wider Internet," said Danny O'Brien, an analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [read post]
31 Aug 2018, 8:47 am by Rebecca Jeschke
Prevalence of Link Shorteners and Other Tools Mean You Might Not Know Where You Are GoingSan Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked an appeals court to ensure that a click on a URL isn’t enough to get a search warrant for your house. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 2:03 pm by Karen Gullo
Cases Among First Since Landmark Supreme Court Decision in CarpenterPortland, Maine—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU are urging the state’s highest courts in Massachusetts and Maine to rule that law enforcement agents need a warrant to access real-time location information from cell phones, a clear application of a landmark U.S. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 10:32 am by Dave Maass
We’re also releasing the wordlists and password worksheet online, so folks at home can play along: Game of Thrones [PDF] [TXT] Star Trek [PDF] [TXT] Star Wars [PDF] [TXT] Harry Potter [PDF] [TXT] Fandom Passphrase Worksheet [PDF] (Note: Any trademarks within the wordlist are the property of their respective trademark holders, who are not affiliated with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and do not sponsor or endorse these passwords.) [read post]
” The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reads the act the same way, as it has urged the Legislature to amend it to allow for a broader private right of action. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 8:14 am by Erik Slobe
” The letter was signed by the following organizations: Access Now, Amnesty International, Article 19, Center for Democracy and Technology, Committee to Protect Journalists, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Human Rights in China, Human Rights Watch, Independent Chinese PEN Centre, International Service for Human Rights, PEN International, Privacy International, Reporters Without Borders and WITNESS. [read post]
27 Aug 2018, 3:40 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“It’s clear that the strategy here is to neuter California for something much weaker on the federal level,” said Ernesto Falcon, legislative counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [read post]