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We have witnessed both remarkable triumphs and troublesome challenges in our fight to protect digital rights this year. Join EFF in making 2013 a year for Internet freedom.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Ars Technica reports that patent troll TQP Development is seeking royalties from everyone who uses the SSL security protocol, suing companies like Intel, Yelp, MovieTickets.com, Google, Apple, eBay, and Expedia: http://arstechnica.com/secur...ity/2012/11/patent-suits-target-google-intel-hundreds-more-for-encrypting-web-traffic/. SSL is vital for online security. You can help us Defend Innovation to secure the web: https://defendinnovation.org/See MoreElectronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
The top Egyptian prosecutor has ordered a ban on Internet porn. Censorship circumvention software is about to get very popular in Egypt.- Rob Reid discussing his Year Zero book at tonight's EFF Geek Reading at the Hattery in SF.
- Good news: the court just granted a temporary restraining order on #Prop35 in response to a constitutional challenge filed this morning by EFF and ACLU of Northern California https://www.eff.org/document/
order-granting-temporary-restra ining-order Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
EFF crosses the bridge! Next Wednesday's SF Bay Area Members’ Speakeasy will be in Oakland. Check your inbox for details.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
EFF is proud to join ACLU of Northern California today in filing a constitutional challenge to Proposition 35, which passed last night. This new initiative is sloppily written and would facilitate surveillance of online communities.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
User-friendly Full Disk Encryption lands in Ubuntu 12.10Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
EFF and CCIA tell the USPTO: Keep patent reexaminations affordable so all parties can get involved.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
In Rob Reid's "Year Zero," aliens clash with copyright. In San Francisco? Join us for a Geek Reading with the author on Wednesday.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
California: please vote no on #Prop35. It's a sloppy initiative that facilitates surveillance of online communities.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
In Bahrain, the civil liberties situation goes from bad to worse.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board finally meets after 5-year absence: https://eff.org/r.2aqh. What do you think they should work on?Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
EFF urges California voters to oppose #Prop35. It's overbroad, misguided, and chills online speech.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Rob Reid's newest book 'Year Zero' shows just how ridiculous the modern copyright system is.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Payment processor Stripe initially suspended Nifty Archives because they believed that some of the content on Nifty.org might violate Stripe’s agreements with Visa and MasterCard. After hearing about the suspension, EFF reached out to Strip...e and urged the payment processor to reinstate payment processing for the site. We are pleased to announce that Stripe has reinstated Nifty’s account and will continue to process payments for a website that hosts constitutionally protected speech.See MoreElectronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
The good, the bad, and the future: here's the lowdown on last week's final decision in the 2012 DMCA rulemaking, and how the Copyright Office could make the process better next time.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
We just launched our new Transparency Project. Read all about it here: https://eff.org/r.5aqbElectronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Calling all developers and engineers: Help us keep APIs free of copyrights.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Without fail, during every free speech controversy, you will hear the pro-censorship crowd say, "everyone knows the Supreme Court held you can't yell 'fire' in a crowded theater."
In The Atlantic today, EFF's Trevor Timm explains how, co...ntrary to popular belief, this phrase was *never* a binding Supreme Court holding. In addition, the case which contains the phrase was one of the worst First Amendment rulings in US history and was overturned forty-three years ago.See More
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time-to-stop-using-the-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-quote/264449/Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
CETA is a trade agreement designed to strengthen economic ties between Canada and the EU through “free” trade and increased investment. However, hidden within this treaty are intellectual property provisions that were essentially taken word...-for-word from ACTA. And just like its close cousins, ACTA, KORUS, and TPP—and other trade agreements that are applauded by the entertainment industry for carrying expansive intellectual property provisions—CETA is being negotiated in secret.See More
EFF will keep a close eye on any announcements on CETA’s conclusion, and determine whether it ends up carrying ACTA’s shadow in its finalized language.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
In San Francisco? Join us on 11/7 for an exclusive evening with Rob Reid, author of Year Zero.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
We have just received word that Comcast is answering our call for open wireless in hurricane-affected regions. Comcast is opening its XFINITY WiFi service to non-customers in PA, NJ, DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, MA, NH and ME until Nov. 7.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
New reports about the treatment of open source developer and Creative Commons volunteer Bassel Khartabil, who has been detained in Syria since March 12, point to torture.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Why we have an Open Wireless Movement: In hurricane-affected areas, open Internet is crucial.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Megaupload user to court: Hold government accountable for failing to return my data.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the ACLU's case Amnesty v. Clapper, challenging warrantless wiretapping under the FISA Amendments Act. Here's how the justices themselves described the extraordinary and dangerous powers the law gives to the US government:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/how-fisa-amendments-act-allows-warrantless-wiretapping-described-supreme-courtElectronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Surveillance in Africa, big data, biometrics & more discussed at international gathering of privacy expertsElectronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips.
EFF and nine other organizations launched the Open Wireless Movement today to promote ubiquitous open Internet.
Check out openwireless.org for more.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
A parade of horribles: a case argued in the Supreme Court today may decide whether you can be prohibited from selling goods you've legally purchased, just because they were manufactured overseas.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
You bought it. You own it. Join EFF and Demand Progress in defending the #right2own.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Data leaks and Amazon ads in Ubuntu 12.10's Dash, and what you can do about itElectronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
New! Explore our litigation and advocacy for government transparency.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
With the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and the Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement (TPP), both of which contain intellectual property (IP) provisions that would negatively impact digital rights and innovation, the country that sits at the center of play is Japan.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Help us protect the free and open Internet.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Thwart online tracking with 4 simple changes to your browser: https://eff.org/r.5ap7Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Check out some highlights from yesterday's Reddit IAmA with international Internet freedom advocates, including Alexis Ohanian (founder of Reddit), Ben Huh (Cheezburger network), Mike Masnick (Techdirt), OpenMedia.ca, ACLU, Public Knowledge, Public Citizen and others.
We answered users' questions about the the digital rights issues that most concerned them.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
EFF and the ACLU are fighting government secrecy in the Twitter/Wikileaks case in federal appeals court Friday.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
President Obama was finally asked about his embrace of Bush's warrantless wiretapping policies last week (by Jon Stewart, no less). His answer, however, was deeply misleading so we decided to delve deeper and explain why:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/fact-check-obamas-misleading-answer-about-warrantless-wiretapping-daily-showElectronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
MediaGoblin is building a distributed free software media-publishing system. Check it out:Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
We need your help! Join EFF in fighting bad patent applications that threaten open innovation and your ability to 3D print. Together, we can use the new law to make the world safer for technology.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Join EFF, Alexis Ohanian, Ben Huh, ACLU, OpenMedia.Ca, Mike Masnick, others on Reddit IAmA, answering your questions on digital rights issues.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
Small business owner Kyle Goodwin asks a federal court to unseal warrants used in the government's Megaupload seizure in a quest to get his data back.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
At EFF, we've seen our share of dangerous, poorly-thought-out "cyberwar" proposals. We just never thought we'd see one from the Dutch government.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
EFF and EarthRights International fight Chevron's demands for nine years of identity and location information about environmental advocates. Chevron's subpoenas are not only grossly overbroad, but they also violate constitutional guarantees to anonymity, association, and privacy.Electronic Frontier Foundation shared a link.
'Stingrays' are law enforcement's newest, secret technological weapon, threatening thousands of innocent cell phone users' privacy.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/stingrays-biggest-unknown-technological-threat-cell-phone-privacy- ActivityNovemberPeople Who Like This283
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