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  1. 11 hours ago

    Presidential appointments can be a messy affair. Don't turn the Register of Copyrights into another one.

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  2. 11 hours ago

    The new USMCA trade deal forces another 20 years of copyright term onto Canada. It's the wrong way to make society-wide decisions about non-trade issues like copyright terms.

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  3. 17 hours ago

    Download some short stories for the long weekend from EFF's Pwning Tomorrow anthology

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  4. Oct 4

    There are many problems with mobile privacy, but the Presidential Alert isn't one of them.

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  5. Retweeted
    Oct 3

    community: LibrePlanet is an annual opportunity to share and collaborate with free software enthusiasts all over the world. Make sure your voice is heard: submit your talk to our Call For Sessions, open through 10/26!

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  6. Oct 4

    While there are many steps you can take to protect your own privacy, the real protection comes when we recognize that privacy is a team sport.

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  7. Oct 4

    “Quite simply, encryption keeps you safe.” - Learn the basics of using encryption in our guide

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  8. Oct 4

    Got scripting skills, basic server administration skills, and an interest in online rights? We’re looking for a Client Platform Engineer to administer, scale, and improve the security of our mixed-environment fleet of laptops and mobile devices.

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  9. Retweeted
    Oct 3

    Got some new stickers from in the mail today.

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  10. Retweeted
    Oct 3

    A whopping 800,000 people registered to vote for National Voter Registration Day. But Congress and state governments still have not taken the recommended measures to increase security in the midterm elections. <thread>

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    Oct 3

    McSweeney’s and EFF Team Up for “The End of Trust” featuring work by & me!

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  12. Oct 4

    We can't just take the government's word for it that proprietary forensic software programs work the way they're supposed to — the public and the accused have a right to verify the integrity and fairness of the criminal justice system.

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  13. Oct 4

    Brooklyn: On October 12, join of the Electronic Frontier Alliance, and writer/director , for a premiere screening of Hack Back, a new web series designed to demystify digital security.

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    Oct 2

    For nearly two years, EFF has been fighting alongside to pass a bill to ensure juveniles in detention and foster care in California can access the Internet. This week, signed the bill into law.

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  15. Oct 3

    Join our tight-knit six-person Technical Operations team and help fix the computers that help fix the Internet:

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  16. Oct 3

    People have the ability to demand that local officials protect the vote and enact much-called-for security reform. Voting may be a constitutional right, but it’s time for Congress and state governments to make it a funding necessity.

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  17. Oct 3

    There have been efforts over the past two years to increase funding for election security and even mandate paper ballots and risk limiting audits—but electronic voting machine manufacturers and Secretaries of States have pushed back.

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  18. Oct 3

    States also must work to shore up their election websites and state databases, especially now that it has been proven that Russian hackers stole voter information in one state’s system.

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  19. Oct 3

    In order to know if a polling station or even state’s votes are accurate and there hasn’t been a security breach, states must check the vote. Risk limiting audits are the gold standard, but are only required in 3 states.

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  20. Oct 3

    The National Academies of Sciences and Engineering has released a report recommending that “[a]ll local, state, and federal elections should be conducted using human-readable paper ballots by the 2020 presidential election.”

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