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Any work to find a more secure and user-friendly solution than passwords is worthwhile, but replacing them with phone number and IP address could cause all sorts of problems.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/project-verify …

Within hours of passing #netneutrality protections, California’s rebellion against big ISPs was blocked by an FCC lawsuit. We’ll see them in court.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/californias-net-neutrality-law-whats-happened-whats-next …

At this year's hacker summer camp, we included a secret puzzle in our exclusive DEF CON member shirt, based on the theme of "1983." Check out our walkthrough guide and play through yourself!https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/effs-def-con-26-t-shirt-puzzle …

Drones have helped the public learn about government malfeasance. If lawmakers want to expand government power to allow DOJ, DHS, and ICE to shoot them down, they should carefully debate that, not tuck it away in a must-pass bill.https://act.eff.org/action/don-t-give-dhs-and-doj-free-rein-to-shoot-down-private-drones …

The Principles ask that companies be transparent to the public and their users about content takedowns and account suspensions, and provide opportunity for timely, meaningful appeals to their users.https://santaclaraprinciples.org 

The Principles set a minimum standard for transparency and accountability for communications platforms, and should serve as a basis for more in-depth dialogue and activism going forward.https://santaclaraprinciples.org 

A group of organizations, advocates, and academics—including @EFF—came together in February to create the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation. We're happy to announce that the Principles now have a permanent home:https://santaclaraprinciples.org 

Victory! Transparency and communication improves relationships between police and the communities they serve. S.B. 978 is now law, requiring public access to information on police training and procedure starting in January 2020.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/victory-new-california-law-requires-police-policy-transparency …

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Like many security exploits, this attack on 50 million Facebook users took advantage of the interaction of several parts of Facebook’s code, including Single Sign-On, video uploading, and the "View As" feature.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/facebook-data-breach-affects-least-50-million-users …

With a new witness and new experts, we are taking on the NSA's latest attempt to derail our lawsuit over unconstitutional surveillance of millions of Americans.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/new-witness-and-new-experts-bolster-our-jewel-case-we-fight-governments-latest-0 …

Another California victory! @JerryBrownGov has signed a bill opening up the Internet for juveniles in detention and foster carehttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/victory-gov-brown-expands-access-internet-youth-juvenile-detention-and-foster-care …

DNA can reveal a lot of information about a person. This new law makes sure California's kids have an adult present to explain their rights and the implications of giving DNA samples to law enforcement.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/victory-gov-brown-signs-bill-adding-sensible-requirements-dna-collection-minors …

Until Facebook and other companies do better, users who need privacy and security most will be forced into a corner.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/you-gave-facebook-your-number-security-they-used-it-ads …

The Electronic Frontier Alliance includes @OaklandPrivacy, whose member @b_haddy notes that "we’re in this indiscriminate, frankly ridiculous trend towards mass surveillance, and we need to work hard before it’s too late, before we can’t oppose it at all.”https://www.thenation.com/article/mass-surveillance-begins-at-the-local-level-so-does-the-resistance-to-it/ …

None of the proposed changes to the CASE Act changes the fact that it aims to treat copyright and speech like traffic tickets.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/copyright-and-speech-should-not-be-treated-traffic-tickets …