Persistent applicants tend to overwhelm patent examiners, who have an average of 18 hours to review applications. That’s one reason bad software patents like this one keep getting issued.
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“Companies are definitely scrambling. And to be honest, so are we, and so is much of the legal community and the community around free speech, because this is such a—frankly—legally outrageous event” - EFF's Mukund Rathi on the new Texas social media law:
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Geofence warrants and keyword warrants are a serious threat to civil liberties. Some big companies are supporting legislation to end their use in New York, but there’s still more they can do.
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Tonight at 7pm CT: Brush up on your digital security with a surveillance self
defense workshop hosted by EFA member,
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Missed our first IN PERSON Tech Trivia Night since 2019? Catch up on the festivities, where teams put their tech know-how to the test and vie for the chance to win an EFF prize pack, championship trophies, and perhaps most importantly, the bragging rights.
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EFF's newest member t-shirt is almost here. In the meantime, help us make room for the new t-shirt by grabbing some classic EFF shirts now!
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Are you in a local tech group that supports free expression, security, privacy, creativity, and access to knowledge? Join the Electronic Frontier Alliance to connect with a wider movement across the United States.
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We’re hopeful that policymakers will shift in the right direction on internet
policy and affirm the important role of immunity for online intermediaries in
fostering an enabling environment for users’ freedom of expression.
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TUESDAY: How do we defend transgender, gender non-conforming, intersex & queer youth from digital surveillance at this critical moment? Join EFA member for a chat with & EFF’s on how we can protect them.
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Security starts with community, and the Electronic Frontier Alliance toolkit has
some advice on how you can bring people together for a public event.
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LGBTQ youth: this guide can help you explore resources online without accidental
outing to family, peers, or advertisers.
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Alaa is locked up in Egypt to silence his activism and faces the very real risk of death, unless @FCDOGovUK immediately intervenes to save his life. #FreeAlaa #SaveAlaa
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California has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build affordable fiber to serve everyone in the state. If we’re going to do it right, A.B. 2749 cannot be passed into law.
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Finding people near you with similar interests shouldn’t be a patentable invention.
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While data brokers often claim that geolocation data is “anonymized,” location data is never anonymous. If a phone’s location data shows where its owner sleeps at night or works during the day, it is very easy to find that owner’s name and address.
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The state of California is primed to bring 21st-century fiber access at affordable rates to every Californian. AB 2749 threatens to undo all of that good work.
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Pam Smith, CEO of , joins us this week on How to Fix the Internet, for a discussion of internet voting, risk-limiting audits, and how to know if an election is secure. eff.org/deeplinks/2022
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Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during, and after a protest is vital to keeping yourself and your information safe, as well as getting your message out.
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“Schools seem to be treating it as the word of God,” Cooper Quintin of the said about anti-cheating software. “If the computer says you’re cheating, you must be cheating.”
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Some of the biggest technology companies are beginning to recognize the threat of geofence warrants and are supporting legislation to end them.
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TODAY in Austin: Join EFA member in-person for a live taping of their podcast, with live music and a discussion on the future of technology and society, at the West China Tea House at 6pm CT.
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Before, during, and after a protest, keep yourself and your community safe while you make your voice heard.
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“Schools seem to be treating it as the word of God,” Cooper Quintin of the said about anti-cheating software. “If the computer says you’re cheating, you must be cheating.”
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Civil society to the UK's Foreign Office: Secure 's release and safe transfer to the UK accessnow.org/civil-society- #freealaa
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Our newest Stupid Patent of the Month has been used to sue 8 different dating apps—most of them small companies.
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Join us for Part two of our four-part blog series “Platform Liability Trends Around the Globe”. In this installment, we unpack different approaches to intermediary liability and dig into the regulatory tools available to policymakers
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California’s AB 2749 is an industry bill that runs counter to the state and national goal of affordable, future-proof fiber access for all. It cannot be passed into law.
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New podcast alert! 🚨
Check out 's latest podcast episode, “How To Fix the Internet: Securing the Vote” featuring our President & CEO Pam Smith discussing the role of technology in our elections and how best practices can help secure our democracy.
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The 11th Circuit recognized platforms have a First Amendment right to curate content in upholding a block on Florida's social media law. With similar bad laws being considered in several states, we hope other courts follow the 11th Circuit's lead.
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The FTC ends its blog post on the settlement with a warning to other companies about deceiving users with data collection notices: "What the text giveth, a privacy policy or buried disclaimer cannot taketh away."
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It's one part of an agreement under which Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty for taking phone numbers users provided for security purposes like 2FA and secretly using them for targeted advertising.
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We called on Twitter three years ago to come clean about exactly what happened, when, and to how many people. Now, as part of a proposed FTC settlement, Twitter may finally deliver.
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Pam Smith is the CEO of , a nonpartisan organization dedicated to ensuring U.S. elections are secure. She joins hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien on EFF’s podcast this week to discuss how to know if an election is secure—or if it’s not.
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