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‘The End of Trust’ – On Sale in Bookstores and Free to Download Now!

Deeplinks Blog | Tue, 11/20/2018 - 17:19

Do you need some stimulating reading material for this long holiday weekend? Here’s a great option: the latest issue of Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The End of Trust. This is a collection of essays and interviews about technology, privacy, and surveillance, featuring many EFF authors—including EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, Special Advisor Cory Doctorow, and board member Bruce Schneier.

What To Do If Your Account Was Caught in the Facebook Breach

Deeplinks Blog | Tue, 10/16/2018 - 23:10

Keeping up with Facebook privacy scandals is basically a full-time job these days. Two weeks ago, it announced a massive breach with scant details.

The Google+ Bug Is More About The Cover-Up Than The Crime

Deeplinks Blog | Thu, 10/11/2018 - 15:31

Earlier this week, Google dropped a bombshell: in March, the company discovered a “bug” in its Google+ API that allowed third-party apps to access private

Privacy Badger Now Fights More Sneaky Google Tracking

Deeplinks Blog | Fri, 10/05/2018 - 01:24

With its latest update, Privacy Badger now fights “link tracking” in a number of Google products.

Facebook Data Breach Affects At Least 50 Million Users

Deeplinks Blog | Fri, 09/28/2018 - 18:45

If you found yourself logged out of Facebook this morning, you were in good company. Facebook forced more than 90 million Facebook users to log out and back into their accounts Friday morning in response to a massive data breach.

You Gave Facebook Your Number For Security. They Used It For Ads.

Deeplinks Blog | Fri, 09/28/2018 - 00:10

Add “a phone number I never gave Facebook for targeted advertising” to the list of deceptive and invasive ways Facebook makes money off your personal information. Contrary to user expectations and Facebook representatives’ own previous statements, the company has been using contact information that users explicitly provided for security purposes—or that users never provided at all—for targeted advertising.

Facebook Warns Memphis Police: No More Fake “Bob Smith” Accounts

Deeplinks Blog | Mon, 09/24/2018 - 15:42

Facebook has a problem: an infestation of undercover cops. Despite the social platform’s explicit rules that the use of fake profiles by anyone—police included—is a violation of terms of service, the issue proliferates. While the scope is difficult to measure, EFF has identified scores of agencies who maintain policies that explicitly flaunt these rules.

ESNI: A Privacy-Protecting Upgrade to HTTPS

Deeplinks Blog | Mon, 09/24/2018 - 12:00

Today, the content-delivery network Cloudflare is announcing an experimental deployment of a new web privacy technology called ESNI. We’re excited to see this development, and we look forward to a future where ESNI makes the web more private for all its users.

Microsoft Clears the Air About Fighting CLOUD Act Abuses

Deeplinks Blog | Sat, 09/15/2018 - 00:24

Five of the largest U.S. technology companies pledged support this year for a dangerous law that makes our emails, chat logs, online videos and photos vulnerable to warrantless collection by foreign governments.

Now, one of those companies has voiced a meaningful pivot, instead pledging support for its users and their privacy. EFF appreciates this commitment, and urges other companies to do the same.

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