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Study of Electronic Monitoring Smartphone Apps Confirms Advocates’ Concerns of Privacy Harms

Researchers at the University of Washington and Harvard Law School recently published a groundbreaking study analyzing the technical capabilities of 16 electronic monitoring (EM) smartphone apps used as “alternatives” to criminal and civil detention. The study, billed as the “first systematic analysis of the electronic monitoring apps ecosystem,” confirmed...

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EFF’s DEF CON 30 Puzzle—SOLVED

Each year at DEF CON, EFF unveils a limited edition EFF member t-shirt with an integrated puzzle for our supporters. And this year we had help from some special friends. Take a guided tour through each piece of the challenge with our intrepid puzzlemasters from the Muppet Liberation Front. Extreme...

It’s Time For A Federal Anti-SLAPP Law To Protect Online Speakers

Our country’s fair and independent courts exist to resolve serious disputes. Unfortunately, some parties abuse the civil litigation process to silence others’ speech, rather than resolve legitimate claims. These types of censorious lawsuits have been dubbed Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or SLAPPs, and they have been on the rise...

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