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Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | September 28, 2022

Automated License Plate Readers Threaten Abortion Access. Here's How Policymakers Can Mitigate the Risk

Over the last decade, a vast number of law enforcement agencies around the country have adopted a mass surveillance technology that uses cameras to track the vehicles of every driver on the road, with little thought or respect given to the ways this technology might be abused. Now, in...

Press Release | September 28, 2022

EFF Urges FTC to Address Security and Privacy Problems in Daycare and Early Education Apps

SAN FRANCISCO—The Federal Trade Commission must review the lack of privacy and security protections among daycare and early education apps, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged Wednesday in a letter to Chair Lina Khan.Daycare and preschool applications frequently include notifications of feedings, diaper changes, pictures, activities, and which guardian...

Event | October 11, 2022

EFF-Austin: Behind the Scenes at The Eureka Room

EFF-Austin , a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Behind the Scenes at The Eureka Room, Austin's Finest Boutique Immersive Experience RoomFrom the Organizers:The Eureka Room is the creation of Austin IRL Experience Designer, Mike Michaels. Mike will talk about the...

Event | September 29, 2022

CyPurr Collective: Teen Digital Literacy Education Series: Algorithms Self-Defense for a Cyber World!

The Cypurr Collective, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF), will host this event:Teen Digital Literacy Education Series: Algorithms Self-Defense for a Cyber World!From the Organizers:We'll be taking an introductory look at all things algorithms: what they are, what they do, how they work...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo | September 27, 2022

Google’s Perilous Plan for a Cloud Center in Saudi Arabia is an Irresponsible Threat to Human Rights

On August 9, a Saudi woman was sentenced to 34 years in prison by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s notorious specialized criminal court in Riyadh. Her crime? Having a Twitter account and following and retweeting dissidents and activists.That same day, a federal jury in San Francisco convicted ...

Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings, Matthew Guariglia | September 26, 2022

Ban Government Use of Face Recognition In the UK

In 2015, Leicestershire Police scanned the faces of 90,000 individuals at a music festival in the UK and checked these images against a database of people suspected of crimes across Europe. This was the first known deployment of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) at an outdoor public event in the...

Event | October 3, 2022

Cory Doctorow at REGULATING THE ONLINE PUBLIC SPHERE: From Decentralized Networks to Public Regulation (Global Freedom of Expression/Columbia University)

EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow will appear remotely at Regulating the Online Public Sphere: From Decentralized Networks to Public Regulation, presented by Columbia University's Global Freedom of Expression project. Cory will appear on a panel entitled "How to Get There from Here? Regulatory Requirements & Necessary Standards."

Deeplinks Blog by Saira Hussain, Will Greenberg | September 23, 2022

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...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | September 22, 2022

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Grants Police More Surveillance Powers

In a 4-7 vote, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed a 15-month pilot program granting the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) more live surveillance powers. This was despite the objections of a diverse coalition of community groups and civil rights organizations, residents, the Bar Association of San Francisco, and even...

Press Release | September 22, 2022

Lawsuit: SMUD and Sacramento Police Violate State Law and Utility Customers’ Privacy by Sharing Data Without a Warrant

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) data sharing with the Sacramento Police Department violates people’s right to privacy under the California Constitution and state laws. The data dragnet also disproportionately harms Asian residents in Sacramento, and the targeting of the Asian community appears to be by design.

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Cifrado y Derechos Reproductivos (Encryption and Reproductive Rights)

The Alliance for Encryption in Latin America and the Caribbean, together with Cultivating Gender, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Instituto de Pesquisa em Direito e Tecnologia do Recife, IP.rec and the Women Alive and Free movement, will hold a workshop discussing how encryption promotes reproductive rights. This is a Spanish-language event. The...

Event | September 30, 2022

Gray Area: Whistleblowing for Change

Gray Area - a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Whistleblowing for Change: Panel Discussion & Book LaunchFrom the Organizers:In this presentation, Tatiana Bazzichelli introduces for the first time in the US the book Whistleblowing for Change: Exposing Systems of Power...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | September 19, 2022

How to Ditch Facebook Without Losing Your Friends (Or Family, Customers or Communities)

Today, we launch “How to Ditch Facebook Without Losing Your Friends” - a narrated slideshow and essay explaining how Facebook locks in its users, how interoperability can free them, and what it would feel like to use an “interoperable Facebook” of the future, such as the one contemplated by the...

Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | September 16, 2022

Giving Big Corporations “Closed Generic” Top-Level Domain Names to Run as Private Kingdoms Is Still a Bad Idea

No business can own the generic word for the product it sells. We would find it preposterous if a single airline claimed exclusive use of the word “air,” or a broadband service tried to stop its rivals from using the word “broadband.” Until this year, it seemed settled that the...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue | September 15, 2022

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...

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Automated License Plate Readers Threaten Abortion Access. Here's How Policymakers Can Mitigate the Risk

EFF Urges FTC to Address Security and Privacy Problems in Daycare and Early Education Apps

EFF-Austin: Behind the Scenes at The Eureka Room

CyPurr Collective: Teen Digital Literacy Education Series: Algorithms Self-Defense for a Cyber World!

Google’s Perilous Plan for a Cloud Center in Saudi Arabia is an Irresponsible Threat to Human Rights

Ban Government Use of Face Recognition In the UK

Cory Doctorow at REGULATING THE ONLINE PUBLIC SPHERE: From Decentralized Networks to Public Regulation (Global Freedom of Expression/Columbia University)

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

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Grants Police More Surveillance Powers

Lawsuit: SMUD and Sacramento Police Violate State Law and Utility Customers’ Privacy by Sharing Data Without a Warrant

Cifrado y Derechos Reproductivos (Encryption and Reproductive Rights)

Gray Area: Whistleblowing for Change

How to Ditch Facebook Without Losing Your Friends (Or Family, Customers or Communities)

Giving Big Corporations “Closed Generic” Top-Level Domain Names to Run as Private Kingdoms Is Still a Bad Idea

EFF’s DEF CON 30 Puzzle—SOLVED

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