We commend for her strongly worded letter condemning the mass police surveillance enabled by Fog Data Science. We hope that the will act quickly to stop the data broker industry that leads to these privacy invasions.
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Unsealed records provide the public with its first meaningful look at how Uniloc obtained more than $105 million in patent license payments from more than 70 companies.
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For big tech to change, we need better tools and investment.
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Do you live in NYC? Do you see an NYPD surveillance camera outside your window? Electronic Frontier Alliance member wants to hear from you!
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Neighbors with an NYPD surveillance camera? If you can spot one from your window, it could also spot you.
Help STOP fight in-home surveillance by contacting us at NYPDcameras@stopspying.org or at the link below. stopspying.org/nypd-cameras
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You can find a bunch of vintage EFF t-shirts in our shop! Each one comes with a year-long membership certificate, so you can show your support for EFF and have member perks! supporters.eff.org/shop/vintage-s
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A court rejected Uniloc’s blanket secrecy requests, compelled it to make important evidence public, and affirmed the public’s right to access judicial records.
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Face recognition presents an inherent threat to individual privacy, free expression, information security, and social justice.
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Electronic monitoring apps allow access to wide swaths of information, often contain third-party trackers, and are frequently unreliable, new research shows.
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EFF's told he worries that Amazon, with its long history of police collaboration, "is one bad day away from figuring out a use-case and some sort of interface allowing police to request footage or even request control over this robot."
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Facial Recognition is the worst of all possible worlds. Studies showing facial recognition algorithms have elevated error rates for identifying people of color AND police continue to use these algorithms while refusing to be transparent about the process.
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Wed 10/5 @ 12PM
's Cindy Cohn talks "Civil Liberties, AI, Cybersecurity and You" at our next AI Cyber Lunch.
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Years of EFF advocacy yielded the public’s first look at how a litigious patent holder extracts payments from other companies.
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한국 국회는 기업들이 인터넷 서비스 제공사업자들에게 망사용료를 지불하도록 강제하는 법안을 통과시키려 합니다. 이는 망중립성을 훼손합니다. 우리는 다른 비영리 단체들과 함께 이에 반대합니다.
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“This is an important new area, this contest between anti-choice legal process and pro-choice blocking statutes, and it is a matter that could work its way up the courts to the highest court,” EFF’s told .
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In the EU, Google is paying a high price for unfairly cementing the dominance of its search engine. But will Big Tech ever change?
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Calling all law students! EFF is accepting applications for spring semester legal interns now through Nov. 15. Apply here:
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Our tribute donation form makes it easy to donate in honor of a loved one and keep the Internet safer for everyone. Give it a try!
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If you're in a country where Signal isn't blocked, and if you'd like to help others around the world access the service, you can learn how to run a proxy here:
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Signal's instructions for how to access proxies are here:
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Signal protects your messages with end-to-end encryption. If Signal is blocked in your country, EFF now has a proxy server for enabling people to connect to the platform. #IRanASignalProxy
If you're on a mobile device, the link to use our proxy is:
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Authors know libraries are a crucial resource that must meet readers where they are. That's why they support the Internet Archive's work to improve access to books.
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Congress should give the states more power to fight monopolists who exploit their users. EFF joins other consumer groups asking for Members of Congress to vote YES on H.R. 3843.
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How can whistleblowing create change? Join Electronic Frontier Alliance member in-person and online this Friday for a panel and book launch
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Lawmakers who support reproductive rights must recognize that abortion access and mass surveillance are incompatible, especially when it comes to automated license plate readers.
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This ecosystem has troubling security risks, like allowing public access to children’s photos via insecure cloud storage, dangerously weak password policies, and enabling cleartext traffic that can be exploited by network eavesdroppers.
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We are urging the FTC to review the lack of privacy and security protections among daycare and early education apps.
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If you are concerned about the security of your Apple devices and accounts in a domestic abuse context, I recommend checking out this walkthrough of Apple's new Safety Check feature:
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“In terms of protecting data in abortion investigations, California has the most leverage” as the home-base to many top tech companies, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told of the state’s new law.
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It's time to give through the Combined Federal Campaign! If you are a U.S. federal employee, donate to EFF using our CFC ID 10437 today!
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“Spying on people who have rented your car (presumably without disclosing) is gross, but making TikToks about it takes it to a whole new level,” EFF’s told .
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The easiest way for government leaders to protect reproductive health seekers and providers from automated license plate readers is not to use the technology at all. If that's not politically feasible, here are some recommendations to mitigate the risk.
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Constantly scanning everyone’s photos is not compatible with human rights.
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Privacy fears should not stand in the way of healthcare. Tell Congress to pass the My Body, My Data Act.
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Victory! California’s Governor Newsom just signed two bills to protect the data privacy of people seeking and providing abortion: AB 1242 (Asm ) and AB 2091 (Asm ).
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Are you a young person interested in learning digital self-defense? Electronic Frontier Alliance member is running a workshop on algorithms and digital footprints Thursday afternoon in Rye, NY. eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/xp
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Period-tracking apps collect health data which could be used against you, but they’re not the immediate risk, EFF’s tells . “People who are prosecuted are usually turned in by their doctor, a nurse, or someone they trust.”
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