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2026-04-09 16:29:41 UTC

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x

2026-03-24 21:02:36 UTC

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Nicole Ozer has been appointed as executive director of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation effective June 1!
Who is EFF's new ED? 🧵 (1/5)
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2026-03-23 20:34:01 UTC

"My sense of people in Nevada is that they're very skeptical of the government and they value their freedom and liberty," EFF’s @nprofile…jhnv told @nprofile…hj2z "I think license plate readers — on a very philosophical and fundamental level — really harm that." https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/license-plate-reader-cameras-abound-in-nevada-the-state-has-no-laws-to-regulate-them

2026-03-21 17:01:05 UTC

Apple, Google, Meta, Bluesky, Ring, Telegram—all these companies could offer stronger protections for our chats and our data. https://www.encryptitalready.org

2026-03-10 15:00:27 UTC

WHAT? We’re hosting a launch party for Privacy’s Defender, a new book by EFF’s Cindy Cohn!
WHEN? Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 PM.
WHERE? Ciel Creative Space in Berkeley, CA. RSVP Today! https://www.eff.org/event/privacys-defender-book-launch-party

2026-03-09 19:23:50 UTC

EFF's Cindy Cohn unboxes her new book, Privacy's Defender! It hits shelves TOMORROW, March 10th. Order your copy today and see if Cindy is coming to a city near you for the tour! https://www.eff.org/Privacys-Defender
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2026-03-06 21:58:03 UTC

Cindy Cohn has spent 30 years standing up to the DOJ, taking on the NSA, and tangling with the FBI to protect our right to digital privacy. Join our livestream with Jason Koebler of @nprofile…0jjs on 3/19 at 11am PT for a conversation about Cindy's new book, "Privacy's Defender." https://eff.org/livestream-defender

2026-02-28 21:34:02 UTC

“They claim they might be looking for smugglers or … cartel members, but that’s not who they’re collecting data on,” EFF’s Dave Maass told CalMatters. “(The program) is primarily collecting data on people who live in the region.” https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/02/alpr-border-patrol-caltrans/

2026-02-24 19:06:38 UTC

What creepy nonsense are companies up to when they try to guess your age or take your ID for age verification? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now

2026-02-07 18:01:04 UTC

We all deserve stronger privacy protections online, and end-to-end encryption is one of the strongest tools to do so. Companies should make it the default more often, rather than optional (or unavailable). https://encryptitalready.org/

2026-02-02 23:02:03 UTC

Apple, Google, Meta, Bluesky, Ring, Telegram—all these companies could offer stronger protections for our chats and our data. https://www.encryptitalready.org

2026-02-01 20:59:02 UTC

From license-plate readers to drones and cell-site simulators, ICE relies on a growing web of surveillance.
Here’s how hackers are shining a light on it—and why that matters. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice

2026-01-27 22:39:02 UTC

This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/beware-government-using-image-manipulation-propaganda

2026-01-25 16:59:02 UTC

ICE has spent hundreds of millions on surveillance. Some technologists are building tools to find it, map it, and push back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice

2026-01-25 14:58:02 UTC

If you're new to Signal, it might feel a little overwhelming to get the hang of, but you can get it set up and working pretty quickly. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal

2026-01-21 16:03:05 UTC

What creepy nonsense are companies up to when they have to guess your age or take your ID for AV? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now

2026-01-12 17:36:13 UTC

It can be hard to imagine how to defend oneself against an overwhelming force like ICE. But a few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter-surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice

2026-01-07 20:02:02 UTC

With an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/ice-going-surveillance-shopping-spree

2025-12-19 23:58:02 UTC

Even if age verification laws require data deletion, you have to trust every website and third-party verifier will actually do it. That's a lot of faith to place in companies with spotty track records—and a risk that doesn't exist in-person when a bartender just glances at your ID. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/why-isnt-online-age-verification-just-showing-your-id-person

2025-12-18 17:51:55 UTC

From photo IDs and selfies to social security numbers and location information, data breaches hit a wide variety of companies this year. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/breachies-2025-worst-weirdest-most-impactful-data-breaches-year

2025-12-15 23:18:34 UTC

AMA Alert! We launched https://EFF.org/Age, our Age Verification Resource hub, and want to talk to you about it. We’ll be on Reddit's r/privacy today, on 12/16, and on 12/17 to help you resist this censorship and surveillance nightmare. https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1pk5n1y/were_eff_and_were_fighting_to_defend_your_privacy/

2025-12-07 17:59:01 UTC

EFF has long warned about police use of facial recognition technology. Now we're seeing exactly what we feared: Axon is testing this tech in body-worn cameras. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/axon-tests-face-recognition-body-worn-cameras

2025-11-30 23:00:10 UTC

As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/should-i-use-my-states-digital-drivers-license

2025-11-28 21:58:02 UTC

“They’re setting up a system where it’s impossible for somebody to audit it,” EFF’s Dave Maass told the Wisconsin Examiner of Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader network. https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/24/waukesha-sheriff-flock-system-data-raises-questions/

2025-11-28 04:30:04 UTC

Special thanks to the developers building our decentralized future. Mastodon, Bluesky, Pixelfed, IPFS, Matrix, Solid, and countless other projects advancing open standards and keeping the internet weird, resilient, and truly shaped by its users.

2025-11-21 17:01:06 UTC

No administration should have the power to decide who gets to express themselves and who doesn’t. https://takebackctrl.org/stay-loud
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2025-11-19 19:01:06 UTC

You know that police drone in the sky? Those license plate readers? Oh, and the worried feeling you get about your data being collected as you interact with your devices? Yeah, that shouldn't be the norm. That's why we're fighting back: https://takebackctrl.org/stop-surveillance
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2025-11-16 20:00:05 UTC

Join EFF’s Cindy Cohn for a virtual conversation with Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders about their new book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship. https://www.eff.org/event/rewiring-democracy

2025-11-16 15:04:02 UTC

The answer to how do we keep kids safe online isn't destroy everyone's privacy. It's not force people to hand over their IDs to access legal content. And it's certainly not ban access to the tools that protect journalists, activists, and abuse survivors. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawmakers-want-ban-vpns-and-they-have-no-idea-what-theyre-doing

2025-11-04 15:02:04 UTC

Free speech is the lifeblood of democracy. As more of our lives take place in digital spaces, it's important to protect our right to speak out about the government online and anywhere else. https://takebackctrl.org/stay-loud
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2025-11-02 21:58:02 UTC

Just because CSS don't appear to be used to spy on protests in the US right now doesn't mean that is true everywhere. We are interested in getting Rayhunter data from every country to help us understand the global use of CSS and to refine our signatures. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far

2025-11-02 15:01:07 UTC

There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/opt-out-october-daily-tips-protect-your-privacy-and-security

2025-10-26 22:03:02 UTC

This weekend, the UN Cybercrime Treaty opens for signatures, and the stakes for global digital freedom have never been higher. States must refuse to sign the Convention. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/joint-statement-un-cybercrime-convention-eff-and-global-partners-urge-governments

2025-10-26 16:02:03 UTC

When enshittification comes for science, institutions need to band together to embrace new platforms. #OAWeek https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/science-must-decentralize

2025-10-25 20:00:05 UTC

After years of activist pressure, lawsuits, and bad press Ring made much needed reforms. Now, they’re pivoting back to mass police surveillance as a business model. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amazon-ring-cashes-techno-authoritarianism-and-mass-surveillance

2025-10-25 14:58:02 UTC

Publishers need to learn that when they don't work with researchers to do the right thing, scholars find their own solutions—legal or otherwise. #OAWeek https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/civil-disobedience-copyright-keeps-science-going

2025-10-24 21:59:02 UTC

Passionate about tech and freedom? Join EFF's legal internship program and work on cutting-edge digital freedom issues! https://www.eff.org/about/opportunities/interns

2025-10-18 15:00:08 UTC

If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe. https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest

2025-10-18 12:41:03 UTC

If you bring Rayhunter to a protest this weekend (or ever), please send us the results, even if you didn’t find anything! Negative results can still help us better understand how and when CSS are being used. https://efforg.github.io/rayhunter/support-feedback-community.html

2025-10-17 22:04:02 UTC

If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride! https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest. https://eff.org/rayhunter.

2025-10-17 20:56:03 UTC

ICE isn’t just tapping into government databases — it’s also tapping into local police scanners, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia said on an New York University panel. “ICE is buying millions of people’s geolocations and weaponizing all government data toward immigration.”
https://nyunews.com/culture/iequity/2025/10/17/detention-and-deportation-conference/

2025-10-17 19:01:06 UTC

It's our time to say thanks to the EFF members that support our work year-round. Join us for a semi-secret Speakeasy on October 25 in Portland! https://eff.org/speakeasy-portland

2025-10-17 00:03:02 UTC

Technology like Flock and Ring doesn’t make people safer, it just subjects them to a round-the-clock warrantless digital dragnet. “Privacy isn’t dangerous, but giving privacy up for a false sense of security is very dangerous,” EFF’s Jennifer Pinsof told CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/amazon-ring-cameras-surveillance-law-enforcement-crime-police-investigations.html

2025-10-16 19:01:38 UTC

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This mass surveillance program, created by Trump administration, has silenced and frightened both citizens and noncitizens and made it difficult for the unions to associate with their members and potential members. (3/5)

2025-10-16 19:01:38 UTC

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Using AI and other automated tech, this program surveils the social media accounts of visa and green card holders with the goal of locating and punishing those who express views the government doesn't like. (4/5)

2025-10-16 19:01:37 UTC

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This complaint is filed on behalf of the United Automobile Workers (UAW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), and American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The unions are asking a federal court to stop this unconstitutional surveillance program. (2/5)

2025-10-16 00:00:07 UTC

The men who run Big Tech have always wanted to “enshittify” their services—to shift as much as they can from users, workers, suppliers, and business customers to themselves, EFF’s @nprofile…998y writes in Communications of the ACM. Unions are an antidote. https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/tech-workers-versus-enshittification/

2025-10-13 21:11:03 UTC

Join EFF today and help us:
- Push back against government surveillance 📸
- Protect end-to-end encryption 🔐
- Create technologies to keep you safe online 🧑‍💻
Your support makes this work possible. Donate today! https://eff.org/join

2025-10-12 16:58:02 UTC

The Senate Intelligence Authorization Act contains a major change that would allow the CIA’s top lawyer to avoid the Senate confirmation process. In an era of creeping authoritarianism this could hasten the Intelligence Community’s use as a tool of political espionage. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/eff-and-other-organizations-keep-key-intelligence-positions-senate-confirmed

2025-10-12 16:04:01 UTC

PERA, combined with recent changes that have restricted access to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, would create a perfect storm that gives patent trolls and major corporations with large patent portfolios free rein to squeeze out independent inventors and small businesses. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/pera-remains-serious-threat-efforts-against-bad-patents

2025-10-12 14:04:02 UTC

License plate readers were sold as tools for finding stolen cars, but records have now shown that they're being used in abortion investigations. States must ban law enforcement from using ALPRs to investigate healthcare decisions and prohibit sharing data across state lines. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it

2025-10-10 21:56:02 UTC

Protecting your privacy doesn't have to be scary. Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guides for step-by-step tutorials for keeping your data and devices secure. https://ssd.eff.org/

2025-10-10 20:02:03 UTC

Want an introduction to digital surveillance, and how to protect your communications with others? Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense write-up. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/communicating-others

2025-10-10 18:56:03 UTC

New documents obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's license plate data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the company and the Sheriff’s narrative that the search was simply for a "missing person." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it

2025-10-09 18:58:02 UTC

A sheriff told the media that his team searched a license plate reader database because they were worried about a woman's safety. Records show it was an abortion investigation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it

2025-10-08 18:03:02 UTC

This is why neither the companies profiting from a technology nor the agencies deploying it can be trusted to tell the full story about how it's being used. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it

2025-10-08 17:13:07 UTC

EFF's newest t-shirt just dropped: "Let's Sue the Government!" Because... sometimes you have to 🧑‍⚖️ Grab one today: https://shop.eff.org/products/lets-sue-the-government-t-shirt
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2025-10-07 17:56:05 UTC

Nearly 100 submissions from reproductive rights advocates around the world paint a clear picture of censorship in action: abortion content is being removed, restricted, and silenced by platforms at an alarming rate. https://www.eff.org/pages/stopcensoringabortion-what-we-learned-and-where-we-go-here#main-content

2025-10-07 16:39:28 UTC

Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/opt-out-october-daily-tips-protect-your-privacy-and-security#tip5
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2025-10-07 13:00:38 UTC

Newly obtained documents confirm what law enforcement and Flock Safety tried to deny: A Texas sheriff’s office used license plate readers while investigating a woman’s self-managed abortion, not to find a “missing person." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it

2025-10-07 00:02:02 UTC

"The ability for law enforcement in some states to get access to data and digital surveillance data from other states is going to be a massive problem," EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told Reason. https://reason.com/2025/10/06/culture-war-police-state/

2025-10-06 23:00:07 UTC

“If there were ever a time not to undermine laws to stop the government from spying on its people, this would be the time,” former San Francisco Supervisor told 48 Hills.
https://48hills.org/2025/10/a-move-to-undermine-sfs-law-that-controls-police-surveillance/

2025-10-06 21:34:02 UTC

“The idea that law enforcement would be masked and and therefore unaccountable to the people they are serving is really anathema to American values,” EFF’s @nprofile…xv9l told @nprofile…xffp. https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1124912/effort-track-ice-raids-offline/

2025-10-06 21:04:02 UTC

“He’s an idea machine,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn said of @nprofile…qz4x in The New York Times. “He’s the source of more ideas about how technology and people should interact than any single person.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/books/review/cory-doctorow-enshittification.html

2025-10-05 19:01:08 UTC

Nothing has really changed: this remains an unsettling overreach that makes U.K. users less safe and less free. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/uk-still-trying-backdoor-encryption-apple-users

2025-10-05 16:03:01 UTC

To boost abortion-related content on Meta's platforms, advocates must navigate the Drugs and Pharmaceuticals ad policy, the Social Issues ad policy, and the Health and Wellness ad policy—each with its own requirements and authorization processes. Our Stop Censoring Abortion campaign analyzed these policies to see how Meta could improve transparency and enforcement. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/decoding-metas-advertising-policies-abortion-content

2025-10-04 21:01:09 UTC

The new Platform Work Directive gives workers the right to challenge automated decision-making, to peer inside the algorithms used, to speak to a responsible human about disputes, and to have their privacy and other fundamental rights protected on the job. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/what-europes-new-gig-work-law-means-unions-and-technology

2025-10-04 19:59:01 UTC

A San Francisco Supervisor wants to amend a landmark surveillance law so it is harder to sue police when they spy on you illegally. Police are not above the law and this policy change will result in one thing: more illegal surveillance. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/hey-san-francisco-there-should-be-consequences-when-police-spy-illegally

2025-10-04 19:00:03 UTC

The EU is once again trying to push a dangerous legislative proposal that undermines encrypted communication and obliterates our rights to private conversations. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/chat-control-back-menu-eu-it-still-must-be-stopped-0

2025-10-04 18:02:01 UTC

Apple must continue to refuse the demand to create a backdoor into iCloud. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/uk-still-trying-backdoor-encryption-apple-users

2025-10-04 16:59:01 UTC

Many of these issues would be mitigated by doing what the competition is already doing: encrypting the broadcasts from its Bluetooth trackers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/tiles-lack-encryption-danger-users-everywhere

2025-10-03 00:02:01 UTC

When a corporation surveils us in violation of a data privacy law, we suffer a real privacy harm. That should be enough to have our day in court. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/privacy-harm-harm

2025-10-02 23:13:10 UTC

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Turn off location permissions for as many apps as you can. (3/4)
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2025-10-02 23:13:06 UTC

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Turn off your phone’s “advertising ID” to make it harder for location data brokers to track you. (2/4)
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2025-10-02 23:13:01 UTC

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): https://www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-tool-that-tracks-locations-of-hundreds-of-millions-of-phones-every-day/

2025-10-02 22:04:01 UTC

Nothing has really changed: this remains an unsettling overreach that makes U.K. users less safe and less free. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/uk-still-trying-backdoor-encryption-apple-users

2025-10-02 20:02:01 UTC

It's time "for all of the fans, who go to Madison Square Garden and don't like what this spoiled rich kid is doing with his surveillance panopticon, to call their city council members and...their state legislators,” EFF’s @nprofile…rhk5 told The New York Groove. https://nygroove.nyc/james-dolan-msg-spying/

2025-10-01 23:57:01 UTC

“As predicted by many activists and civil rights advocates, ICE is increasingly becoming a force tasked with enforcing the political will of the administration and straying further and further from its original mission,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told Truthout.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-ice-turns-its-target-to-activists-not-just-immigrants/

2025-10-01 22:28:01 UTC

How can platforms do better at moderating abortion content? It’s simple: Clear rules. Fair enforcement. Meaningful transparency. Functional appeals. https://www.eff.org/pages/platforms-have-failed-us-abortion-content-heres-how-they-can-fix-it #StopCensoringAbortion

2025-10-01 20:02:01 UTC

EFF is all about having our words spread far and wide, but we don't want AI and/or disreputable media outlets making up words for us. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/wave-phony-news-quotes-affects-everyone-including-eff

2025-10-01 11:04:01 UTC

The Danish Presidency is pushing a dangerous proposal in the EU that would allow the government to scan all our private communications. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/chat-control-back-menu-eu-it-still-must-be-stopped-0

2025-09-30 23:57:01 UTC

Law should encourage the creation of AI tools that digest and identify facts for researchers. That’s why we asked an appeals court to find that ROSS Intelligence’s legal research tool was a fair use and didn’t violate copyright when it used Westlaw headnotes in its training process. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/protecting-access-law-and-beneficial-uses-ai

2025-09-30 21:56:02 UTC

While Ring has offered end-to-end video encryption since 2021, it isn’t the default setting so users should look into changing the privacy settings on their security cameras, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told WBUR’s Here & Now. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/09/30/ring-police-partnerships

2025-09-30 17:35:04 UTC

ALPRs don’t discriminate! The nationwide ALPR dragnet captures a detailed dataset on every car that passes through its sight, regardless of any suspected criminal activity. This is why a warrant requirement for ALPR data is so important. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-urges-virgina-court-appeals-require-search-warrants-access-alpr-databases

2025-09-30 10:01:04 UTC

2025-09-09 21:32:40 UTC

After 25 years at EFF, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battle.
https://www.wired.com/story/eff-cindy-cohn-stepping-down/

2025-09-07 18:02:02 UTC

Privacy Badger isn’t just for individuals. Libraries and schools can install Privacy Badger organization-wide to make private and secure browsing the default on their computers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/libraries-schools-why-organizations-should-install-privacy-badger

2025-09-07 14:02:01 UTC

Companies like to make metadata sound innocuous, but it matters more than you might think. Here’s why. https://ssd.eff.org/module/why-metadata-matters

2025-09-06 21:57:01 UTC

A federal judge ruled that fair use allowed Anthropic to train Claude on copyrighted books—but decided to send misguided “piracy” claims to trial. Facing copyright's ridiculous statutory penalties, Anthropic agreed to pay a record-breaking $1.5 billion to settle. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/technology/anthropic-settlement-copyright-ai.html

2025-09-06 18:57:01 UTC

While digital ID gets pushed as the solution to the problem of uploading IDs to each site users access, the security and privacy on them varies based on implementation. But when privacy is involved, regulators must make room for negotiation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/verifying-trust-digital-id-still-incomplete

2025-09-06 17:56:01 UTC

Online tracking is pervasive and most people don’t realize the risks of browsing the web unprotected. Organizations like libraries and schools can make digital privacy more accessible by installing Privacy Badger on the computers they provide. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/libraries-schools-why-organizations-should-install-privacy-badger

2025-09-06 16:59:01 UTC

Thanks to Mississippi’s sweeping age verification law, residents just lost access to Bluesky and Dreamwidth. These mandates don’t rein in Big Tech—they entrench it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/age-verification-windfall-big-tech-and-death-sentence-smaller-platforms

2025-09-04 17:04:02 UTC

"The unsettling feeling that your device is spying on you is real — but the culprit isn't a secret microphone. It's the data broker industry," EFF’s @nprofile…90wk tells CNET. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/features/no-your-iphone-isnt-listening-to-you-heres-whats-really-happening/

2025-09-03 23:07:01 UTC

From Aaron Swartz to Chelsea Manning... EFF has recognized digital freedom legends. Learn who will join their ranks in 2025 with this year's EFF Awards: https://eff.org/effawards

2025-08-25 22:43:01 UTC

EFF is excited to support @nprofile…0fsd!
The conference is free to attend, no registration required, so just show up and learn about free and open source software! https://www.eff.org/event/seagl

2025-08-25 16:59:55 UTC

"Total Information Awareness," was an embarrassing failure in trying to consolidate access to disparate government data about us twenty years ago. It should be again," EFF's Cindy Cohn writes for the Mercury News and East Bay Times.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/23/opinion-trumps-plan-for-one-interface-to-rule-them-all-risks-our-privacy-and-security

2025-08-23 17:59:01 UTC

It’s no secret that AI models—including gen AI—tend to discriminate against racial and gender minorities. When government agencies start using biased AI to make decisions, real people suffer. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/president-trumps-war-woke-ai-civil-liberties-nightmare

2025-08-23 17:02:01 UTC

The 4th Amendment matters in the digital age. Michigan Supreme Court joins a growing consensus: warrants for cell phones must be limited in scope. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/fourth-amendment-victory-michigan-supreme-court-reins-digital-device-fishing-1

2025-08-21 15:56:09 UTC

Google, Meta, and Amazon are among the top companies tracking you across the web. By automatically blocking their trackers, Privacy Badger makes it harder for Big Tech companies to profit from your personal information. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/online-tracking-out-control-privacy-badger-can-help-you-fight-back

2025-08-19 18:11:14 UTC

Protecting your privacy doesn't have to be scary. Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guides for step-by-step tutorials for keeping your data and devices secure. https://ssd.eff.org/