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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

2026-02-02 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

2026-01-07 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

2025-12-15 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/

2025-11-28 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

2025-11-04 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 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

2025-10-10 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

2025-10-08 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 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

2025-10-05 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

2025-10-04 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

2025-10-02 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 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 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

2025-09-30 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

2025-09-07 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

2025-08-23 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

2025-08-18 18:07:36 UTC

“There’s a lack of imagination for the worst case scenario,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told Government Technology News. The only way to definitively keep this data from those who aren't supposed to have it is by not collecting and storing it in the first place. https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/d-c-takeover-shows-how-cities-can-lose-control-of-surveillance

2025-08-17 17:58:01 UTC

"What is harmful content is subjective and arbitrary. It can come to target LGBTQ+ discourse, educational content on women’s health, or trans rights speech," EFF's Paige Collings told Le Monde. (in French) https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025/08/11/pourquoi-la-generalisation-du-controle-de-l-age-inquiete-les-defenseurs-des-libertes-numeriques_6628036_4408996.html

2025-08-14 21:18:22 UTC

“Your driver's license contains a ton of somewhat immutable information about you” like your name, address, DOB, and face, EFF’s Lisa Femia told The Tennessean. It's not like a credit card number that can be replaced if it's leaked. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2025/08/14/age-verification-laws-protecting-kids-or-restricting-speech/85414006007/

2025-08-10 23:45:01 UTC

SAY NO TO WALLED GARDENS 🚫 EFF fights for your rights to privacy and free speech with 35+ years of expertise. From courtooms to codebases, we're protecting your future online. Support our work today! https://eff.org/vv

2025-08-10 22:19:01 UTC

Age verification has arrived in the UK and, to no one’s surprise, users hate it. We cannot accept these censorship regimes as our new norm. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/americans-be-warned-lessons-reddits-chaotic-uk-age-verification-rollout

2025-08-10 07:02:01 UTC

There's still a lot of work to do to improve Bluetooth tracker detection, but for now, here's how to detect them automatically and search for them manually. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-detect-bluetooth-trackers

2025-08-09 14:00:14 UTC

Age verification is here, and now UK Redditors can’t access their favorite LGBTQ+, political, or public health communities without destroying their anonymity. Help us fight to avoid this future. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/americans-be-warned-lessons-reddits-chaotic-uk-age-verification-rollout
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2025-08-08 18:00:10 UTC

Today at 13:30 on Track 1 @ #DEFCON 33: Senior Staff Technologist Cooper Quintin will be covering the latest EFF tool, Rayhunter and how it works. https://www.eff.org/event/eff-def-con-33

2025-08-06 19:51:17 UTC

EFF joins dozens of organizations in expressing grave concern over the unprecedented decision by the United States government to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories. https://7amleh.org/post/joint-statement-1-august-en

2025-08-04 23:55:45 UTC

Put down the razor (and gather your EFF donations). The @nprofile…3dcq Beard and Mustache Contest is back this Saturday at 10 am. Clean-shaven people welcome. https://defcon.org/html/defcon-33/dc-33-contests.html#orga_40786
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2025-08-02 16:00:06 UTC

The Florida AG is now fishing for personal data about everyone who attended or performed at a Pride drag show. This should set off every civil liberties alarm bell we have. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-went-drag-show-now-state-florida-wants-your-name

2025-07-31 18:30:46 UTC

The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-shouldnt-have-make-your-social-media-public-get-visa

2025-07-31 17:45:19 UTC

Completely unconstrained capitalism turns technology into weapons instead of tools, @nprofile…dhrp tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @nprofile…gaem on the latest episode of “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/podcast-episode-smashing-tech-oligarchy

2025-07-31 17:16:36 UTC

A bar hosted a drag show. Now Florida wants a list of names. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-went-drag-show-now-state-florida-wants-your-name

2025-07-22 18:53:29 UTC

“What the government is trying to achieve is one big database with all of the data that the president can use, however he wants,” EFF’s @nprofile…rhk5 told Truthdig. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/deputizing-the-irs/

2025-07-21 19:28:57 UTC

Using a little extra juice to power Christmas lights shouldn’t bring the cops to your door — but police looking for cannabis are using power meters as home-mounted spies. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/when-your-power-meter-becomes-tool-mass-surveillance

2025-07-16 15:29:41 UTC

After the Supreme Court's decision in FSC v. Paxton, EFF and others fighting against online age restrictions have our work cut out for us. But the case doesn't apply to all age restrictions. And we'll keep fighting to protect against broader age-gating mandates. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/despite-supreme-court-setback-eff-fights-against-online-age-mandates

2025-07-10 22:07:25 UTC

EFF is 35! 🎉
We've spent three+ decades defending your rights online—and we're not slowing down: https://eff.org/35years

2025-06-28 17:11:24 UTC

Did you know EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense has 39 guides on how to keep yourself secure online? Privacy and security are important for everyone. Support our work today: https://supporters.eff.org/donate/support-surveillance-self-defense

2025-06-23 14:16:49 UTC

Meta’s web-to-app tracking proves you’re right to distrust Meta, and we need to end surveillance advertising. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protect-yourself-metas-latest-attack-privacy

2025-06-21 00:42:24 UTC

When you donate to EFF, you're supporting the engineers, lawyers, and skilled advocates that tend the path for technology users' rights to privacy, expression, and innovation online. https://eff.org/35years

2025-06-19 23:39:38 UTC

If you’re arrested you should be able to examine the technology used to identify you, especially if there’s a history of inaccuracies. We argue just that in our latest amicus brief. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eff-nj-supreme-court-prosecutors-must-disclose-details-regarding-frt-used-identify

2025-06-18 05:45:56 UTC

Calling all journalists covering the US-MX border and immigration: we're teaming up with Freedom of the Press Foundation, Centre for Investigative Journalism and ACOS Alliance to offer dedicated security workshops in Albuquerque and El Paso in August. Apply here! https://eff.org/jstapp

2025-06-17 00:30:56 UTC

Meta's promise "that it’s adding ads to WhatsApp with privacy in mind does not make me trust this new feature,” EFF’s Lena Cohen told @nprofile…cfat. “Ads that are targeted based on your personal data are a privacy nightmare, no matter what app they’re on.” https://www.fastcompany.com/91353012/meta-is-bringing-ads-to-whatsapp-privacy-experts-are-sounding-the-alarm

2025-06-12 19:39:19 UTC

When scrapers are not deployed thoughtfully, they can contribute to higher hosting costs, lower performance, and even site outages. The companies running these bots must do better. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/keeping-web-under-weight-ai-crawlers

2025-06-10 16:55:27 UTC

🗣️ Livestream Alert: Pride in Digital Freedom—this Thursday! Join EFF's Daly Barnett and Rin Alajaji with special guests Andy Izenson and Mandy Salley, for a conversation about digital freedom and the LGBT+ community. eff.org/livestream-pride2025

2025-06-06 16:09:24 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

2025-06-02 20:17:41 UTC

The EU is pushing a plan to give police "lawful access" to encrypted messages. But there’s no such thing—without breaking the encryption. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eus-encryption-roadmap-makes-everyone-less-safe

2025-05-28 20:49:21 UTC

EFF’s Tori Noble joined Here & Now’s Scott Tong to discuss how the Trump Administration’s effort to amass Americans' personal data into one massive database raises the risk of privacy violations by the government or by bad actors. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/05/28/doge-data

2025-05-22 23:58:15 UTC

"It's not about the integrity of your face or driver's license, it's about the database where you have no control," EFF’s India McKinney told @nprofile…gge7, with risk of misidentification, security breaches, plus human or technological error. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/05/20/tsa-facial-recognition-safety/83726603007/

2025-05-16 18:34:07 UTC

The Copyright Office’s AI training report is legally flawed and tilted toward rightsholders. But firing Shira Perlmutter and Carla Hayden isn’t the fix—it just deepens the politicization. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/us-copyright-offices-draft-report-ai-training-errs-fair-use

2025-05-15 19:07:36 UTC

Congress is bringing back the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). It doesn’t protect kids—it gives government officials power to pressure platforms to take down lawful speech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/kids-online-safety-act-will-make-internet-worse-everyone

2025-05-12 19:06:20 UTC

2025-05-12 17:20:33 UTC

The IRS has a long history of keeping tax information confidential. But a new data-sharing agreement with ICE breaks that precedence and betrays the trust of immigrant communities in ways that could bear consequences for decades. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/irs-ice-immigrant-data-sharing-agreement-betrays-data-privacy-and-taxpayers-trust

2025-05-08 20:26:01 UTC

Your location data isn’t just a pin on a map. It can reveal where you work, worship, protest, or seek healthcare—and it’s being harvested, sold, and weaponized. Lawmakers must act now to protect our privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/privacy-map-how-states-are-fighting-location-surveillance

2025-05-06 22:55:25 UTC

The EU’s proposed Mini-ID Wallet could change how millions verify their age online-but who gets left out? Marginalized groups risk losing access to crucial services. Privacy and inclusion must be at the center of digital ID debates. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/age-verification-european-union-mini-id-wallet

2025-05-06 20:55:04 UTC

Thanks in part to messages from EFF supporters, the Washington legislature passed a strong consumer electronics right-to-repair legislation through both the House and Senate. If you’re in Washington State, please urge the governor to sign these important bills. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/washingtons-right-repair-bill-heads-governor

2025-04-10 20:14:15 UTC

Rampant use of police surveillance tech “really comes down to a question of, do we want to live in a city where all of us – all of us, not just 'criminals,' but all of us - are watched & listened to everywhere we go?” EFF's @nprofile…7usu told NBC Bay Area. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco-police-tour-new-facility/3840883/

2025-04-08 17:27:08 UTC

“Companies are collecting so much information about us and in such covert ways that it really feels like they’re listening to us,” EFF’s Lena Cohen tells @nprofile…wyas on Malwarebytes’ Lock and Code podcast. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/podcast/2025/04/is-your-phone-listening-to-you-lock-and-code-s06e07

2025-04-07 22:54:28 UTC

Instead of banning TikTok, "to truly reduce the supply of data that foreign adversaries can obtain, we need federal privacy legislation that limits how all companies collect and share our personal data,” EFF’s Babette Ngene told Context. https://www.context.news/big-tech/tiktok-bans-what-could-they-mean-for-you

2025-04-02 21:06:42 UTC

Courts have rejected recent efforts to copyright parts of the law. EFF urges the Third Circuit to do the same. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/eff-urges-third-circuit-join-legal-chorus-no-one-owns-law

2025-03-25 17:59:03 UTC

News of 23andMe’s bankruptcy “should be a wake-up call for lawmakers, who must work to pass stronger comprehensive privacy protections in general and genetic-privacy protections in particular,” EFF’s Mario Trujillo told @nprofile…3ke5. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-you-should-delete-your-23andme-account-heres-the-worst-that-could-happen-if-your-dna-data-is-exposed-d33bb25f

2025-03-24 20:10:54 UTC

Signal's a great app to keep your communications secure, but make sure you know the identities of the users in your group chats.
Our SSD guide on how to use Signal includes guidance on managing your group chat preferences. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal#manage-your-group-chat-preferences

2025-03-17 20:50:45 UTC

Is there hope for social media? Watch live on March 20 as EFF's David Greene and Jillian York speak with panelists from Bluesky, Mastodon, and Spill. eff.org/livestream-socialmedia

2025-03-14 20:51:17 UTC

“If companies are violating the law, you should be able to sue them,” EFF’s @nprofile…myqu told Source New Mexico. “People should be empowered to be their own privacy enforcers. They have a sense of what the costs are to them and their privacy the best." https://sourcenm.com/2025/03/13/big-tech-lobbies-new-mexico-for-ag-backed-bill/

2025-03-12 20:50:22 UTC

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mark Klein. In 2006, Mark showed up at EFF’s front door with a simple question: “Do you folks care about privacy?” We did. And what Mark told us changed everything. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memoriam-mark-klein-att-whistleblower-about-nsa-mass-spying

2025-03-10 20:09:50 UTC

“In countries with authoritarian leanings like China, stringent government controls over data flows are twisted into tools of censorship, surveillance, and repression,” EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez told @nprofile…fecz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/09/meta-china-censorship-facebook-mark-zuckerberg/

2025-03-05 20:21:55 UTC

Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our new tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

2025-03-01 00:05:23 UTC

Being able to access information about abortion online is more vital than ever – and yet content is being taken down and advocates are having their accounts banned. It’s time for Big Tech to #StopCensoringAbortion. https://www.eff.org/uncensored

2025-02-27 23:31:06 UTC

In a time when personal health decisions are under attack, protecting health data is more urgent than ever. New York has the opportunity to lead. Gov. Hochul should sign A.2141/S.929 today. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/new-yorkers-deserve-stronger-health-data-protections-now-governor-hochul-can-make

2025-02-26 17:17:50 UTC

EFF is at #RightsCon25 and we're showing our support for Alaa Abd El Fattah. Read more about Alaa's story and take action: https://freealaa.net. #FreeAlaa
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2025-02-25 18:18:44 UTC

EFF’s @nprofile…6m28 joined Tech Policy Press’ Sunday Show to discuss the first systemic risk assessments and independent audit reports from Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines produced in compliance with the EU's Digital Services Act.
https://www.techpolicy.press/evaluating-the-first-systemic-risk-and-audit-reports-under-the-digital-services-act/