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2025-10-23 00:27:02 UTC

When you ask ChatGPT a question, you're in control of the information you're sharing, EFF’s Lena Cohen told USA Today, but “when you're using the Atlas browser for day-to-day tasks, it's easier to forget that all of your activity could be sent to OpenAI."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/10/22/open-ai-launches-chatgpt-atlas-web-browser/86833766007/

2025-10-16 16:49:52 UTC

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It's important to know what search results are out there about you, so you understand what people see when they look for you. #OptOutOctober https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/opt-out-october-daily-tips-protect-your-privacy-and-security#tip11
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2025-09-24 21:56:01 UTC

Meta's policies require "repeated" Community Standards violations before Meta will disable an account. But abortion advocates are getting banned after just one post. This completely cuts accounts off from their followers and silences crucial reproductive health information. https://www.eff.org/pages/meta-removing-abortion-advocates-accounts-without-warning

2025-03-25 16:36:38 UTC

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No list of women is technology is complete without Ada Lovelace. She was believed to have written the first algorithm read by a machine, making her one of the first computer programmers. The world celebrates her each year on the second Tuesday in October. #womenshistorymonth

2025-03-01 15:42:27 UTC

It's Women's History Month! All March, we're highlighting women who've taken valuable steps for technology, privacy, security, and free expression for us all. We encourage you to learn more, get inspired by their accomplishments, and tell us about women in tech that you admire.

2025-02-19 00:36:27 UTC

Citizen Lab released a report that highlights three serious security issues in the RedNote app, including that the app retrieves uploaded user content in a way that allows anyone else on your network, at your ISP, or organizations like the NSA, to see everything you look at and upload to RedNote. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xianghongshu-aka-red-note

2025-01-08 17:59:37 UTC

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Update: After this blog post was written, we learned Meta revised its public "Hateful Conduct" policy in ways EFF finds concerning. We are analyzing these changes, which this blog post does not address.

2024-11-27 19:07:03 UTC

Despite opposition from over 350 civil liberties and other organizations, H.R. 9495 passed the House. Tell the Senate this is an existential threat to nonprofits of all stripes, and they must vote no on this dangerous expansion of executive power: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/tell-senate-dont-weaponize-treasury-department-against-nonprofits

2024-11-25 02:00:04 UTC

Download Privacy Badger to block spying ads and invisible trackers. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

2024-11-24 18:00:51 UTC

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our criminal justice system is one of the most worrying developments across policing and the courts. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/ai-criminal-justice-trend-attorneys-need-know-about

2024-11-24 02:00:01 UTC

EFF supporters helped us crowdfund a legal challenge to stop the "podcasting patent." Now the U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would ban EFF and other non-profits from ever filing such a petition. Let's stop it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/prevail-act-would-wreck-us-patent-review-system

2024-11-24 01:00:01 UTC

You have a massive collection of e-books, music, video games, software, and movies that you bought as a digital download, and you probably think you own them, like you own a physical book or a DVD.  Here’s why that’s often not true. https://www.digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/wait-i-don-t-own-the-digital-downloads-i-buy

2024-11-22 22:07:18 UTC

“It’s not illegal to have a monopoly,” EFF’s @npub1sg2…79pl told Vox about Google. “But it is illegal to leverage one’s monopoly power to maintain that monopoly, basically to stay a monopolist by means other than simply having the best product.” https://www.vox.com/technology/387375/google-chrome-antitrust-privacy-android

2024-11-22 16:35:38 UTC

Just because someone wants anonymity online “doesn’t necessarily mean they’re engaging in illegal activity,” EFF’s @npub1qml…2r48 told NBC4 Columbus. “Privacy is important for everyone.” https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/city-hack/how-the-dark-web-ties-to-columbus-data-breach/

2024-11-21 19:50:24 UTC

“Unfortunately, multiple presidential administrations have abused U.S. laws to spy on reporters just for doing their jobs,” EFF’s Joe Mullin told @npub1s89…rdtv. “The PRESS Act, which has strong bipartisan support, would put a stop to this abuse of power.”
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/21/press-act-trump-press-freedom/

2024-11-20 19:18:06 UTC

Trump is a “corporatist through & through,” so he may side with industry’s desire to rein in an aggressive Federal Trade Commission, EFF’s Bill Budington told [@therecord_media](https://mastodon.social/@therecord_media ). “It's hard to imagine that regulatory power will be as strong as it has been.” https://therecord.media/data-privacy-experts-predict-some-wins-trump

2024-11-17 17:00:03 UTC

Only a federal privacy law that empowers ordinary people to sue companies that broker their sensitive data will have enough teeth to begin reining in the data broker industry. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/americans-deserve-more-current-american-privacy-rights-act

2024-10-18 16:05:26 UTC

Heavily increased police surveillance “starts to impede on our ability to act freely as law-abiding humans, even if we are not doing anything wrong," EFF’s Beryl Lipton told WZTV FOX 17 News in Nashville.
https://fox17.com/fox-17-investigates/investigation-metro-police-push-for-access-to-private-cameras-and-fusus-technology

2024-10-12 16:37:02 UTC

If you used 23andMe, you’re probably wondering if you should be worried about your data in the event that the company gets sold. Yes, but you have rights. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/sale-23andmes-data-would-be-bad-privacy-heres-what-customers-can-do

2024-10-04 15:22:09 UTC

A previously classified transcript shows Congress knew U.S. TikTok users engage in constitutionally protected speech, but it banned the platform anyway, EFF Legal Fellow [@BrendanGilligan](https://techhub.social/@BrendanGilligan ) writes for [@Salon](https://flipboard.com/@Salon ). It should’ve passed a data privacy law instead. https://www.salon.com/2024/10/03/congress-knew-banning-tiktok-was-a-first-amendment-problem-it-did-so-anyway/

2024-09-13 03:04:07 UTC

Congratulations to our first 2024 EFF Awards Winner, @npub1psa…j5uh !
As the media landscape in general and tech media in particular keeps shrinking, 404 Media, launched in August 2023, has forged ahead with incisive investigative reports, deep-dive features, blogs, and scoops.

2024-09-10 16:39:14 UTC

Forensic genetic genealogy is often used in “very splashy serial crime cases,” EFF’s Jennifer Lynch told @npub1xdm…d8dg. “That makes people think the ends justify the means, and that’s not how our criminal justice system should work.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/10/metro/matthew-nilo-rape-dna-geneaology/

2024-09-03 16:11:45 UTC

Nobody should need a credential of their personhood, EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told [@cnet](https://flipboard.com/@cnet ). “Your personhood is an innate feature of your being. It can't be granted to you by anyone else."
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/personhood-credentials-everything-to-know-about-the-proposed-id-for-the-internet/

2024-09-01 21:26:00 UTC

Equating surveillance with safety considers only a fraction of what “safety” for everyone looks like. You cannot protect people from harm if part of what you offer them is a different kind of harm, writes EFF's Matthew Guariglia for Slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/police-surveillance-wont-make-us-safer-broken-windows-on-steroids.html

2024-09-01 15:51:01 UTC

Legislatures now have a clear road map as to how to protect consumers’ privacy—without trampling our first amendment rights. They should use it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/court-california-try-privacy-law-not-online-censorship

2024-08-29 15:07:20 UTC

Axon’s Draft One—an AI tool for drafting police reports—seems like a time-saver, but it’s going into widespread use without adequate testing and could have dire consequences if the chatbot errs in serious cases, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @npub15wh…e9hw. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/chatbots-offer-cops-the-ultimate-out-to-spin-police-reports-expert-says/

2024-08-26 19:50:22 UTC

Instead of suing Donald Trump, “given Taylor Swift’s reach as a celebrity, I think she could be a lot more effective, frankly, if she just used her own platform to repudiate it, & that would accomplish as much as any lawsuit,” EFF’s @npub1lur…quxc told @npub12mz…akuf. https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/24/us/ai-content-laws-taylor-swift-trump/index.html