Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Like privacy? Hate censorship? You should be an EFF member! We've been fighting for the user for more than 30 years:

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Defend Privacy and Free Speech

Don’t let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back.

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

“Social media business models are extractive and exploitative. But we can’t fix our societies by fixing social media. I think that we have to deal with hate in the offline world.” -Read our latest Speaking Freely interview with South African human rights defender Anriette Esterhuysen here:

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Speaking Freely: Anriette Esterhuysen

Anriette Esterhuysen is a human rights defender and computer networking trailblazer from South Africa. She has pioneered the use of Internet and Co...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Las contraseñas fuertes y únicas son una necesidad, y no es tan difícil de lograr como se podría pensar.

Creación de contraseñas seguras

Reutilizar contraseñas es una práctica de seguridad peligrosa. Si alguien se hace con tu contraseña -ya sea por una filtración de datos o por c...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

EFF is at its best when the stakes are high.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The 2024 U.S. Election is Over. EFF is Ready for What's Next.

The dust of the U.S. election is settling, and we want you to know that EFF is ready for whatever’s next. Our mission to ensure that technology s...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Many of the internet’s ills are based on widespread corporate surveillance online. This pervasive system, ran by corporations and governments, stifles our speech, and erodes our privacy. But together, we can dismantle it.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

To Address Online Harms, We Must Consider Privacy First

In this report, we outline how many of the internet's ills have one thing in common: they're based on the business model of widespread co...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

EFF was proud to call Aaron Swartz a friend and ally.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2024

Aaron Swartz was a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet open. His life was cut short in 2013, after federal prosecut...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

For the next three years, Google must allow third-party app stores for Android, and let those app stores distribute all the same apps as are available in Google Play:

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff

A federal court recently ordered Google to make it easier for Android users to switch to rival app stores, banned Google from using its vast cash r...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Location data, harvested from mobile apps, enables law enforcement to monitor individuals through data bought from brokers, often without warrants or oversight.

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Academic research “can be reproduced & distributed around the world virtually for free,” which is “vital for the scientific process, global collaboration & knowledge building,” - EFF’s Rory Mir. But publishers don't want to give up control.

Built In

What Is a Shadow Library? | Built In

A shadow library is an online database of free, readily available content like books, textbooks, academic articles and research papers.

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

The idea that only authorized government agencies would ever use backdoor channels for getting user data was always risky and flawed.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Salt Typhoon Hack Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only For The "Good Guys"

At EFF we’ve long noted that you cannot build a backdoor that only lets in good guys and not bad guys. Over the weekend, we saw another example o...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

The FTC's latest investigation found giant tech companies collect way more data than users expect and share it widely without oversight. Federal privacy legislation is long overdue.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance is Out of Control

A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report confirms what EFF has been warning about for years: tech giants are widely harvesting and sharing your ...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Show your support for online freedom and stay warm with this EFF Hoodie!

EFF

Motherboard Hooded Sweatshirt

Don't lose the forest for the trees—keep fighting for a world where tech supports people irl. Enjoy Lovelace-Klimtian vibes in this sweatshirt's�...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

This isn’t about national security or innovation; it’s about a rent-seeker monopolizing access to a public resource.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

NextNav’s Callous Land-Grab to Privatize 900 MHz

The 900 MHz band, a frequency range serving as a commons for all, is now at risk due to NextNav’s brazen attempt to privatize this shared resourc...

#FCC

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Armed with two rooted Android phones and three Wi-Fi hotspots running cell site simulator detection software developed by EFF, @npub14lpy...ujhu conducted a first-of-its-kind wireless survey of the signals around the Democratic National Convention.

WIRED

We Hunted Hidden Police Signals at the DNC

Using special software, WIRED investigated police surveillance at the DNC. We collected signals from nearly 300,000 devices, revealing vulnerabilit...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

France’s arrest of Telegram’s CEO may relate to refusal to moderate or intercept end-to-end encrypted messages, or it may relate to hosting publicly accessible content. Both scenarios could be dangerous for users in the future.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The French Detention: Why We're Watching the Telegram Situation Closely

EFF is closely monitoring the situation in France in which Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov was charged with having committed criminal offenses, most o...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

No one should have to worry about warrantless police drones spying on their backyard sunbathing.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Backyard Privacy in the Age of Drones

Police departments and law enforcement agencies are increasingly collecting personal information using drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicl...

#drones #privacy

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

While a device’s mobile ad ID is technically an anonymous piece of information, it is easy to cross reference other data points to determine the owner, EFF’s Beryl Lipton warned the @npub1hgr7...2e7r.

The Texas Observer

Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech

DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Governor Abbott’s border crackdown, to “disr...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

A security researcher got a cease-and-desist just one day before a DEF CON talk. Our Coders’ Rights Project worked hard to ensure the talk went forward.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

2 Fast 2 Legal: How EFF Helped a Security Researcher During DEF CON 32

Enter the EFF Coders’ Rights Project, designed to help programmers, tinkerers, and innovators who wish to responsibly explore technologies and re...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

EFF submitted comments to the FCC demanding investigation of SS7 and Diameter security and transparency into how the telecoms handle the security of these networks.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF to FCC: SS7 is Vulnerable, and Telecoms Must Acknowledge That

It’s unlikely you’ve heard of Signaling System 7 (SS7), but every phone network in the world is connected to it, and if you have ever roamed ne...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Hey Resorts World Las Vegas: It's wrong to treat all hackers as dangerous, and to attempt to penalize people just for owning the tools of the trade. These tools have productive uses, as demonstrated by the massive convention of professional security researchers taking place. #DEFCON32

404 Media

Hotel to Search Rooms During DEF CON Hacking Conference

“As you may or may not know, a well-known hacking convention will be held in Las Vegas during your stay,” Resorts World Las Vegas writes. “We...