Electronic Frontier Foundation 10 months ago

The EU is pushing a plan to give police "lawful access" to encrypted messages. But there’s no such thing—without breaking the encryption.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The EU’s “Encryption Roadmap” Makes Everyone Less Safe

EFF has joined more than 80 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts in signing a letter urging the European Commission to...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 10 months ago

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.

What is DOGE doing with your data?

Experts are worried that Americans' personal data could end up in the hands of bad actors.

Electronic Frontier Foundation 11 months ago

"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 @npub163fq...etaf, with risk of misidentification, security breaches, plus human or technological error.

TSA facial recognition: What happens to your data after screening?

Electronic Frontier Foundation 11 months ago

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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone

Lawmakers who support KOSA today are choosing to trust the current administration, and future administrations, to define what youth—and to some d...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 11 months ago

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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight Back

Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by mi...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 11 months ago

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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

IRS-ICE Immigrant Data Sharing Agreement Betrays Data Privacy and Taxpayers’ Trust

Weaponizing government data vital to the functioning and funding of public goods and services by repurposing it for law enforcement and surveillanc...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 11 months ago

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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Privacy on the Map: How States Are Fighting Location Surveillance

Location data is highly sensitive, and without proper protections, it can be used to harm those who are already vulnerable. The digital trail we le...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 11 months ago

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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Age Verification in the European Union: The Commission's Age Verification App

This is the second part of a three-part series about age verification in the European Union. In this blog post, we take a deep dive into the age ve...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 11 months ago

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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Washington’s Right to Repair Bill Heads to the Governor

The right to repair just keeps on winning. Last week, thanks in part to messages from EFF supporters, the Washington legislature passed a strong co...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

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 @npub1s7nq...0l5t told NBC Bay Area.

San Francisco police give tour of new investigation center – NBC Bay Area

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

“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 @npub19k52...l8e8 on Malwarebytes’ Lock and Code podcast.

Malwarebytes

Is your phone listening to you? (Lock and Code S06E07)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Lena Cohen about whether our phones are really listening to us to deliver ads.

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

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.

TikTok ban: What's next for app as bidding war rages? | Context by TRF

TikTok's ban is delayed again as U.S. and China negotiate buyers for app

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

Courts have rejected recent efforts to copyright parts of the law. EFF urges the Third Circuit to do the same.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF Urges Third Circuit to Join the Legal Chorus: No One Owns the Law

Two appeals courts have recently rejected efforts by private parties to use copyright to restrict access to the laws that most directly affect ordi...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

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 @npub1f38w...q4ar. 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

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

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.

How to: Use Signal

Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android:...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

The USPTO is making it harder to challenge bad patents. That’s great for patent trolls—terrible for everyone else.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

New USPTO Memo Makes Fighting Patent Trolls Even Harder

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just made a move that will protect bad patents at the expense of everyone else. In a memo released Feb...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

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

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

“If companies are violating the law, you should be able to sue them,” EFF’s @npub15hw0...28yt 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/

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying

EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a...

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1 year ago

“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 @npub1lyqj...c6u4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/09/meta-china-censorship-facebook-mark-zuckerberg/