< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming…
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Podcast Episode: Digital Autonomy for Bodily Autonomy
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> We all leave digital trails as we navigate the internet – records of what we searched for, what we bought, who we talked to, where we went or want to go…
No Postal Service Data Sharing to Deport Immigrants
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently joined a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) task force geared towards finding and deporting immigrants,…
Beware the Bundle: Companies Are Banking on Becoming Your Police Department’s Favorite “Public Safety Technology” Vendor
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> When your local police department buys one piece of surveillance equipment, you can easily expect that the company that sold it will try to upsell them on…
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 consumer electronics right-to-repair legislation through both the House and Senate. The bill affirms our right to…
Ninth Circuit Hands Users A Big Win: Californians Can Sue Out-of-State Corporations That Violate State Privacy Laws
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Simple common sense tells us that a corporation’s decision to operate in every state shouldn’t mean it can’t be sued in most of them. Sadly, U.S. law…
Age Verification in the European Union: The Commission’s Age Verification App
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> 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…
Congress Passes TAKE IT DOWN Act Despite Major Flaws
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, giving the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don’t like. President Trump himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics.…
EFF Leads Prominent Security Experts in Urging Trump Administration to Leave Chris Krebs Alone
Political Retribution for Telling the Truth Weakens the Entire Infosec Community and Threatens Our Democracy; Letter Remains Open for Further Sign-Ons < div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump Administration…
Texas’s War on Abortion Is Now a War on Free Speech
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Once again, the Texas legislature is coming after the most common method of safe and effective abortion today—medication abortion. Senate Bill (S.B.) 2880* seeks to prevent the sale…