< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Your location data isn’t just a pin on a map—it’s a powerful tool that reveals far more than most people realize. It can expose where you work, where you pray, who…
Category: Deeplinks
EFF Joins Amicus Briefs Supporting Two More Law Firms Against Unconstitutional Executive Orders
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Update 4/11/25: EFF joined the ACLU and other legal advocacy organizations today in filing two additional amicus briefs in support of the law firms Jenner & Block and…
Florida’s New Social Media Bill Says the Quiet Part Out Loud and Demands an Encryption Backdoor
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> At least Florida’s SB 868/HB 763, “Social Media Use By Minors” bill isn’t beating around the bush when it states that it would require “social media platforms…
Cybersecurity Community Must Not Remain Silent On Executive Order Attacking Former CISA Director
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructure. It is…
Certbot 4.0: Long Live Short-Lived Certs!
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> When Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority, started issuing 90 day TLS certificates for websites, it was considered a bold move that helped push the ecosystem towards…
Congress Takes Another Step Toward Enabling Broad Internet Censorship
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday advanced the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146) , a bill that seeks to speed up the removal of…
Our Privacy Act Lawsuit Against DOGE and OPM: Why a Judge Let It Move Forward
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Last week, a federal judge rejected the government’s motion to dismiss our Privacy Act lawsuit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Elon Musk’s “Department…
EFF, Civil Society Groups, Academics Call on UK Home Secretary to Address Flawed Data Bill
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Last week, EFF joined 30 civil society groups and academics in warning UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Secretary Peter Kyle about the law enforcement…
Judge Rejects Government’s Attempt to Dismiss EFF Lawsuit Against OPM, DOGE, and Musk
Court Confirms That, If Proven, DOGE’s Ongoing Access to Personnel Records Is Illegal < div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> NEW YORK—A lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing tens of millions…
EFF Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Perkins Coie Law Firm Against Unconstitutional Executive Order
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> EFF has joined the American Civil Liberties Union and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing an amicus brief asking a federal judge to…