< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Governments increasingly rely on algorithmic systems to support consequential assessments and determinations about people’s lives, from judging eligibility for social assistance to trying to predict crime and criminals. Latin America…
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Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> A digital mobile driver’s license (often called an mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. In theory, it would work…
Podcast Episode Rerelease: So You Think You’re A Critical Thinker
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> This episode was first released in March 2023. With this year’s election just weeks away, concerns about disinformation and conspiracy theories are on the rise. We covered this issue in a…
New IPANDETEC Report Shows Panama’s ISPs Still Lag in Protecting User Data
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Telecom and internet service providers in Panama are entrusted with the personal data of millions of users, bearing a responsibility to not only protect users’ privacy but…
Election Security: When to Worry, When to Not
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This post was written by EFF intern Nazil Ungan as an update to a 2020 Deeplinks post by Cindy Cohn. Everyone wants an election that is secure…
A Sale of 23andMe’s Data Would Be Bad for Privacy. Here’s What Customers Can Do.
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The CEO of 23andMe has recently said she’d consider selling the genetic genealogy testing company–and with it, the sensitive DNA data that it’s collected, and stored, from…
Salt Typhoon Hack Shows There’s No Security Backdoor That’s Only For The “Good Guys”
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> 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…
FTC Findings on Commercial Surveillance Can Lead to Better Alternatives
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> On September 19, the FTC published a staff report following a multi-year investigation of nine social media and video streaming companies. The report found a myriad of…
The X Corp. Shutdown in Brazil: What We Can Learn
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> The feud between X Corp. and Brazil’s Supreme Court continues to drag on: After a month-long standoff, X Corp. folded and complied with court orders to suspend several accounts, name a…
Germany Rushes to Expand Biometric Surveillance
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Germany is a leader in privacy and data protection, with many Germans being particularly sensitive to the processing of their personal data – owing to the country’s…