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• Data Driven 2: California Dragnet—New Data Set Shows Scale of Vehicle Surveillance in the Golden State

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on April 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  This project is based on data processed by student journalist Olivia Ali, 2020 intern JJ Mazzucotelli, and research assistant Liam Harton, based on California Public Records Act requests filed by EFF and dozens of students at the University of Nevada, Reno Reynolds School of Journalism. … Read More ›

• No Digital Vaccine Bouncers

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on April 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The U.S. is distributing more vaccines and the population is gradually becoming vaccinated. Returning to regular means of activity and movement has become the main focus for many Americans who want to travel or see family. An increasingly common proposal… Read More ›

• U.S. Marshals Used Drones to Spy on Black Lives Matter Protests in Washington, D.C.

  By theintercept on April 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The U.S. Marshals Service flew unmanned drones over Washington, D.C., in response to last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, documents obtained by The Intercept via the Freedom of Information Act show. The documents — two brief, heavily redacted emails —… Read More ›

• How a Chinese Surveillance Broker Became Oracle’s “Partner of the Year”

  By theintercept on April 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Banners printed for the occasion read, “Build a new type of strategic partnership.” Artfully made cutouts of the two companies’ logos adorned the stage. And the frosting on the massive sheet cake curled into a red “20,” to celebrate two… Read More ›

• EFF Sues Proctorio On Behalf of Student It Falsely Accused of Copyright Infringement to Get Critical Tweets Taken Down

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on April 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Links to Software Code Excerpts in Tweets Are Fair Use Phoenix, Arizona—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit today against Proctorio Inc. on behalf of college student Erik Johnson, seeking a judgment that he didn’t infringe the company’s copyrights… Read More ›

• Fighting FLoC and Fighting Monopoly Are Fully Compatible

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on April 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Are tech giants really damned if they do and damned if they don’t (protect our privacy)? That’s a damned good question that’s been occasioned by Google’s announcement that they’re killing the invasive, tracking third-party cookie (yay!) and replacing it with… Read More ›

• The Defund Police Movement Takes Aim at Fusion Centers and Mass Surveillance

  By theintercept on April 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Legislators in Maine could vote as early as next week on the first bill in the country seeking to shut down a fusion center: the intelligence-sharing partnerships between local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, as well as private sector… Read More ›

• Indian Government's Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Outright Are A Bad Idea

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on April 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  While Turkey hit the headlines last week with a ban on paying for items with cryptocurrency, the government of India appears to be moving towards outlawing cryptocurrency completely. An unnamed senior government official told Reuters last month that a forthcoming bill this parliamentary… Read More ›

• New Release: Tor Browser 10.0.16

  By torblog on April 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  New Release: Tor Browser 10.0.16 sysrqb April 20, 2021 Tor Browser 10.0.16 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version updates Firefox to 78.10esr. In addition, Tor Browser 10.0.16 updates NoScript… Read More ›

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