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• VICTORY! Apple Commits to Encrypting iCloud, Drops Phone-Scanning Plans

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Today Apple announced it will provide fully encrypted iCloud backups, meeting a longstanding demand by EFF and other privacy-focused organizations.  We applaud Apple for listening to experts, child advocates, and users who want to protect their most sensitive data. Encryption… Read More ›

• Google and Meta Embrace Full-Court Strategy Against Media Ad Revenue Sharing Proposal

  By theintercept on December 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, a bipartisan bill, would be the first piece of legislation to fundamentally challenge the business model for social media giants, forcing them to give major journalistic organizations a cut of their ad revenue. As… Read More ›

• The War Caucus Always Wins

  By theintercept on December 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The B-21 Raider is unveiled during a ceremony at Northrop Grumman’s Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2022. The high-tech stealth bomber can carry nuclear and conventional weapons; it’s designed to be able to fly without… Read More ›

• VICTORY! San Francisco Bans Killer Robots…For Now

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  In a stunning 8-to-3 vote yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors banned the SFPD from using deadly force with remote-controlled robots. The Board also sent the killer robot policy back to its Rules Committee for revisions and more public… Read More ›

• New Release: Tor Browser 12.0

  By torblog on December 6, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Tor Browser 12.0 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This new release updates Tor Browser to Firefox Extended Support Release 102. What’s new? Upgraded to Extended Support Release 102 Once again,… Read More ›

• 44 Local Organizations Stand Against SFPD’s Killer Robots

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  EFF is announcing a letter signed by 44 community groups who stand united in opposition to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors authorizing the San Francisco Police Department to deploy deadly force with remote-control robots. The signers include racial justice… Read More ›

• Addressing Climate Change Will Not “Save the Planet”

  By theintercept on December 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  A boiler tower surrounded by mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2022. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images Conservation biology finds itself in a terrifying place today, witness to mass extinction, helpless… Read More ›

• This Judge’s Investigation Of Patent Trolls Must Be Allowed to Move Forward

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 2, 2022 • ( 0 )

  If you get sued, you should be able to figure out who sued you. Remarkably, though, people and companies who are accused of patent infringement in federal court often have no idea who is truly behind the lawsuit. Patent trolls,… Read More ›

• India Requires Internet Services to Collect and Store Vast Amount of Customer Data, Building a Path to Mass Surveillance

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 2, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Privacy and online free expression are once again under threat in India, thanks to vaguely worded cybersecurity directions—promulgated by India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) earlier this year—that impose draconian mass surveillance obligations on internet services, threatening privacy and anonymity… Read More ›

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