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• The Council of Europe Shouldn’t Throw Out Our Privacy Rights Just to Speed Up Police Access

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on November 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Foreign police often want to investigate a crime by gathering potential evidence from Internet companies located in another country. What if police in Poland want to get a user’s data from an ISP in Germany, Philippines, Japan—or vice versa? Can… Read More ›

• The FCC Is About to Raise Billions. Congress Should Invest it in Fiber Infrastructure

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on November 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced his plans to begin freeing up valuable airwaves within the C-Band, a part of the spectrum—the radio frequencies that our cell carriers, television stations, and others use to transmit services—historically used for satellite television…. Read More ›

• Leaked Iranian Intelligence Reports Expose Tehran’s Vast Web of Influence in Iraq

  By theintercept on November 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In mid-October, with unrest swirling in Baghdad, a familiar visitor slipped quietly into the Iraqi capital. The city had been under siege for weeks, as protesters marched in the streets, demanding an end to corruption and calling for the ouster of… Read More ›

• While U.S.-Led Forces Dropped Bombs, Iran Waged Its Own Covert Campaign Against the Islamic State

  By theintercept on November 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In the summer of 2014, with a campaign of shocking violence, the Islamic State established itself as the most fearsome terrorist organization in the Middle East. In early June, the extremist group stunned the world by taking control of the… Read More ›

• Federal Judge Issues Historic Opinion for Digital Privacy at the Border

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  In a historic opinion on privacy at the border, a federal judge this week recognized that international travelers have significant privacy interests in their digital data and ruled that suspicionless electronic device searches at U.S. ports of entry violate the… Read More ›

• EFF to Court: Don’t Let Private Organizations Control Access to the Law

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Public.Resource.Org has one simple mission: to improve public access to government documents, including our laws. Public Resource believes—and EFF agrees—that everyone should be able to read, analyze, and share the laws that govern us, without having to pay a gatekeeper… Read More ›

• Submit Your FOIA Horror Stories for The Foilies 2020

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Calling all transparency advocates, investigative journalists, and assorted FOIA punks! It’s once again time to submit your nominations for The Foilies—EFF’s annual, tongue-in-cheek awards for outrageous, ridiculous, and infuriating responses to public records requests.  Each year during Sunshine Week (March… Read More ›

• New release candidate: Tor 0.4.2.4-rc

  By torblog on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  New release candidate: Tor 0.4.2.4-rc nickm November 15, 2019 There’s a new release candidate available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.4.2.4-rc from the download page on the website. Packages should… Read More ›

• Lawyers and Scholars to LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters: Stop Helping ICE Deport People

  By theintercept on November 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Lawyers, students, and scholars called on legal database providers to end their contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security, and private surveillance contractor Palantir, saying the arrangements put universities and immigration lawyers in the untenable position of… Read More ›

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