There Are Many Ways to Help Tor Take Back the Internet Sarah November 29, 2019 This year’s campaign, Take Back the Internet, has been a great success so far. Thank you to the more than 3,000 donors who have helped… Read More ›
Archive for November 2019
Fingerprint Analysis Is High-Stakes Work — but It Doesn’t Take Much to Qualify as an Expert
Brendan Max and two of his colleagues in the Cook County, Illinois, public defender’s office got some good news and some bad news in the spring of 2018. Actually, it was the same news: The three lawyers had nearly aced… Read More ›
CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling’s Life as an “Unwanted Spy”
Subscribe to the Intercepted podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Radio Public, and other platforms. New to podcasting? Click here. House Democrats are pushing forward with their investigation into President Donald Trump’s abuse of power, sparked by an internal whistleblower complaint. This week… Read More ›
Amazon’s Ring Planned Neighborhood “Watch Lists” Built on Facial Recognition
Ring, Amazon’s crimefighting surveillance camera division, has crafted plans to use facial recognition software and its ever-expanding network of home security cameras to create AI-enabled neighborhood “watch lists,” according to internal documents reviewed by The Intercept. The planning materials envision… Read More ›
Video: Ruth Taylor Describes Her Win Against an Online Voting Patent
We’ve been fighting abuses of the patent system for years. Many of the worst abuses we see are committed by software patent owners who make money suing people instead of building anything. These are patent owners we call patent trolls…. Read More ›
Sanctions, Protests, and Shutdowns: Fighting to Open Iran’s Internet
Last week, Iranians took to the streets nationwide in protest after an abrupt spike in fuel prices. As the protests grew, the government disrupted the internet across Iran in an apparent attempt to quell unrest. The slowdown was, for most, experienced as… Read More ›
DEEP DIVE: EFF to DHS: Stop Mass Collection of Social Media Information
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released a proposed rule expanding the agency’s collection of social media information on key visa forms and immigration applications. Earlier this month, EFF joined over 40 civil society organizations that signed on to… Read More ›
Michael Bloomberg’s Right-Wing Views on Foreign Policy Make Him a Perfect Candidate for the Republican Nomination
Portrait of Michael Bloomberg, Republican Mayor of New York in 2002. Photo: Franck Courtes/Agence Vu/Redux Michael Bloomberg, to borrow a line from Elizabeth Warren, is running in the wrong presidential primary. The billionaire ex-mayor of New York formally announced his… Read More ›
“We Are Still Here”: Native Activists in Arizona Resist Trump’s Border Wall
Nellie Jo David was holding forth in the shadow of the border wall. Tucked under her arm was a sign listing the dozens of federal laws that were waived during the building of the structure. With a megaphone gripped tight… Read More ›
Inside the Archive of an LSD Researcher With Ties to the CIA’s MKUltra Mind Control Project
On the night of July 4, 1954, San Antonio, Texas, was shaken by the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl. The man accused of these crimes was Jimmy Shaver, an airman at the nearby Lackland Air Force Base with… Read More ›