Want the latest news on your digital rights? Then you’ve come to the right place! Version 33, issue 6 of EFFector, our monthly-ish newsletter, is out now! Catch up on the latest EFF news, from our protests at Apple stores… Read More ›
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HTTPS Is Actually Everywhere
For more than 10 years, EFF’s HTTPS Everywhere browser extension has provided a much-needed service to users: encrypting their browser communications with websites and making sure they benefit from the protection of HTTPS wherever possible. Since we started offering HTTPS… Read More ›
Surveillance Self-Defense Guides Now Available in Burmese
As part of our goal to expand the impact of our digital security guide, Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD), we recently translated the majority of its contents into Burmese. This repository of resources on circumventing surveillance across a variety of different platforms,… Read More ›
The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Exploring the Future of Incarceration Technology
Prison technology and telecom companies such as Securus and Global Tel*Link are already notorious for their ongoing efforts to extract every last penny and destroy any last shred of privacy afforded to incarcerated people. They have so far succeeded in… Read More ›
Introducing “apkeep,” EFF Threat Lab’s new APK Downloader
To track state-sponsored malware and combat the stalkerware of abusive partners, you need tools. Safe, reliable, and fast tools. That’s why EFF’s Threat Lab is proud to announce our very own tool to download Android APK files, apkeep. This enables… Read More ›
Court Ruling Against Locast Gets the Law Wrong; Lets Giant Broadcast Networks Control Where and How People Watch Free TV
In a blow to millions of people who rely on local television broadcasts, a federal court ruled yesterday that the nonprofit TV-streaming service Locast is not protected by an exception to copyright created by Congress to ensure that every American… Read More ›
Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 33.5
Want the latest news on your digital rights? Then you’re in luck! Version 33, issue 5 of EFFector, our monthly-ish email newsletter, is out now! Catch up on rising issues in online security, privacy, and free expression with EFF by… Read More ›
New Writing and Management Role on EFF's Fundraising Team
Calling all writers! If you are passionate about civil liberties and technology, we have an awesome opportunity for you. We are hiring for a newly-created role of Associate Director of Institutional Support. This senior role will manage the messaging and… Read More ›
We Have Questions for DEF CON's Puzzling Keynote Speaker, DHS Secretary Mayorkas
The Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will be giving a DEF CON keynote address this year. Those attending this weekend’s hybrid event will have a unique opportunity to “engage” with the man who heads the department responsible for surveillance… Read More ›
Flex Your Power. Own Your Tech.
Before advanced computer graphics, a collection of clumsy pixels would represent ideas far more complex than technology could capture on its own. With a little imagination, crude blocks on a screen could transform into steel titans and unknown worlds. It’s… Read More ›