EFF joined NYU Law School’s Brennan Center for Justice, ACLU, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Libertarian National Committee, and former Congressman Bob Barr in urging the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to revisit a recent opinion finding no… Read More ›
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Hacking the Patent System: Improved, Expanded Guide to Patent Licensing Alternatives
We’re pleased to announce the 2016 edition of Hacking the Patent System, a guide to alternative patent licensing produced by the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property & Innovation Clinic at Stanford Law School in partnership with EFF and Engine. First published in… Read More ›
EFF Welcomes Sarah Deutsch Back to Board of Directors
We are pleased to welcome Sarah Deutsch back to EFF’s Board of Directors. Until her retirement earlier this year, Sarah was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Verizon Communications, where she spent over 23 years in the legal department…. Read More ›
Panopticlick 2.0 Launches, Featuring New Tracker Protection and Fingerprinting Tests
Today we’re launching version 2.0 of our tracking and fingerprinting detection tool, Panopticlick. This version brings new tests to our existing tool, such as canvas and touch-capability fingerprinting, updating its ability to uniquely identify browsers with current techniques. In addition,… Read More ›
Government, Can You Hear Me Now? Cell-site Simulators Aren’t Secret Anymore
Digital analyzer. IMSI catcher. Stingray. Triggerfish. Dirt box. Cell-site simulator. The list of aliases used by the devices that masquerade as a cell phone tower, trick your phone into connecting with them, and suck up your data, seems to grow… Read More ›
Find a Security Vulnerability, Get a Reward: Announcing EFF's Security Vulnerability Disclosure Program
At EFF we put security and privacy first. This means working hard at keeping our members and site visitors safe, as well as the people who use the software we develop. We also dedicate staff time to advising security researchers,… Read More ›
We Did It! 100,000 People Call on Obama to Support Strong Crypto
Crack open a Club-Mate and raise a glass to strong crypto. There’s reason to celebrate. Today, the 100,000th person signed our petition calling on President Obama to reject compelled backdoors in our communications. The campaign, hosted at SaveCrypto.org, uses the… Read More ›
Let's Encrypt Enters Private Beta
For years, EFF has been working to protect the Web from surveillance and censorship by making encryption ubiquitous. Fixing problems with the Internet’s certificate infrastructure has been at the top of that list. Last night, that campaign took a major… Read More ›
EFF Urges California Supreme Court to Hear a Bad Rap Lyrics Case
Artistic expression can take many forms, whether it’s comedic, dramatic, or even violent. According to a California Court of Appeals opinion, if you choose to artistically express yourself in a violent or threatening manner—let’s say in song lyrics—you could be… Read More ›
Adblockers and Innovative Ad Companies are Working Together to Build a More Privacy-Friendly Web
Apple’s recently-announced support for adblockers on iOS 9 provoked dramatic debate between those who were celebrating the news, and those who were angry over what they see as the company undermining the primary business model for online publishing and journalism…. Read More ›