New release candidate: Tor 0.4.5.4-rc nickm January 22, 2021 There’s a new release candidate available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.4.5.4-rc from the download page on the website. Packages should… Read More ›
It wasn’t long after the incoming Biden administration announced its nominees for key science policy posts that Twitter began to celebrate with #ScienceIsBack. Among those using the hashtag was Eric Lander, a mathematician and molecular biologist who played a lead role… Read More ›
At noon on January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, and he and his staff took over the business of running the country. The tradition of a peaceful transfer… Read More ›
Attendees including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listen during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021. Photo: Caroline Brehman/Pool/AP Pity the art directors, the stylists, and the stage managers. So much effort, taste, strategy,… Read More ›
Before Donald Trump began his run for president, there was a war against journalism in the United States. President George W. Bush used the Espionage Act and sought to jail reporters who refused to give up their sources, not to… Read More ›
The BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of six labor unions and six national environmental groups, is gearing up for a significant staff expansion heading into the Biden administration, recently advertising for 11 new positions, including the 15-year-old group’s first field organizers and… Read More ›
This blog post was co-written by EFF Legal Fellow Houston Davidson. Should an obviously fake Facebook post—one made as political satire—end with a lawsuit and a bill to pay for a police response to the post? Of course not, and… Read More ›
Stupid Patent of the Month Contact tracing is critical for limiting the spread of a contagion like COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean it’s inventive to compare people’s locations using their smartphones. Rather, it’s all the more important to protect the… Read More ›
The City of Oakland, California, has once again raised the bar on community control of police surveillance. Last week, Oakland’s City Council voted unanimously to strengthen the city’s already groundbreaking Surveillance and Community Safety Ordinance. The latest amendment, which immediately… Read More ›
Government and private use of face recognition technology each present a wealth of concerns. Privacy, safety, and amplification of carceral bias are just some of the reasons why we must ban government use. But what about private use? It also can… Read More ›