Cybersecurity policy expert. Security researcher. Women in tech advocate. Entrepreneur. Tarah Wheeler’s expertise and experience encompasses the most pressing issues in tech, and we’re honored to announce that she is joining EFF’s advisory board. She will be helping us with… Read More ›
The rogue deployment of secret federal police forces in Portland, Oregon, has added a new complication to negotiations over reauthorizing the Trump administration’s vast surveillance powers and appropriating new money for the Department of Homeland Security. In March, a sweeping… Read More ›
Recently, nearly every week brings a new effort to undercut or overhaul a key U.S. law—47 U.S.C. § 230 (“Section 230”)—that protects online services and allows Internet users to express themselves. Many of these proposals jeopardize users’ free speech and… Read More ›
Financial records contain a trove of sensitive information about people’s personal lives, beliefs, and affiliations—which is why law enforcement should be required to get a warrant in order to obtain financial transaction data. Courts and lawmakers have gotten this wrong… Read More ›
Pakistani villagers carry the shrouded casket of a person, reportedly killed by a U.S. drone attack in the tribal area of Mir Ali along the Afghanistan border, during his funeral in Bannu, Pakistan, on Dec. 29, 2010. Photo: Ijaz Muhammad/AP… Read More ›
National Security Agency whistleblower Reality Winner tested positive for coronavirus in the prison in Fort Worth, Texas, where she is serving a record sentence for sharing information about a national security risk with the media, according to her sister Brittany Winner…. Read More ›
Earlier this week, chaos reigned supreme on Twitter as high-profile public figures—from Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos to President Barack Obama—started tweeting links to the same bitcoin scam. Twitter’s public statement and reporting from Motherboard suggest attackers gained access to… Read More ›
Definitions matter. Especially when those definitions come from the federal government. In the case of “broadband,” the definition set by the federal government creates our standard of Internet living. Depressingly, the American government’s definition means ISPs get away with offering… Read More ›
Tor’s Bug Smash Fund: Progress Since January 2020 Al Smith July 17, 2020 At the beginning of August 2019, we asked you to help us build our very first Bug Smash Fund. This fund will ensure that the Tor Project… Read More ›
The European Union’s highest court today made clear—once again—that the US government’s mass surveillance programs are incompatible with the privacy rights of EU citizens. The judgment was made in the latest case involving Austrian privacy advocate and EFF Pioneer Award… Read More ›