As we noted in Part 1 of this story, in the last few years, the FBI has been dramatically expanding its biometrics programs, whether by adding face recognition to its vast Next Generation Identification (NGI) database or pushing out mobile… Read More ›
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With Little Fanfare, FBI Ramps Up Biometrics Programs (Yet Again)—Part 1
In the last few years, FBI has been dramatically expanding its biometrics programs, whether by adding face recognition to its vast Next Generation Identification (NGI) database or pushing out mobile biometrics capabilities for “time-critical situations” through its Repository for Individuals… Read More ›
Tinkering Isn’t a Crime—But It’s Not Only Officials in Irving Acting Like it Is
It made me feel like I wasn’t human. It made me feel like a criminal. Those are the words of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, a smart young student who is also Muslim, and who was arrested just for bringing a home… Read More ›
Heightened Trade Secrets Restrictions Could Chill Global Speech
Trade secrets are seeing a resurgence of attention by policymakers at home and around the world. While there can be legitimate reasons to keep commercially valuable information secret, particularly amongst those with whom it has been shared in confidence, the… Read More ›
Community to Lawmakers: Stop the Showcase of Military and Surveillance Technology in Alameda County
Disturbing displays of military and surveillance equipment being used by state and local police have become commonplace. So it’s not hard to imagine why Urban Shield, a four-day long “preparedness” exercise and equipment exhibition coordinated by the Alameda County Sheriff’s… Read More ›
EFF Pushes Back Against State Law Copyright Expansion in California
Yesterday, EFF filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, pushing back against a district court decision that expanded state law copyrights in pre-1972 sound recordings. This may sound familiar: we recently filed a similar… Read More ›
Why Shouldn’t Copyright Be Infinite?
The following is a guest post from Eric Crampton, Head of Research at the New Zealand Initiative, who previously served as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Department of Economics & Finance at the University of Canterbury. Australia… Read More ›
Amendments to CISA “Cybersecurity” Bill Fail in All Regards
Although grassroots activism has dealt it a blow, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) keeps shambling along like the zombie it is. In July, Senator McConnell vowed to hold a final vote on the bill before Congress… Read More ›
TISA and Tech’s Double Standards On Secret Government Internet Deals
The stash of previously-secret correspondence about the Trade In Services Agreement (TISA) that EFF obtained and published this week speaks volumes about the extent to which technology companies such as IBM and Google, and trade lobby groups such as the… Read More ›
Besieged Malaysian PM Doubles Down on Online Censorship Ahead of Anti-Corruption Rally
This weekend, tens of thousands of ordinary Malaysians will flood into the cities of Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, with satellite events held in solidarity around the world, to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak. The… Read More ›