“Black lives matter on the streets. Black lives matter on the internet.” A year ago, EFF’s Executive Director, Cindy Cohn, shared these words in EFF’s statement about the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Cindy spoke for all… Read More ›
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Community Control of Police Spy Tech
All too often, police and other government agencies unleash invasive surveillance technologies on the streets of our communities, based on the unilateral and secret decisions of agency executives, after hearing from no one except corporate sales agents. This spy tech… Read More ›
Why EFF Doesn’t Support Bans On Private Use of Face Recognition
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 ›
Banning Government Use of Face Recognition Technology: 2020 Year in Review
If there was any question about the gravity of problems with police use of face surveillance technology, 2020 wasted no time in proving them dangerously real. Thankfully, from Oregon to Massachusetts, local lawmakers responded by banning their local governments’ use…. Read More ›
Portland’s Fight Against Face Surveillance
This Wednesday, the Portland City Council will hear from residents, businesses, and civil society as they consider banning government use of face recognition technology within the city. Over 150 Portland-area business owners, technologists, workers, and residents have signed our About… Read More ›
Future Ada: Tech Organizing Through an Intersectional Lens
Ada Lovelace‘s work on the first analytical engine helped lay the path for our modern world and continues to serve as an inspiration to people worldwide, including Electronic Frontier Alliance member Future Ada. Based in Spokane, WA, Future Ada was… Read More ›
Personal Telco Project: A Case Study in Community Connectivity
The necessity to work from home as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak has highlighted the need for fast, reliable and affordable broadband internet. It is indisputable: access to the internet is essential. There has long been an acknowledgment that… Read More ›
EFF Joins HOPE 2020
EFF staff members will present some of our latest work at 2600 Magazine’s biennial Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference beginning this weekend. HOPE is a diverse hacker event that has drawn thousands of tinkerers, security researchers, activists, artists, and… Read More ›
Victory! New York’s City Council Passes the POST Act
After three years of organizing by a broad coalition of civil society organizations and community members, New York’s City Council has passed the POST Act with an overwhelming—and veto-proof—majority supporting this common-sense transparency measure. The POST Act’s long overdue passing… Read More ›
The Winds Are Shifting on NYPD Transparency
There is a range of problems with the NYPD, and transparency is one. In the last week, we have seen too many examples of what happens without it. NYPD officers have been documented attacking protesters with pepper spray, batons, and… Read More ›