Favorite Lawyers at EFF, the ACLU, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers released a report today outlining strategies for challenging law enforcement hacking, a technique of secretly and remotely spying on computer users to gather evidence. Federal agents are increasingly using this surveillance technique, and the report will help those targeted by government…
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NY City Council Measure Would Require Transparency for NYPD Electronic Surveillance
Favorite Two members of the New York City Council introduced a bill on Wednesday, March 1 to enact long overdue transparency rules for the NYPD’s procurement and deployment of electronic surveillance technology. It is the latest in a series of similar proposals around the country modeled on a Silicon Valley law adopted in 2016, which…
Data Brokers: Don’t Let Your Data be Used For Human Rights Abuses
Favorite EFF, Amnesty International, Color of Change, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and our other coalition partners are urging data brokers to take a stand against government surveillance and discrimination based on religion, national origin, and immigration status. As explained in a joint statement released today, data brokers collect and analyze huge amounts of…
Empty Promises on Privacy for Foreigners Abroad in PPD-28
Favorite The Obama administration promised privacy protections for foreigners abroad, but PPD-28 fails to deliver those protections In early 2014, still reeling from global outrage over recently uncovered surveillance programs, President Barack Obama pledged to rein in the U.S. government’s spying and boost privacy protections for people in the U.S. and abroad. His words were…
Unblinking Eyes: The State of Communications Surveillance in Latin America
Favorite New Reports Show How Vague Laws Can Pave the Way for Human Rights Violations We’re proud to announce today’s release of “Unblinking Eyes: The State of Communications Surveillance in Latin America,” a project that analyzes surveillance laws and practices in Latin America. On this day, let’s take a minute to reflect on the horrific…
Ojos que no parpadean: El estado de la vigilancia en América Latina
Favorite Nuevos informes muestran cómo leyes poco precisas pueden allanar el camino para violaciones de los derechos humanos Estamos orgullosos de anunciar el lanzamiento de “Ojos que no parpadean: El estado de la vigilancia en América Latina“, un proyecto que analiza las leyes y prácticas de vigilancia en doce países de América Latina. En este…
Illinois Sets New Limits On Cell-Site Simulators
Favorite Illinois has joined the growing ranks of states limiting how police may use cell-site simulators, invasive technology devices that masquerade as cell phone towers and turn our mobile phones into surveillance devices. By adopting the Citizen Privacy Protection Act, Illinois last month joined half a dozen other states—as well as the Justice Department and…
Protecting the Fourth Amendment in the Information Age: A Response to Robert Litt
Favorite The Yale Law Journal has published a short essay that I wrote in response to an article by Robert Litt, General Counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age. Mr. Litt uses EFF’s NSA Spying case Jewel v. NSA and the Klayman v. Obama…
Surveillance Chills Speech—As New Studies Show—And Free Association Suffers
Favorite Visiting an art exhibit featuring works about the U.S. war on terror or going to a lecture about Islam wouldn’t be cause for worry—unless you found out that the government was monitoring and keeping track of attendees. At that point, some people would be spooked and stay away, sacrificing their interests and curiosity to…
Cisco’s Latest Attempt to Dodge Responsibility for Facilitating Human Rights Abuses: Export Rules
Favorite Cisco custom-built the so-called “Great Firewall of China,” also known as the “Golden Shield.” This system enables the Chinese government to conduct Internet surveillance and censorship against its citizens. As if that weren’t bad enough, company documents also revealed that, as part of its marketing pitch to China and in an effort to meet…