Technology company leaders are reportedly meeting with President-elect Donald Trump and members of his transition team tomorrow in New York. Mr. Trump’s relationship with technology companies has been frosty, and his statements during the campaign and recent cabinet picks raise… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘NSA Spying’
Protecting Tomorrow
Many have contacted us with concerns about yesterday’s election results. At this critical moment, we want digital civil liberties supporters worldwide to feel confident that EFF remains steadfast in its mission and method: to use law and technology to champion… Read More ›
Empty Promises on Privacy for Foreigners Abroad in PPD-28
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… Read More ›
Word Games: What the NSA Means by “Targeted” Surveillance Under Section 702
We all know that the NSA uses word games to hide and downplay its activities. Words like “collect,” “conversations,” “communications,” and even “surveillance” have suffered tortured definitions that create confusion rather than clarity. There’s another one to watch: “targeted” v…. Read More ›
Protecting the Fourth Amendment in the Information Age: A Response to Robert Litt
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…. Read More ›
Bipartisan Caucus Launches in the House to Defend Fourth Amendment
On matters implicating privacy, such as mass surveillance or the powers of investigatory agencies, Congress has too often failed to fulfill its responsibilities. By neglecting to examine basic facts, and deferring to executive agencies whose secrets preclude meaningful debate, the… Read More ›
Jewel v. NSA Moves Forward—Time For NSA To Answer Basic Questions About Mass Surveillance
It’s time to lift the cloak of secrecy that has until now shielded the NSA from judicial scrutiny. EFF served the agency with information requests late last week in Jewel v. NSA, EFF’s signature case challenging government surveillance. Since we filed… Read More ›
House Leaders Politicize a Tragedy to Block Bipartisan Surveillance Reforms
After hurdling procedural barriers, a congressional attempt to protect privacy and encryption failed on the House floor yesterday, falling short of a majority by a mere 24 votes. Two years ago, the House stood united across party lines, voting by… Read More ›
House Poised to Advance Privacy and Defend Encryption…If Allowed to Vote
A bipartisan group of House members are preparing to introduce measures widely supported by their colleagues that would reign in NSA domestic surveillance and protect encryption. But a change in procedure adopted by the House leadership may deny the House… Read More ›
A Coalition Says to Congress: End 702 or Enact Reforms
Congress has no business approving government programs that neither it nor the public understands. Yet policymakers have repeatedly authorized surveillance activities without doing their homework. Over the eight years since enacting reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Congress… Read More ›