The legal dispute between Apple and the FBI might prove pivotal in the long-running battle to protect users’ privacy and right to use uncompromised encryption. The case has captured the public imagination. Of course, EFF supports Apple’s efforts to protect… Read More ›
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EFF to Support Apple in Encryption Battle
We learned on Tuesday evening that a U.S. federal magistrate judge ordered Apple to backdoor an iPhone that was used by one of the perpetrators of the San Bernardino shootings in December. Apple is fighting the order which would compromise… Read More ›
California Department of Justice Agrees to Stop Skirting Open Meeting Rules
The California Department of Justice (CADOJ) is ending its practice of holding meetings in ways that impede the public’s ability to meaningfully participate in oversight of the state’s sprawling network of police databases. The new reforms, announced in response to… Read More ›
UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill: Loopholes Within Loopholes Will Lead to Unbridled Surveillance
The House of Commons Science and Tech Committee has published its report on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, influenced by comments submitted by 50 individuals, companies, and organizations, including EFF. The report is the first of three investigations by different… Read More ›
Medium’s Sitewide Encryption Confronts Censorship in Malaysia
Blogging platform Medium is now blocked in Malaysia, apparently in an effort to censor an investigative news outlet critical of the government. The Sarawak Report has mirrored its articles on Medium at least since its own site was blocked in… Read More ›
“No Cost” License Plate Readers Are Turning Texas Police into Mobile Debt Collectors and Data Miners
Vigilant Solutions, one of the country’s largest brokers of vehicle surveillance technology, is offering a hell of a deal to law enforcement agencies in Texas: a whole suite of automated license plate reader (ALPR) equipment and access to the company’s… Read More ›
Why Do We Expose Ourselves?
AMONG CRITICS OF TECHNOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE, there are two allusions so commonplace they have crossed into the realm of cliché. One, as you have probably already guessed, is George Orwell’s Big Brother, from 1984. The other is Michel Foucault’s panopticon —… Read More ›
Encryption in the Balance: 2015 in Review
If you’ve spent any time reading about encryption this year, you know we’re in the midst of a “debate.” You may have also noted that it’s a strange debate, one that largely replays the same arguments made nearly 20 years… Read More ›
EFF Joins ACLU in Amicus Brief Supporting Warrant Requirement for Cell-Site Simulators
EFF, ACLU, and ACLU of Maryland filed an amicus brief today in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in the first case in the country (that we know of) where a judge has thrown out evidence obtained as a result… Read More ›
Creepy Online Tracking Companies Fizzle in the Face of Privacy Badger: 2015 in Review
2015 has been a momentous year for Privacy Badger and EFF’s Do Not Track policy. This year saw the launch of Privacy Badger 1.0, which now has more than 600,000 daily users. It also saw the launch of EFF’s Do… Read More ›