In the wake of nationwide protests against the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, we urge protestors to stay safe, both physically and digitally. Our Surveillance Self Defense (SSD) Guide on attending a protest offers practical tips on… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Security Education’
Tech Learning Collective: A Grassroots Technology School Case Study
Grassroots education is important for making sure advanced technical knowledge is accessible to communities who may otherwise be blocked or pushed out of the field. By sharing this invaluable knowledge and skills, local groups can address and dissolve these barriers… Read More ›
Cryptoparty Ann Arbor: A Case Study in Grassroots Activism
Grassroots activism, in its many forms, allows a community to mobilize around a shared set of ideals and creates an environment whereby participants can share information and resources to help facilitate the advancement of their common aims. The Electronic Frontier… Read More ›
What You Should Know About Online Tools During the COVID-19 Crisis
A greater portion of the world’s work, organizing, and care-giving is moving onto digital platforms and tools that facilitate connection and productivity: video conferencing, messaging apps, healthcare and educational platforms, and more. It’s important to be aware of the ways… Read More ›
Phishing in the Time of COVID-19: How to Recognize Malicious Coronavirus Phishing Scams
For malicious people, preying on collective fear and misinformation is nothing new. Mentioning national headlines can lend a veneer of credibility to scams. We’ve seen this tactic time and again, so it’s no surprise that COVID-19 themed social media and… Read More ›
Victory: Android 11 Rolls out Improved Certificate Warnings
Now that HTTPS encrypts over 80% of web connections, powerful actors are targeting root certificate stores to compromise our security and surveil us. In the past year alone, that’s included a “market research” company secretly owned by Facebook and the… Read More ›
Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think
If you follow security on the Internet, you may have seen articles warning you to “beware of public Wi-Fi networks” in cafes, airports, hotels, and other public places. But now, due to the widespread deployment of HTTPS encryption on most… Read More ›
Surveillance Self-Defense: Year in Review 2019
Here at EFF, we maintain a repository of self-help resources on circumventing surveillance across a variety of different platforms, devices, and threat models. We call it Surveillance Self-Defense, or SSD for short. SSD covers myriad topics, and is broken up… Read More ›
Virtual(ly) Private Network: NordVPN’s Breach and the Limitations of VPNs
UPDATE (11/8/2019): We have clarified that the NordVPN user credentials impacted were not in result of this breach. The popular VPN provider, NordVPN, recently announced a server breach at a third-party data center. NordVPN reassured users that its key services… Read More ›
Companies Can Still Do More to Protect Privacy in Brazil: Internet Lab Releases Fourth "Who Defends Your Data" Report
Internet Lab, the Brazilian independent research center, has published their fourth annual report of “Quem Defende Seus Dados?” (“Who defends your data?”), comparing policies of their local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and how they treat users’ data after receiving government… Read More ›