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Podcast Episode: Making the Invisible Visible

By electronicfrontierfoundation on March 7, 2023 • ( 0 )

What would the internet look like if it weren’t the greatest technology of mass surveillance in the history of mankind? Trevor Paglen wonders about this, and he makes art from it. %3Ciframe%20height%3D%2252px%22%20width%3D%22100%25%22%20frameborder%3D%22no%22%20scrolling%3D%22no%22%20seamless%3D%22%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fplayer.simplecast.com%2F04c961d3-fe06-4b98-bf70-067432bacfc3%3Fdark%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bcolor%3D000000%22%20allow%3D%22autoplay%22%3E%3C%2Fiframe%3E Privacy info. This embed will serve content from… Read More ›

Win for Government Transparency and Immigrant Privacy Rights at Second Circuit

By electronicfrontierfoundation on February 28, 2023 • ( 0 )

Intern Reema Moussa contributed to this blog post. As government agencies increasingly use digital tools to track citizens and immigrants, we need to use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to make that surveillance transparent. But while the government opens… Read More ›

How We Fought For and Won Access to Records About Predictive Policing in General Escobedo, Mexico

By electronicfrontierfoundation on February 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

What started with a simple public records request became a journey into the absurd depths of Mexican bureaucracy. But we emerged victorious, and learned a lot about how a city experimented with a dangerous surveillance tool. Filing public records requests… Read More ›

California Law Says Electronic Search Data Must Be Posted Online. So Where Is It?

By electronicfrontierfoundation on January 30, 2023 • ( 0 )

Update, Feb. 1, 2023: Out of an abundance of caution, EFF has temporarily replaced the CalECPA disclosure data from 2020-2022 with new versions provided by the California Department of Justice (CADOJ) that do not include the “nature of investigation” and… Read More ›

EFF’s Threat Lab Sharpens Its Knives: 2022 in Review

By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

EFF’s Threat Lab is dedicated to deep-dive investigations that examine technology-enforced power imbalances in society. In 2022 we’ve sharpened our knives and honed our skills in an effort to bring down the stalkerware industry, taken aim at invasive surveillance by… Read More ›

Federal Agencies Keep Rejecting FOIA Requests for Their Procedures for Handling FOIA Requests

By electronicfrontierfoundation on December 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

The majority of federal agencies — including law enforcement agencies like Customs and Border Protection — are refusing to release some of the most basic guidance materials used by their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) offices: procedures for how they do their… Read More ›

Victory! Court Unseals Records Showing Patent Troll’s Shakedown Efforts

By electronicfrontierfoundation on September 30, 2022 • ( 0 )

EFF has prevailed in a years-long effort to make public a series of court records that show how a notorious patent troll, Uniloc, uses litigation threats to extracts payments from a variety of businesses. Uniloc earlier this month complied with… Read More ›

Police Are Still Abusing Investigative Exemptions to Shield Surveillance Tech, While Others Move Towards Transparency

By electronicfrontierfoundation on July 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

How transparent are police about surveillance technology? It depends on where you look. When it comes to acceptable levels of secrecy around police tools, states have drawn their lines in very different places, resulting in some communities where it is… Read More ›

San Francisco Police Nailed for Violating Public Records Laws Regarding Face Recognition and Fusion Center Documents

By electronicfrontierfoundation on June 2, 2022 • ( 0 )

By unanimous vote, San Francisco’s public records appeals body ruled last night that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) violated state and local laws when it failed to respond adequately to EFF’s requests for documents about face recognition and the… Read More ›

Twitter Has a New Owner. Here’s What He Should Do.

By electronicfrontierfoundation on April 25, 2022 • ( 0 )

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter highlights the risks to human rights and personal safety when any single person has complete control over policies affecting almost 400 million users. And in this case, that person has repeatedly demonstrated that they do… Read More ›

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