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  1. 17 minutes ago

    EFF is turning 30 and fighting harder than ever for your rights on the Internet. Donate today and help us continue for many more years to come!

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  2. 5 hours ago

    Be sure to watch EFF's Cooper Quintin demonstrate a brand new software project aimed at detecting fake 4G base stations. See his talk at Wednesday at 11 am PT!

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  3. 6 hours ago

    Businesses across the world are harvesting and monetizing our biometrics without our knowledge or consent. We’re proud to support a new federal bill to end this.

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  4. 6 hours ago

    Senator has said he'll stand against any attempt to ram through the EARN IT bill while the Senate is in DC to deal with the Covid emergency. He shouldn't be the only one speaking up.

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  5. 6 hours ago

    For the first time, EFF’s annual collector's-edition t-shirt is available as a member gift online. Support EFF today and help keep up the fight!

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  6. 7 hours ago

    Wednesday at 10:25 am PT, be sure to check out EFF's Naomi Gilens talk at about the current landscape of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

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  7. 8 hours ago

    There are some genuine security concerns about TikTok, but banning the app will not solve them.

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  8. 8 hours ago

    Hackers, tinkerers, and reverse engineers have been a core part of EFF and the online freedom community since the beginning. While we aren't able to come together in person this year, cyberspace offers the next best thing.

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    Why the sudden push to get TikTok out of the U.S.? Only the Trump administration knows for sure. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's talked to LX News about the implications of a TikTok ban.

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  10. 9 hours ago

    يجب أن يتم الإفراج عن المبرمج والمدون والناشط علاء عبد الفتاح وشقيقته سناء سيف Egyptian blogger, coder, and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, and his sister, Sanaa Seif, must be released by the Egyptian government.

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  11. 9 hours ago

    Police spy tech like ALPRs puts everyone at risk of false arrests, and especially people of color.

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  12. 9 hours ago

    Correct link!

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  13. 9 hours ago

    The fight to stop government from using dangerous facial recognition is in full swing in the U.S. Learn more in our talk for , available to watch here:

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  14. 10 hours ago

    On Thursday, the 75th anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima, join Electronic Frontier Alliance member , and EFF's Cindy Cohn, in imagining a world without nuclear weapons, killer robots, and dragnet surveillance.

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  15. 11 hours ago

    Schools were already operating as testbeds for mass surveillance before the advent of COVID-19, from kindergarten through college levels. We shouldn't give them another tool in their surveillance arsenal.

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  16. 11 hours ago

    Harvard’s claimed “opt-out” asks people to choose between connectivity (required for class participation/campus life) and location privacy. This is in contrast to techniques like Exposure Notification that aim to provide proximity information without tracking location.

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  17. 11 hours ago

    Location-based tracking is both highly invasive and unlikely to be accurate enough to assist contact tracers in stopping the spread of COVID-19.

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  18. 11 hours ago

    Harvard's TraceFi appears to be the introduction of a powerful new location surveillance for everyone on their campus. Students should not be asked to sacrifice their privacy to use this technology.

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  19. 11 hours ago

    The Constitution requires disclosure of the source code of programs used by prosecutors to prove an accused’s guilt in order to ensure that the evidence is reliable.

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  20. 12 hours ago

    You're on Camera: Surveillance and Protests. Join ⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ & Craig Nelson for a panel discussion Aug 6 at 5:30p

    ONLINE EVENT — You're on Camera: Surveillance and Protests. Panel discussion Aug 6 at 5:30p with & Craig Nelson
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