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Deeplinks Blog by Saira Hussain, Matthew Guariglia | September 25, 2023

The U.S. Government’s Database of Immigrant DNA Has Hit Scary, Astronomical Proportions

The FBI recently released its proposed budget for 2024, and its request for a massive increase in funding for its DNA database should concern us all. The FBI is asking for an additional $53 million in funding to aid in the collection, organization, and maintenance of its Combined...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | September 22, 2023

Don’t Fall for the Intelligence Community’s Monster of the Week Justifications

In the beloved episodic television shows of yesteryear, the antagonists were often “monsters of the week”: villains who would show up for one episode and get vanquished by the heroes just in time for them to fight the new monster in the following episode. Keeping up with the...

Event | October 15, 2023

All Things Open 2023

EFF is excited to support this year's All Things Open conference in Raleigh, North Carolina! Additionally, EFF supporters can get a $100 discount on full day conference tickets by registering with our discount link here.More about All Things Open 2023: All Things Open, the largest open source/tech/web conference...

Event | October 10, 2023

Austin: Cybersecurity Thinking to Reinvent Democracy

Democracy is a system: a complex nonlinear tightly coupled system of systems that's surprisingly vulnerable to hacking, subversion and exploits of all kinds. Our community has expertise in securing complex systems. Can we apply that thinking to design of democratic systems, especially socio-technical systems in the age of increasingly pervasive...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | September 19, 2023

Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users

The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | September 19, 2023

We Want YOU (U.S. Federal Employees) to Stand for Digital Freedoms

It's that time of the year again! U.S. federal employees and retirees can support the digital freedom movement through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).The Combined Federal Campaign is the world's largest and most successful annual charity campaign for U.S. federal employees and retirees. Last year, 175 members of the CFC...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexei Miagkov, Daly Barnett | September 19, 2023

New Privacy Badger Prevents Google From Mangling More of Your Links and Invading Your Privacy

We released a new version of Privacy Badger that updates how we fight “link tracking” across a number of Google products. With this update Privacy Badger removes tracking from links in Google Docs, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Images results. Privacy Badger now also removes tracking from links added after...

Event | September 28, 2023

NYC: STOP's Tech & Society Salon

S.T.O.P. - a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Tech & Society Salon: Close Rikers Now!From the Organizers:A discussion critiquing the techno-solutionist responses to the worsening conditions inside Rikers Island Jail, centering the state of...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | September 15, 2023

This Bill Would Revive The Worst Patents On Software—And Human Genes

The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, S. 2140, (PERA), sponsored by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) would be a huge gift to patent trolls, a few tech firms that aggressively license patents, and patent lawyers. For everyone else, it will be a huge loss. That’s why we’re opposing...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo | September 13, 2023

UN Cybercrime Treaty Talks End Without Consensus on Scope And Deep Divides About Surveillance Powers

As the latest negotiating session on the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty wrapped up in New York earlier this month, one thing was clear: with time running out to finalize the text, little progress and consensus was reached on crucial points, such as the treaty's overall scope of...

Deeplinks Blog by Hannah Zhao | September 13, 2023

EFF to Michigan Court: Governments Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Use a Drone to Spy on You Without a Warrant

Should the government have to get a warrant before using a drone to spy on your home and backyard? We think so, and in an amicus brief filed last Friday in Long Lake Township v. Maxon, we urged the Michigan Supreme Court to find that warrantless drone surveillance of a...

Deeplinks Blog by Electronic Frontier Foundation | September 13, 2023

UN's Cybercrime Convention Draft: A Slippery Slope for LGBTQ+ and Gender Rights

This post is divided into two parts. Part I looks at the draft UN's Cybercrime Convention and its potential implications for LGBTQ+ rights. Part II provides a closer look at how cybercrime laws might specifically impact the LGBTQ+ community and activists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.EFF...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin | September 13, 2023

Apple and Google Are Introducing New Ways to Defeat Cell Site Simulators, But Is it Enough?

Cell-site simulators (CSS)—also known as IMSI Catchers and Stingrays—are a tool that law enforcement and governments use to track the location of phones, intercept or disrupt communications, spy on foreign governments, or even install malware. Cell-site simulators are also used by criminals to send spam and engage...

Press Release | September 12, 2023

Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws and Regulations Online

SAN FRANCISCO—Technical standards like fire and electrical codes developed by private organizations but incorporated into public law can be freely disseminated without any liability for copyright infringement, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Tuesday’s ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope, Saira Hussain | September 12, 2023

Federal Judge Upholds State Department Rule Requiring Visa Applicants to Disclose Social Media Information

Since 2019, people applying for a visa to the United States have had to register their social media accounts with the U.S. government as part of the application process. Two U.S.-based documentary film organizations that regularly collaborate with non-U.S. filmmakers and other international partners sued the State Department shortly...

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The U.S. Government’s Database of Immigrant DNA Has Hit Scary, Astronomical Proportions

Don’t Fall for the Intelligence Community’s Monster of the Week Justifications

All Things Open 2023

Austin: Cybersecurity Thinking to Reinvent Democracy

Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users

We Want YOU (U.S. Federal Employees) to Stand for Digital Freedoms

New Privacy Badger Prevents Google From Mangling More of Your Links and Invading Your Privacy

NYC: STOP's Tech & Society Salon

This Bill Would Revive The Worst Patents On Software—And Human Genes

UN Cybercrime Treaty Talks End Without Consensus on Scope And Deep Divides About Surveillance Powers

EFF to Michigan Court: Governments Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Use a Drone to Spy on You Without a Warrant

UN's Cybercrime Convention Draft: A Slippery Slope for LGBTQ+ and Gender Rights

Apple and Google Are Introducing New Ways to Defeat Cell Site Simulators, But Is it Enough?

Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws and Regulations Online

Federal Judge Upholds State Department Rule Requiring Visa Applicants to Disclose Social Media Information

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