Skip to main content

Deeplinks Blog

Event | August 21, 2023

Portland TA3M: Portland Surveillance Technology Inventory

Portland's Techno-Activism Third Mondays, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF), will host this event:Portland Surveillance Technology InventoryFrom the Organizers:As you likely know, cities around the world are increasingly adopting surveillance technologies in the hope of solving a variety of problems. While these...

Press Release | August 8, 2023

EFF Launches the Tor University Challenge

SAN FRANCISCO—Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Tuesday launched the Tor University Challenge, a campaign urging higher education institutions to support free, anonymous speech by running a Tor network relay. Universities answering this call to defend private access to an uncensored web will receive prizes while helping...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue | August 8, 2023

It's Summer Security Week at EFF

EFF salutes the creativity and curiosity at the heart of Las Vegas’ hacker summer camp conferences: BSidesLV, Black Hat USA and DEF CON 31. You can stand in solidarity with the global community of digital creators and security researchers, too.

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue, Christian Romero | August 8, 2023

EFF at Las Vegas Hacker Summer Camp

The EFF team is pleased to return to the Las Vegas hacker summer camp conferences—BSidesLV, Black Hat USA and DEF CON 31—to rally behind computer security researchers and tinkerers. This entire week of events is a meaningful opportunity to reconnect with the infosec and hacker community, who...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews | August 7, 2023

Your Computer Should Say What You Tell It To Say

WEI? I’m a frayed knotTwo pieces of string walk into a bar.The first piece of string asks for a drink.The bartender says, “Get lost. We don’t serve pieces of string.”The second string ties a knot in his middle and messes up his ends. Then he orders a drink. The bartender...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | August 4, 2023

EFF to 9th Circuit: App Stores Shouldn’t Be Liable for Processing Payments for User Content

EFF filed a brief this week in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit arguing that app stores should not be liable for user speech just because they recommend that speech or process payments for those users. Those stores should be protected by Section 230, a...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | August 4, 2023

The Impending Privacy Threat of Self-Driving Cars

Within a few years, fully self-driving cars have gone from science fiction to a very common reality for people in San Francisco with other places in the U.S. also testing the new technology. With innovations often come unintended consequences—one of which is the massive collection of data required for...

Deeplinks Blog by Jacob Hoffman-Andrews | August 3, 2023

Celebrating Ten Years of Encrypting the Web with Let’s Encrypt

According to Firefox data, 78% of pages loaded use HTTPS. That’s tremendously improved from 27% in 2013 when Let’s Encrypt was founded. There’s still a lot of work to be done to get to 100%. We hope you’ll join EFF and Let’s Encrypt in celebrating the successes of ten years...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | August 2, 2023

Facebook Apparently Will Ask for Consent Before Showing Behavioral Ads to Some Users

Years after the General Data Protection Regulation, was made law in the European Union, Meta (Facebook)—one of the largest collectors of behavioral data in the world—has announced what could be a major step toward ending its behavioral advertising without opt-in consent.

Event | August 27, 2023

MOKANCAN Meet-up

Join the Missouri and Kansas Cyber Alliance Network at it’s regular in-person meeting.

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | August 2, 2023

UN Cybercrime Convention Negotiations Enter Final Phase With Troubling Surveillance Powers Still on the Table

This is Part II in EFF’s ongoing series about the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Read Part I for a quick snapshot of the ins and outs of the zero draft; Part III for a deep dive on Chapter V regarding international cooperation: the historical context,...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | July 31, 2023

The White House Acknowledges the Pressure on Section 702, But Much More Reform is Needed

After months of continued public confirmation that Americans’ privacy is being violated by surveillance under Section 702, and widespread criticism from civil society, activists, surveillance-skeptical bipartisan congressional committees, and even the overly timid Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board—a group of White House-appointed experts just flinched on renewing the law...

Event | August 8, 2023

EFF-Austin: Generative AI's Historical Context - From Dadaists To Algorists And Beyond

EFF-Austin , a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Generative AI's Historical Context: From Dadaists To Algorists And BeyondFrom the Organizers:Our speaker this month is Aslan French. Aslan is a designer and traditionally trained studio artist living in Austin, Texas who has...

Press Release | July 28, 2023

Government Needs Both the Ability to Talk to Social Media Platforms and Clear Limits, EFF Argues in Brief to Appellate Court

SAN FRANCISCO—Government input into social media platforms’ decisions about user content raises serious First Amendment concerns and the government must be held accountable for violations, but not all such communications are improper, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argued in an appellate brief filed today. “Government co-option of the content moderation...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | July 27, 2023

Deja Vu: The FBI Proves Again It Can’t be Trusted with Section 702

The FBI doesn’t believe that either our rights or the limitations that Congress has placed upon them matter when it comes to the vast amount of information about us collected under FISA Section 702. The latest exhibit in this is in yet another newly declassified opinion of the Foreign Intelligence...

Pages