Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from EFF: EFF is fighting another attempt by a giant corporation to take advantage of our poorly drafted federal computer crime statute for commercial advantage — without any regard for the impact on the rest of us…. Continue reading EFF: Accessing Publicly Available Information On the Internet Is Not a Crime
An anonymous reader quotes a report from EFF: EFF is fighting another attempt by a giant corporation to take advantage of our poorly drafted federal computer crime statute for commercial advantage — without any regard for the impact on the rest of us…. Continue reading EFF: Accessing Publicly Available Information On the Internet Is Not a Crime
For net neutrality advocates, the next phase in this fight has only just begun. Continue reading The FCC Just Killed Net Neutrality—Now What?
An anonymous reader writes:
The EFF describes the FCC’s official plan to kill net neutrality as “riddled with technical errors and factual inaccuracies,” including, for example, a false distinction between “Internet access service” and “a distinct tran… Continue reading “The FCC Still Doesn’t Know How the Internet Works”
SESTA brings the clash between censorship and accountability online to the forefront of US politics. Continue reading Major Tech Companies Have Stopped Fighting an Internet Sex Trafficking Bill
More often than not, the human element is the weakest link in the security chain. This fact is heavily exploited by cyber attackers, and makes phishing and spear-phishing attempts the most likely and most effective method to start an attack. If the attackers are after a specific target there’s seemingly no end to the different lures they can come up with, as digital civil liberties activists at Free Press and Fight For the Future have … More → Continue reading Activists targeted with barrage of creative phishing attempts
Digital civil liberty activists with Fight for the Future and Free Press were hit with a phishing emails designed to steal business credentials earlier this summer. Continue reading Civil Liberties Activists Hit By Phishing Campaign
New submitter Frobnicator writes: Four years ago, the W3C began standardizing Encrypted Media Extensions, or EME. Several organizations, including the EFF, have argued against DRM within web browsers. Earlier this year, after the W3C leadership officia… Continue reading EFF Resigns From Web Consortium In Wake of EME DRM Standardization
The Department of Justice has excused its insider threat database from multiple provisions of the 1974 Privacy Act Continue reading DOJ lets itself off the privacy hook
Plaintiffs including a veteran, a NASA staffer and a journalist claim that their First and Fourth Amendment rights were breached by searches at the border Continue reading DHS faces lawsuit over legality of forced warrantless device searches