Collaborate Disseminate
“It’s easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year…” notes Lifehacker senior writer Thorin Klosowski.
“But before you give one, think twice about what you’re opting that person into.”
A number of the… Continue reading EFF Warns: ‘Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays’
Long-time Slashdot reader nmb3000 writes: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a new white paper, Privacy First: A Better Way to Address Online Harms , to propose an alternative to the “often ill-conceived, bills written by state, federal, … Continue reading EFF Proposes Addressing Online Harms with ‘Privacy-First’ Policies
From AaronSwartzDay.com:
Aaron Swartz Day was founded, in 2013, after the death of Aaron Swartz, with these combined goals:
To draw attention to what happened to Aaron, in the hopes of stopping it from happening to anyone else.
– This includes cl… Continue reading EFF, Cory Doctorow, Others Speak in Commemoration of Aaron Swartz Day
From an EFF announcement this week:
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 co… Continue reading ‘Public Resource’ Wins 2012 Case. Judge Rules Posting Regulations Online is Fair Use
For over 30 years the EFF has presented awards recognizing those “advancing innovation and championing digital rights,” according to its web site, celebrating “the accomplishments of people working toward a better future… both in the public eye and b… Continue reading EFF Recognizes Signal, Library Freedom Project for Protecting Privacy
In a groundbreaking ruling, a district court judge in New York, United States v. Smith (S.D.N.Y. May 11, 2023), declared that a warrant is necessary for cell phone searches at the border, unless there are urgent circumstances. The Electronic Frontier F… Continue reading Federal Judge Makes History In Holding That Border Searches of Cell Phones Require a Warrant
In March U.S. President Joe Biden “signed an executive order that limits U.S. government agencies from using commercially available spyware,” writes EFF senior policy analyst Matthew Guariglia.
“But that doesn’t mean there will be no government use o… Continue reading EFF Warns US ‘Deserves Stronger Spyware Protections Than Biden’s Executive Order’
The recently introduced RESTRICT Act, otherwise known as the “TikTok ban,” is a dangerous substitute for comprehensive data privacy legislation, writes the Electronic Frontier Foundation in a blog post. From the post: As we wrote in our initial review … Continue reading ‘The Broad, Vague RESTRICT Act Is a Dangerous Substitute For Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation’
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland shares this announcement from the EFF’s DeepLinks blog:
This weekend, EFF is celebrating the life and work of programmer, activist, and entrepreneur Aaron Swartz by participating in the 2022 Aaron Swartz Day and … Continue reading Aaron Swartz Day Commemorated With International Hackathon
Researchers have found some daycare apps share information such as the number of diaper changes with third-parties without disclosing it.
The post Privacy advocates want the FTC to take on invasive daycare apps appeared first on CyberScoop.
Continue reading Privacy advocates want the FTC to take on invasive daycare apps