Collaborate Disseminate
Cindy Cohn, the EFF’s Executive Director, called the NSA’s support of strong encryption disingenuous during a cybersecurity conference panel Wednesday. Continue reading EFF: NSA’s Support of Encryption ‘Disingenuous’
HP should apologize to customers and restore the ability of printers to use third-party ink cartridges, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said in a letter to the company’s CEO yesterday. From an ArsTechnica report:HP has been sabotaging OfficeJe… Continue reading EFF Calls On HP To Disable Printer Ink Self-Destruct Sequence
A civil liberties coalition is working with local governments to rein in surveillance it says has run amok, be it by excessive use of stingrays or other technologies. Continue reading Eleven US cities to crack down on warrantless surveillance
Security and policy experts make another call for additional transparency around the government’s Vulnerabilities Equities Process and the zero days it has in its possession. Continue reading Experts Want Transparency From Government’s Vulnerabilities Equities Process
Microsoft Windows 10 comes under fire for privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation last week reopened the case against Redmond’s telemetry and personalization efforts. Despite acknowledging previous press stories were wildly incorrect, EFF paralegal staffer Amul Kalia argues his case with sincere passion. He says Microsoft “disregards” privacy, and that the company isn’t transparent about data collection. He even goes as far as to predict Microsoft might face “government investigations” over the issue…
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electronic Frontier Foundation: U.S. border control agents want to gather Facebook and Twitter identities from visitors from around the world. But this flawed plan would violate travelers’ privacy, and would hav… Continue reading US Customs and Border Protection Wants To Know Who You Are On Twitter
The EFF has a good analysis of all the ways Windows 10 violates your privacy…. Continue reading Privacy Implications of Windows 10
An anonymous reader writes: T-Mobile’s new “unlimited” data plan that throttles video has upset the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which accuses the company of violating net neutrality principles. The new $70-per-month unlimited data plan “limit… Continue reading EFF Accuses T-Mobile of Violating Net Neutrality With Throttled Video
Says upgrade push ignored “user choice and privacy”
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation blasted the aggressive upgrades pushed by Microsoft to get peop… Continue reading EFF blasts Windows 10 upgrade efforts
As good as the idea behind Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Secure Messaging Scorecard is, its initial version left much to be desired. The idea was to provide a guideline for users of communication technologies like chat clients, text messaging apps, emails apps, and technologies for voice and video calls, on which of those offerings might be more secure to use than others. Unfortunately, the seven criteria on which the EFF evaluated the solutions were simply not … More → Continue reading How the EFF was pushed to rethink its Secure Messaging Scorecard