Collaborate Disseminate
Online free speech has been given a victory, with a federal court ruling that a Redditor can remain anonymous in a copyright lawsuit. From a report: This means anyone from around the globe who posts on Reddit can still rely on First Amendment protectio… Continue reading Redditor Allowed To Stay Anonymous, Court Rules
Despite the spread of anti-vaccine misinformation, “censorship cannot be the only answer,” argues the EFF, adding that “removing entire categories of speech from a platform does little to solve the underlying problems.”
“Tech companies and online pla… Continue reading Censorship ‘Can’t Be The Only Answer’ To Anti-Vax Misinformation, Argues EFF
Newly revealed policies show border agents can search devices for pretty much any reason, including if some other agency asked them to. Continue reading DHS policies allow unlimited, warrantless device search
An anonymous reader quotes a senior investigative researcher at the EFF:
Despite Facebook’s repeated warnings that law enforcement is required to use “authentic identities” on the social media platform, cops continue to create fake and impersonator acc… Continue reading EFF: Facebook Should Notify Users Who Interact With Fake Police ‘Sock Puppet’ Accounts
The U.S. government unsealed an indictment Thursday charging Julian Assange with a single count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for allegedly agreeing to help crack a password on a protected U.S. government computer. Legal experts who spoke with CyberScoop said Assange didn’t actually have to directly hack anything to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which was enacted in 1984 to prohibit unauthorized access to a computer system. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in March 2010 was engaged in a conspiracy with former U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley) to access and publish classified material stolen from U.S. government networks, the indictment says. By actively participating in the collection of data from a protected government network, rather than receiving it from a source after the collection — as journalists typically do — Assange is legally liable, according to prosecutors. After Manning provided Assange with “hundreds of thousands” of government […]
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This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for April 8th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Facebook’s very bad week, Stalkerware on the rise, and tax season scams. Protect your digital privacy with Silent Pocket’s… Continue reading Facebook’s Bad Week, Stalkerware, Tax Season Scams
The main disagreement: if consumers will be able to delete their data or whether the law would give companies ways to wiggle out. Continue reading Tech giants back bill that privacy advocates claim is toothless
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a new report calling for a “fiber for all” plan to combat the broadband access crisis in the United States. Government data and independent analysis show we are falling behind the rest of the developed w… Continue reading The US Desperately Needs a ‘Fiber For All’ Plan
“For the last 15 or 20 years, anything Silicon Valley companies did was seemingly in the public interest, and society has encouraged that view until quite recently,” Mozilla Corp’s Chairwoman Mitchell Baker noted last week at the RSA … Continue reading Public-interest technology: Why companies should get involved
A steady stream of hair-raising revelations about the treatment of users’ data by Facebook, et al. is pushing Congress to do *something.* Continue reading US House and Senate debate new data privacy law