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Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton | September 7, 2021

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Exploring the Future of Incarceration Technology

Securus and GTL have spent the last several years inventing new and improved ways to extract money from incarcerated people, violate human rights, and surveil not only prisoners but their families, and friends. Over the next two weeks we will be shedding light on some of the patents and technologies...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton | September 7, 2021

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Monitoring Online Purchases of Inmates’ Family and Friends

This post has been updated to provide additional context about patents and patent applications, which are indications of an entity’s interest in a particular product but not proof that the product is currently in development or available for use. You can read more about the role of patents in this...

Press Release | September 3, 2021

Video Briefing Wednesday: EFF and Partners Will Deliver to Apple Petitions with 50,000 Signatures Demanding End to Phone Scanning Program

San Francisco—On Wednesday, September 8, at 9 am PT, internationally renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier and EFF Policy Analyst Joe Mullin will speak on a panel with digital rights activists delivering petitions with more than 50,000 signatures calling on Apple to cancel its iPhone surveillance software program. The briefing...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | September 3, 2021

Delays Aren't Good Enough—Apple Must Abandon Its Surveillance Plans

Apple announced today that it would “take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements” to a program that will weaken privacy and security on iPhones and other products. EFF is pleased Apple is now listening to the concerns of customers, researchers, civil liberties organizations,...

Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti, Karen Gullo | September 3, 2021

Without Changes, Council of Europe’s Draft Police Surveillance Treaty is a Pernicious Influence on Latam Legal Privacy Frameworks

This is the second post in a series about recommendations EFF, European Digital Rights, the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic, and other civil society organizations have submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which is currently reviewing the Protocol, to amend the text...

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington | September 2, 2021

Introducing “apkeep,” EFF Threat Lab’s new APK Downloader

To track state-sponsored malware and combat the stalkerware of abusive partners, you need tools. Safe, reliable, and fast tools. That’s why EFF’s Threat Lab is proud to announce our very own tool to download Android APK files, apkeep. This enables users to download an Android APK or...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene, Cindy Cohn, Corynne McSherry, Sophia Cope | September 2, 2021

New Texas Abortion Law Likely to Unleash a Torrent of Lawsuits Against Online Education, Advocacy and Other Speech

In addition to the drastic restrictions it places on a woman’s reproductive and medical care rights, the new Texas abortion law, SB8, will have devastating effects on online speech. The law creates a cadre of bounty hunters who can use the courts to punish and silence anyone whose...

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington, Eva Galperin | September 1, 2021

Victory! Federal Trade Commission Bans Stalkerware Company from Conducting Business

In a major victory in our campaign to stop stalkerware, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today banned the Android app company Support King and its CEO Scott Zuckerman, developers of SpyFone, from the surveillance business. The stalkerware app secretly “harvested and shared data on people’s physical movements, phone use...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo, Mitch Stoltz | September 1, 2021

Court Ruling Against Locast Gets the Law Wrong; Lets Giant Broadcast Networks Control Where and How People Watch Free TV

In a blow to millions of people who rely on local television broadcasts, a federal court ruled yesterday that the nonprofit TV-streaming service Locast is not protected by an exception to copyright created by Congress to ensure that every American has access to their local stations. Locast is evaluating...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | September 1, 2021

25,000 EFF Supporters Have Told Apple Not To Scan Their Phones

Over the weekend, our petition to Apple asking the company not to install surveillance software in every iPhone hit an important milestone: 25,000 signatures. We plan to deliver this petition to Apple soon; and the more individuals who sign, the more impact it will have. We are deeply grateful...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock, Adam Schwartz, Jon Callas | August 31, 2021

Vaccine Passport Missteps We Should Not Repeat

Vaccine mandates are becoming increasingly urgent from public health officials and various governments. As they roll out, we must protect users of vaccine passports and those who do not want to use—or cannot use—a digitally scannable means to prove vaccination. We cannot let the tools used to fight for public...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | August 31, 2021

Starve the Beast: Monopoly Power and Political Corruption

Docket of the Living DeadIn 2017, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai - a former Verizon lawyer appointed by Donald Trump - announced his intention to dismantle the Commission’s hard-won 2015 Network Neutrality regulation. The 2015 order owed its existence to people like you, millions of us who...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | August 30, 2021

The Federal Circuit Has Another Chance to Get it Right on Software Copyright

When it comes to software, it seems that no matter how many times a company loses on a clearly wrong copyright claim, it will soldier on—especially if it can find a path to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Federal Circuit is supposed to be almost...

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | August 30, 2021

Victory! Lawsuit Proceeds Against Clearview’s Face Surveillance

Face surveillance is a growing menace to racial justice, privacy, and free speech. So EFF supports laws that ban government use of this dangerous technology, and laws requiring corporations to get written opt-in consent from a person before collecting their faceprint.One of the worst offenders is...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo, Katitza Rodriguez | August 30, 2021

EFF to Council of Europe: Flawed Cross Border Police Surveillance Treaty Needs Fixing—Here Are Our Recommendations to Strengthen Privacy and Data Protections Across the World

EFF has joined European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), and other civil society organizations in recommending 20 solid, comprehensive steps to strengthen human rights protections in the new cross border surveillance draft treaty that is under review by the Parliamentary Assembly...

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The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Exploring the Future of Incarceration Technology

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Monitoring Online Purchases of Inmates’ Family and Friends

Video Briefing Wednesday: EFF and Partners Will Deliver to Apple Petitions with 50,000 Signatures Demanding End to Phone Scanning Program

Delays Aren't Good Enough—Apple Must Abandon Its Surveillance Plans

Without Changes, Council of Europe’s Draft Police Surveillance Treaty is a Pernicious Influence on Latam Legal Privacy Frameworks

Introducing “apkeep,” EFF Threat Lab’s new APK Downloader

New Texas Abortion Law Likely to Unleash a Torrent of Lawsuits Against Online Education, Advocacy and Other Speech

Victory! Federal Trade Commission Bans Stalkerware Company from Conducting Business

Court Ruling Against Locast Gets the Law Wrong; Lets Giant Broadcast Networks Control Where and How People Watch Free TV

25,000 EFF Supporters Have Told Apple Not To Scan Their Phones

Vaccine Passport Missteps We Should Not Repeat

Starve the Beast: Monopoly Power and Political Corruption

The Federal Circuit Has Another Chance to Get it Right on Software Copyright

Victory! Lawsuit Proceeds Against Clearview’s Face Surveillance

EFF to Council of Europe: Flawed Cross Border Police Surveillance Treaty Needs Fixing—Here Are Our Recommendations to Strengthen Privacy and Data Protections Across the World

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