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Event | February 13, 2020

Cypurr Social: The Matrix (A Fundraiser For People's Power House)

The Cypurr Collective, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Cypurr Social: The MatrixFrom the Organizers:Join The CyPurr Collective for another one of our SUPER FUN SOCIALS (now you know it's fun, cause we just wrote that). Come by to hang...

Deeplinks Blog by Elliot Harmon | January 31, 2020

Congress Must Stop the Graham-Blumenthal Anti-Security Bill

There’s a new and serious threat to both free speech and security online. Under a draft bill that Bloomberg recently leaked, the Attorney General could unilaterally dictate how online platforms and services must operate. If those companies don’t follow the Attorney General’s rules, they could be on the hook...

Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | January 31, 2020

Clearview AI—Yet Another Example of Why We Need A Ban on Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Now

This week, additional stories came out about Clearview AI, the company we wrote about earlier that’s marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to law enforcement. These stories discuss some of the police departments around the country that have been secretly using Clearview’s technology, and they show,...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley, Mitch Stoltz | January 31, 2020

After Nonprofits Protest at ICANN, California's Attorney General Steps Into the .ORG Battle

Once appearing to be a done deal, the sale of the .ORG registry to private equity is facing new delays and new opposition, after a successful protest in front of ICANN last week by nonprofits and an intervention by the California Attorney General. Private equity firm Ethos Capital’s proposed...

Deeplinks Blog by Naomi Gilens | January 31, 2020

Lawsuit in India Seeks to Shut Down Access to U.S. Journalism Website

Computer security researchers and journalists play a critical role in uncovering flaws in software and information systems. Their research and reporting allows users to protect themselves, and vendors to repair their products before attackers can exploit security flaws. But all too often, corporations and governments try to silence reporters, and...

Deeplinks Blog by Cara Gagliano | January 30, 2020

Same Old NFL: League Abuses Trademark to Shut Down New York Jets Parody Store

The National Football League seems to be gunning for a spot in our Hall of Shame by setting a record for all-time career TDs—no, not touchdowns, but takedowns. We’ve written before about the NFL’s crusade against anyone who dares use the words “Super Bowl” to talk about, well, the...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | January 30, 2020

Speaking Freely: An Interview with Christian Frank

Christian Frank is a freelance IT consultant who was born and raised, and currently resides, in Cologne, Germany. Last year, he did some work protesting the Article 13 demonstrations in Europe, a topic that he remains passionate about, as you’ll see in this interview. We discussed many things, including the...

Deeplinks Blog by India McKinney, Andrew Crocker | January 29, 2020

New Bill Would Make Needed Steps Toward Curbing Mass Surveillance

The Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act is a Strong Bill That Builds on Previous Surveillance ReformsLast week, Sens. Ron Wyden (D–Oregon) and Steve Daines (R–Montana) along with Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D–California), Warren Davidson (R–Ohio), and Pramila Jayapal (D–Washington) introduced the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act (SAPRA), H.R 5675....

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | January 29, 2020

U.K. Police Will Soon be able to Search Through U.S. Data Without Asking a Judge

Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and U.K. have negotiated a deal that sells out the privacy rights of the public in both nations. For Americans, it will effectively abrogate Fourth Amendment protections, and subject their data to search and seizure by foreign police.This is all going to start happening...

Deeplinks Blog by Jacob Hoffman-Andrews | January 29, 2020

Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think

If you follow security on the Internet, you may have seen articles warning you to “beware of public Wi-Fi networks" in cafes, airports, hotels, and other public places. But now, due to the widespread deployment of HTTPS encryption on most popular websites, advice to avoid public Wi-Fi is...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | January 29, 2020

Design Patents Are Useless. So Why Are They Getting a Boost in DC?

When we talk about patents, we’re usually talking about “utility” patents. Utility patents protect inventions that claim to have some practical application or use. (A lot of them still claim things that are actually useless, but they’re supposed to be potentially useful.)“Design” patents, by contrast, protect only the ornamental...

Deeplinks Blog by Gennie Gebhart | January 28, 2020

Off-Facebook Activity is a Welcome but Incomplete Move

Today Facebook announced the roll-out of its Off-Facebook Activity tool (initially introduced as “Clear History” nearly two years ago). The tools shows you a list of apps, websites, and businesses that Facebook knows you have visited through its business tools (including Facebook Login, Facebook’s tracking...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | January 28, 2020

EFF and Other Groups to PCLOB: Urge the Ban of Face Recognition

This week EFF joined a coalition letter asking the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board (PCLOB) to urge that the government suspend its use of face recognition technology. The letter was signed by organizations like Color of Change, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Demand Progress, Fight for the Future, National Center...

Deeplinks Blog by Gennie Gebhart | January 28, 2020

How to Change Your Off-Facebook Activity Settings

Facebook's long-awaited Off-Facebook Activity tool started rolling out today. While it's not a perfect measure, and we still need stronger data privacy laws, this tool is a good step toward greater transparency and user control regarding third-party tracking. We hope other companies follow suit, and we encourage...

Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | January 28, 2020

Data Privacy or Data Protection Day? It’s a Human Right, Either Way

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Council of Europe's "Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data", or, more catchily, Convention 108. It is the root treaty that spawned the first European Union-wide data protection laws, including the General Data Protection...

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Cypurr Social: The Matrix (A Fundraiser For People's Power House)

Congress Must Stop the Graham-Blumenthal Anti-Security Bill

Clearview AI—Yet Another Example of Why We Need A Ban on Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Now

After Nonprofits Protest at ICANN, California's Attorney General Steps Into the .ORG Battle

Lawsuit in India Seeks to Shut Down Access to U.S. Journalism Website

Same Old NFL: League Abuses Trademark to Shut Down New York Jets Parody Store

Speaking Freely: An Interview with Christian Frank

New Bill Would Make Needed Steps Toward Curbing Mass Surveillance

U.K. Police Will Soon be able to Search Through U.S. Data Without Asking a Judge

Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think

Design Patents Are Useless. So Why Are They Getting a Boost in DC?

Off-Facebook Activity is a Welcome but Incomplete Move

EFF and Other Groups to PCLOB: Urge the Ban of Face Recognition

How to Change Your Off-Facebook Activity Settings

Data Privacy or Data Protection Day? It’s a Human Right, Either Way

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