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Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley, India McKinney, Matthew Guariglia | February 9, 2022

Victory! ID.me to Drop Facial Recognition Requirement for Government Services

First, the Internal Revenue Service reversed course from its recent announcement that it was partnering with ID.me, a third-party identity verification service, to use facial recognition for verification of users managing many aspects of their taxes online. Now, ID.me—which provides identity verification services for dozens of government agencies—says...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock, Jon Callas | February 9, 2022

What the Duck? Why an EU Proposal to Require "QWACs" Will Hurt Internet Security

It's become easier over the years for websites to improve their security, thanks to tools that allow more people to automate and easily set-up secure measures for web applications and the services they provide. A proposed amendment to Article 45 in the EU’s Digital Identity Framework...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | February 8, 2022

EFF Joins Activists And Human Rights Groups To Reject Attacks on Encryption

Encryption is under attack. In liberal democracies, elected leaders are giving lip service to our right to privacy—while seeking to create a system where they can scan any data we send over the internet. Earlier this month, the U.K. Home Office spent public money on a high-priced ad campaign...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | February 8, 2022

Send Surveillance Robot Dogs to the Pound, Not the Border

On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, the official research and development arm of the agency, released a cutesy press release about how robotic dogs made in collaboration with Ghost Robotics are “one step closer” to deployment on the U.S.-Mexico border. Covered...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | February 8, 2022

If EARN IT Passes, What Happens On Your iPhone Won't Stay On Your iPhone

Last year, Apple announced a controversial plan to install photo scanning software in every device. Apple has long been seen as a pro-privacy company—billboards emblazoned with the slogan “What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone” were common sights in 2019. A global coalition pushed back, and the...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | February 8, 2022

Ohio: Don’t Give Big Tech a Pass On Privacy

Ohio lawmakers are giving big tech companies a gift in the form of the Ohio Personal Privacy Act. This law purports to strike a balance between consumer protection and company demands. Instead, it stacks the deck even further against individuals who want to protect their privacy.The OPPA would enshrine privacy...

Event | February 8, 2022

EFF-Austin: Community Control of Police Surveillance (CCOPS)

EFF Austin , a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Community Control of Police Surveillance (CCOPS)From the Organizers:This month we’ll be joined by Deputy Managing Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Nathan ‘nash’ Sheard, for a dynamic discussion on the threats...

Event | February 10, 2022

Fair February 2022: Data Science & Social Justice

Fair February 2022: Data Science & Social JusticeFair February is an interdepartmental, three-week symposium hosted annually by the Data Science Initiative. Our goal is to bring together researchers from different areas of expertise to discuss issues with computation and society. On Thursday, February 10, EFF Legislative Activist Hayley Tsukayama will...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo, Mitch Stoltz | February 4, 2022

EFF to Appeals Court: Apple’s Monopoly Doesn’t Make Users Safer

When users fork over money for an iPhone (average price: over $800), many expect to be able to play their favorite mobile game on it. They expect the apps they buy to work. Many users also expect to install apps that enhance their security and privacy beyond what Apple provides.Users...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | February 4, 2022

Senate Commerce Committee is Letting Big Telecom Hamstring the FCC

Six months have passed since the Biden Administration signed an Executive Order to restore Net Neutrality at the FCC. And three months have passed since the President nominated net neutrality champion Gigi Sohn, a member of the EFF board, to the FCC (Sohn will leave the EFF board if she...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta, Cara Gagliano | February 3, 2022

SHOP SAFE Will Stomp Out Online Sales of Used and Homemade Goods

The House of Representatives has inserted SHOP SAFE—a piece of legislation that would make it extremely difficult for any individual to sell things online and equally difficult for any online platform to compete with Amazon—into a 3,000-page trade bill. It cannot remain there.The “Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by...

Deeplinks Blog by Mukund Rathi, Matthew Guariglia | February 3, 2022

San Francisco Should Strengthen, Not Gut, Surveillance Ordinance

San Francisco is considering whether to strengthen or roll back civil rights protections against government surveillance. Nearly three years ago, EFF joined a coalition of community groups to support the city’s passage of the Surveillance Technology Ordinance, which bans government use of facial recognition technology and empowers the...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | February 3, 2022

It’s Back: Senators Want EARN IT Bill to Scan All Online Messages

People don’t want outsiders reading their private messages —not their physical mail, not their texts, not their DMs, nothing. It’s a clear and obvious point, but one place it doesn’t seem to have reached is the U.S. Senate.A group of lawmakers led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Lindsey...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | February 2, 2022

Tell the Copyright Office Who Is Really Affected by Filters

Right now, the U.S. Copyright Office is collecting information on the use of "standard technical measures" to address copyright infringement, as part of a longer effort that, we fear, will lead to filtering mandates.The Copyright Office is also holding a plenary session on February 22, to hear from the...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | February 1, 2022

Podcast Episode: Saving Podcasts from a Patent Troll

Imagine getting a letter in the mail—and then another, and then another—telling you that if you don’t pay $25,000 to a company you’ve never heard of, you’ll have to shut down the small business that you’ve worked for years to build. That’s exactly the situation faced by a group of...

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Victory! ID.me to Drop Facial Recognition Requirement for Government Services

What the Duck? Why an EU Proposal to Require "QWACs" Will Hurt Internet Security

EFF Joins Activists And Human Rights Groups To Reject Attacks on Encryption

Send Surveillance Robot Dogs to the Pound, Not the Border

If EARN IT Passes, What Happens On Your iPhone Won't Stay On Your iPhone

Ohio: Don’t Give Big Tech a Pass On Privacy

EFF-Austin: Community Control of Police Surveillance (CCOPS)

Fair February 2022: Data Science & Social Justice

EFF to Appeals Court: Apple’s Monopoly Doesn’t Make Users Safer

Senate Commerce Committee is Letting Big Telecom Hamstring the FCC

SHOP SAFE Will Stomp Out Online Sales of Used and Homemade Goods

San Francisco Should Strengthen, Not Gut, Surveillance Ordinance

It’s Back: Senators Want EARN IT Bill to Scan All Online Messages

Tell the Copyright Office Who Is Really Affected by Filters

Podcast Episode: Saving Podcasts from a Patent Troll

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