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Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock | November 27, 2024

One Down, Many to Go with Pre-Installed Malware on Android

Last year, we investigated a Dragon Touch children’s tablet (KidzPad Y88X 10) and confirmed that it was linked to a string of fully compromised Android TV Boxes that had also multiple ...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | November 27, 2024

Tell the Senate: Don’t Weaponize the Treasury Department Against Nonprofits

Last week the House of Representatives passed a dangerous bill that would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. If it passes the Senate and is signed into law, H.R. 9495 would give broad and easily abused new powers to the executive...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | November 26, 2024

EFF Tells the Second Circuit a Second Time That Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

EFF, along with ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, filed a second amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging the court to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices, an argument EFF has been making in the ...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | November 26, 2024

Looking for the Answer to the Question, "Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Paid For?"

There’s quite a few rights you give up by purchasing a digital copy of your favorite game, movie, or album! On Digital Rights Bytes we outline the differences between owning physical and digital media, and why we need to break down that barrier.

Deeplinks Blog by Christopher Vines | November 21, 2024

Organizing for Digital Rights in the Pacific Northwest

Recently I traveled to Portland, Oregon to speak at the PDX People’s Digital Safety Fair, meet up with five groups in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, and attend BSides PDX 2024. Portland’s first ever Digital Safety Fair was a success and five of our six EFA organizations in the area...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | November 21, 2024

Speaking Freely: Anriette Esterhuysen

Anriette Esterhuysen is a human rights defender and computer networking trailblazer from South Africa. She has pioneered the use of Internet and Communications Technologies (ICTs) to promote social justice in South Africa and throughout the world, focusing on affordable Internet access. She was the executive director of Association for Progressive...

Event | December 4, 2024

Virtual Wall: Surveillance Tech at the U.S.-Mexico Border

EFF Director of Investigations Dave Maass will lead a virtual tour of surveillance technology at the U.S.-Mexico border in this online guest lecture with Sheffield Hallam University.Zoom link: https://shu.zoom.us/j/6443530218?omn=98652850850

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | November 20, 2024

Oppose The Patent-Troll-Friendly PREVAIL Act

Update 11/21/2024: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 in favor of PREVAIL, and several senators expressed concerns about the bill. Thanks to EFF supporters who spoke out! We will continue to oppose this misguided bill. Good news: the Senate Judiciary Committee has dropped one of the two terrible patent...

Event | January 10, 2025

EFF at ShmooCon 2025

As always, EFF is excited to be back in Washington, D.C. for the final ShmooCon! Stop by the EFF booth to chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up a special gift as a...

Event | April 3, 2025

EFF at CypherCon

EFF is excited to attend CypherCon for the first time! We'll be at the conference with an info booth, so be sure to stop by and chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up...

Event | February 14, 2025

EFF at CactusCon 13

As always, EFF is excited to be back in Mesa, AZ for CactusCon! If you're attending CactusCon 13, be sure to stop by the EFF booth to chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | November 19, 2024

The U.S. National Security State is Here to Make AI Even Less Transparent and Accountable

As the US national security state attempts to leverage powerful commercial AI to give it an edge, there are a number of questions that remain unanswered about how much that ever-tightening relationship will impact much needed transparency and accountability for private AI and for-profit automated decision making systems.

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | November 19, 2024

Now's The Time to Start (or Renew) a Pledge for EFF Through the CFC

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pledge period is underway and runs through January 15, 2024! If you're a U.S. federal employee or retiree, be sure to show your support for EFF by using our CFC ID 10437.Not sure how to make a pledge? No problem--it’s easy! First, head over to...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | November 19, 2024

Speaking Freely: Marjorie Heins

Marjorie Heins is a writer, former civil rights/civil liberties attorney, and past director of the Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) and the American Civil Liberties Union's Arts Censorship Project. She is the author of "Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge," which won the...

Event | November 22, 2024

EFF at Media Matters Conference

EFF's Associate Director of EU Policy, Svea Windwehr, will speak at the "Media Matters" conference in Berlin. The conference, hosted by Heinrich Böll Foundation, focuses the intersection of democratic discourses, journalism and technology. Svea Windwehr will speak on a panel focused on the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union's...

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One Down, Many to Go with Pre-Installed Malware on Android

Tell the Senate: Don’t Weaponize the Treasury Department Against Nonprofits

EFF Tells the Second Circuit a Second Time That Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

Looking for the Answer to the Question, "Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Paid For?"

Organizing for Digital Rights in the Pacific Northwest

Speaking Freely: Anriette Esterhuysen

Virtual Wall: Surveillance Tech at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Oppose The Patent-Troll-Friendly PREVAIL Act

EFF at ShmooCon 2025

EFF at CypherCon

EFF at CactusCon 13

The U.S. National Security State is Here to Make AI Even Less Transparent and Accountable

Now's The Time to Start (or Renew) a Pledge for EFF Through the CFC

Speaking Freely: Marjorie Heins

EFF at Media Matters Conference

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