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National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules - 16 mars 2013
Court Finds NSL Statutes Violate First Amendment and Separation of Powers
San Francisco - A federal district court judge in San Francisco has ruled that National Security Letter (NSL) provisions in federal law violate the Constitution. The decision came in a lawsuit challenging a NSL on behalf of an unnamed (...)
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Google Takes the Dark Path, Censors AdBlock Plus on Android - 16 mars 2013
In a shocking move, Google has recently deleted AdBlock Plus from the Android Play Store. This is hugely disappointing because it demonstrates that Google is willing to censor software and abandon its support for open platforms as soon as there’s an ad-related business reason for doing so.
Until now, the Internet (...)
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Finally, Some Limit to Electronic Searches at the Border - 14 mars 2013
In an important new decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals created the first explicit limits on the government’s ability to search electronic devices at the border. The court’s decision in United States v. Cotterman (PDF) establishes that government agents must have "reasonable suspicion" before conducting a (...)
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You Won’t Like What Your Facebook ’Likes’ Reveal - 14 mars 2013
Have you clicked "like" next to "Bret Michaels" or "I Love Being a Mom" on Facebook ?
Did you also click "like" next to "Austin Texas" ?
Or maybe you clicked "like" next to "Never Apologize For What You Feel It’s Like Saying Sorry For Being Real," because you were inspired by the quote sometimes attributed (...)
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Fifteen Years of DMCA Abuse - 13 mars 2013
EFF continues to chronicle harm in "Unintended Consequences" white paper
San Francisco - Fifteen years after Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and just as legislators and the public are debating the law’s dangerous impact on consumers who want to unlock their cell phones, the evidence of much (...)
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Hey Google, Can We Have Data About FISA Court Orders Too ? - 10 mars 2013
Google took an unprecedented and fantastic step towards greater transparency earlier this week by releasing data about National Security Letters that it receives, but there is another class of government orders for user data that we are still totally in the dark about : Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (...)
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How To Opt Out of Receiving Facebook Ads Based on Your Real-Life Shopping Activity - 10 mars 2013
Facebook has announced that it’s teaming up with four of the world’s largest corporate data brokers to "enhance" the ad experience for users. Datalogix, Epsilon, Acxiom, and BlueKai obtain information gathered about users through online means (such as through cookies when users surf the web) as well as through (...)
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Google Transparency Report Highlights Just How Much We Don’t Know About National Security Letters - 7 mars 2013
In an unprecedented win for transparency, yesterday Google began publishing generalized information about the number of National Security Letters that the company received in the past year as well as the total number of user accounts affected by those requests. Of all the dangerous government surveillance powers (...)
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States Seek Ban to Employers’ Social-Media Snooping - 7 mars 2013
When EFF considers a job applicant, we ask for the usual information : a resume, references, maybe writing samples. When we decide to hire someone, we require a few more pieces of personal data, the standard HR stuff, to ensure the lucky employee gets paid on time and is covered by health insurance.
What doesn’t (...)
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Secretive Copyright Negotiations Continue at the 16th Round of TPP Talks - 5 mars 2013
The 16th round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) began in Singapore today, as trade delegates and private stakeholders from 11 participating countries gather to discuss this the contours of Pacific trade. EFF and many others are deeply concerned about TPP, because it appears to (...)
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China’s Internet Censors for Sale - 2 mars 2013
What happens when a country’s government censors the entirety of its domestic web, with no oversight or transparency ? It turns out that politicians aren’t the only ones with an interest in repressing free expression—and given a lever of control, a black market of censors quickly emerges.
A group of investigators (...)
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The Copyright Alert System FAQ - 1er mars 2013
It’s been a long time coming, but the copyright surveillance machine known as the Copyright Alert System (CAS) "” aka "Six Strikes" "” has finally launched. CAS is an agreement between major media corporations and large Internet Service Providers to monitor peer-to-peer networks for copyright infringement and target (...)
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CISPA is Back : FAQ on What it is and Why it’s Still Dangerous - 27 février 2013
The privacy-invasive bill known as CISPA"”the so-called "cybersecurity" bill"”was reintroduced in February 2013. Just like last year, the bill has stirred a tremendous amount of grassroots activism because it carves a loophole in all known privacy laws and grants legal immunity for companies to share your private (...)
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The Copyright Propaganda Machine Gets a New Agent : Your ISP - 26 février 2013
It’s been a long time coming, but the copyright surveillance machine known as the Copyright Alert System (CAS) is finally launching. CAS is an agreement between Big Content and large Internet Service Providers to monitor peer to peer networks for copyright infringement and target subscribers who are alleged to (...)
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Industry Experts to Congress : We Can Remove Personally Identifiable Information Before Reporting Cybersecurity Threats - 17 février 2013
Companies say redacting personally identifiable information of users is possible, but it wouldn’t be required under CISPA.
On Thursday, the House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing on CISPA, the newly introduced "cybersecurity" legislation that would allow companies to pass (...)
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CISPA, the Privacy-Invading Cybersecurity Spying Bill, is Back in Congress - 16 février 2013
It’s official : The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act was reintroduced in the House of Representatives yesterday. CISPA is the contentious bill civil liberties advocates fought last year, which would provide a poorly-defined "cybersecurity" exception to existing privacy law. CISPA offers broad (...)
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California Sheriff Faces Loud Privacy Protests Against Drone Plans - 16 février 2013
Yesterday the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office presented a proposal for the purchase of a drone in a public hearing with the Board of Supervisors Public Protection Committee in Oakland, California. EFF joined the ACLU of Northern California and several other public interest groups in testifying against a drone (...)
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Black Boxes in Cars : Open Call for Comments - 8 février 2013
You might be surprised to learn that the vast majority of new cars sold in the United States contain a device that continuously monitors the driver’s behavior and vehicle performance. This so-called "black box" or Event Data Recorder (EDR) records at least the last several seconds of vehicle and driver data before (...)
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Who’s Tracking Your Reading Habits ? An E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy, 2012 Edition - 6 décembre 2012
The holiday shopping season is upon us, and once again e-book readers promise to be a very popular gift. Last year’s holiday season saw ownership of a dedicated e-reader device spike to nearly 1 in 5 Americans, and that number is poised to go even higher. But if you’re in the market for an e-reader this year, or for (...)
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Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement - 2 septembre 2012
What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) ?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe and rewrite international rules on its enforcement. The main problems are two-fold :
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