Archiv: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)


21.10.2021 - 17:06 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

On Global Encryption Day, Let’s Stand Up for Privacy and Security

We’ve seen big victories in our fight to defend encryption. But we haven’t done it alone. That’s why we’re proud this year to join dozens of other organizations in the Global Encryption Coalition as we celebrate the first Global Encryption Day, which is today, October 21, 2021.

For this inaugural year, we’re joining our partner organizations to ask people, companies, governments, and NGOs to “Make the Switch” to strong encryption. We’re hoping this day can encourage people to make the switch to end-to-end encrypted platforms, creating a more secure and private online world. It’s a great time to turn on encryption on all the devices or services you use, or switch to an end-to-end encrypted app for messaging—and talk to others about why you made that choice.

09.08.2021 - 10:48 [ Techdirt.com ]

Mass Biometric Scanning Of Students Is COVID-19’s Latest Dystopian Twist

(25.08.2020)

As the EFF reports, testing is now being overseen by Professor Big Brother and his many, many eyes. All of this is in place just to keep students from cheating on tests:

„Recorded patterns of keystrokes and facial recognition supposedly confirm whether the student signing up for a test is the one taking it; gaze-monitoring or eye-tracking is meant to ensure that students don’t look off-screen too long, where they might have answers written down; microphones and cameras record students’ surroundings, broadcasting them to a proctor, who must ensure that no one else is in the room.“

Mass biometric surveillance has finally come home.

09.08.2021 - 09:38 [ Eva, Director of Cybersecurity @EFF / Twitter ]

Apple distributed this internal memo this morning, dismissing their critics as „the screeching voices of the minority.“ I will never stop screeching about the importance of privacy, security, or civil liberties. And neither should you.

(06.08.2021)

09.08.2021 - 06:42 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

Apple’s Plan to „Think Different“ About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life

(05.08.2021)

To say that we are disappointed by Apple’s plans is an understatement. Apple has historically been a champion of end-to-end encryption, for all of the same reasons that EFF has articulated time and time again. Apple’s compromise on end-to-end encryption may appease government agencies in the U.S. and abroad, but it is a shocking about-face for users who have relied on the company’s leadership in privacy and security.

There are two main features that the company is planning to install in every Apple device. One is a scanning feature that will scan all photos as they get uploaded into iCloud Photos to see if they match a photo in the database of known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts—that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor—for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent when these images are sent or received. This feature can be turned on or off by parents.

09.08.2021 - 06:37 [ Eva, Director of Cybersecurity @EFF / Twitter ]

Louder, for the people in the back: it’s impossible to build a client-side scanning system that can only be used for sexually explicit images sent or received by children.

(05.08.2021)

20.03.2021 - 14:42 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ]

EFF Joins Effort to Restrict Automated License Plate Readers in California

This legislative session, State Sen. Scott Wiener has introduced the License Plate Privacy Act (S.B. 210), a bill that would address many of these deficiencies by strengthening the law with additional requirements and safeguards. EFF is proud to co-sponsor this legislation alongside our ally, the Media Alliance

24.12.2020 - 06:58 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

It’s Not Section 230 President Trump Hates, It’s the First Amendment

(09.12.2020)

Under Section 230, the only party responsible for unlawful speech online is the person who said it, not the website where they posted it, the app they used to share it, or any other third party.

16.09.2020 - 14:52 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ]

Things to Know Before Your Neighborhood Installs an Automated License Plate Reader

Local groups often turn to license plate readers thinking that they will protect their community from crime. But the truth is, these cameras—which record every license plate coming in and out of the neighborhood—may create more problems than they solve.

03.09.2020 - 01:20 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ]

New Federal Court Rulings Find Geofence Warrants Unconstitutional

Geofence warrants, also known as reverse location searches, are a relatively new investigative technique used by law enforcement to try to identify a suspect. Unlike ordinary warrants for electronic records that identify the suspect in advance of the search, geofence warrants essentially work backwards by scooping up the location data from every device that happened to be in a geographic area during a specific period of time in the past. The warrants therefore allow the government to examine the data from individuals wholly unconnected to any criminal activity and use their own discretion to try to pinpoint devices that might be connected to the crime.

28.07.2020 - 18:41 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

San Francisco Police Accessed Business District Camera Network to Spy on Protestors

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) conducted mass surveillance of protesters at the end of May and in early June using a downtown business district’s camera network, according to new records obtained by EFF. The records show that SFPD received real-time live access to hundreds of cameras as well as a „data dump“ of camera footage amid the ongoing demonstrations against police violence.

26.07.2020 - 12:59 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ]

EFF to Court: Trump Appointee’s Removal of Open Technology Fund Leadership Is Unlawful

24.7.2020 The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today joined a group of 17 leading U.S.-based Internet freedom organizations in telling a federal appeals court that Trump administration appointee Michael Pack has no legal authority to purge leadership at the Open Technology Fund (OTF), a private, independent nonprofit that helps hundreds of millions of people across the globe speak out online and avoid censorship and surveillance by repressive regimes.

15.07.2020 - 13:06 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ]

EFF Launches Searchable Database of Police Agencies and the Tech Tools They Use to Spy on Communities

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in partnership with the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, today launched the largest-ever collection of searchable data on police use of surveillance technologies, created as a tool for the public to learn about facial recognition, drones, license plate readers, and other devices law enforcement agencies are acquiring to spy on our communities.

23.01.2020 - 23:53 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

EFF Statement on Glenn Greenwald Charges

21.1.2020

In free societies, journalists play an important role in challenging and criticizing governmental officials and scrutinizing their actions and policies. It is a threat to democracy when authorities use cybercrime laws to punish their critics, as the Brazilian government has done here with Glenn Greenwald, and it discourages journalists from using technology to best serve the public.

08.01.2020 - 01:22 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

No Digital Surveillance of Iranians at the U.S. Border—Or Within the U.S.

Surveillance Self-Defense

Now, more than ever, it’s important to know your rights and understand what precautions you can take to protect yourself from digital surveillance by our government. EFF’s guides for Surveillance Self-Defense offer advice on how to protect your digital privacy in a number of situations, including online communications and at protests. If you plan to travel internationally, EFF has a guide on protecting your digital data at the border, as well as a printable pocket guide on border searches.

13.11.2019 - 01:33 [ TruthDig ]

Court: Warrantless Searches of Phones Violate Fourth Amendment

A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment.

Tuesday’s ruling in U.S. District Court came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of 11 travelers whose smartphones and laptops were searched without individualized suspicion at U.S. ports of entry.

11.11.2019 - 21:27 [ antikrieg.com ]

Antiwar.com Spendenaktion

(7.11.2019) In den letzten acht Jahren haben wir von Antiwar.com gegen das FBI gekämpft. Im Jahr 2011 fanden wir heraus, dass das FBI Antiwar.com wegen „Verbindungen zu ausländischen Unternehmen oder Terroristen“ untersuchte.

Vor einigen Wochen entschied das 9. Bundesberufungsgericht der USA einstimmig, dass diese Untersuchung unberechtigt war und dass die im Rahmen dieser Untersuchung gesammelten Unterlagen vernichtet werden müssen. Die Electronic Frontier Foundation bezeichnete es einen „Sieg“ für Journalisten und Aktivisten im ganzen Land. Sie haben Recht.

14.04.2019 - 20:42 [ WSWS ]

Weltweite Empörung über Verhaftung von WikiLeaks-Herausgeber Julian Assange

Die Verhaftung des Journalisten und WikiLeaks-Herausgebers Julian Assange in der ecuadorianischen Botschaft in London am Donnerstagmorgen stößt weltweit auf Empörung.

29.11.2018 - 02:58 [ CNET ]

Secret Facebook-FBI ruling must be made public, ACLU and EFF say

On Wednesday, attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a motion to unseal a secret court ruling in a case involving the Department of Justice and Facebook, stemming from a California case in which the FBI wanted to force the social network to wiretap phone calls on Messenger.

09.11.2018 - 04:22 [ Radio Utopie ]

6. Aaron Swartz-Tag 2018: Freier und sicherer Zugang zu Informationen

Sichere Verbindungen und Datenbanken, Erkennen und Abwehr von Spionage-Software, freier Zugang zu Daten von mit staatlich finanzierten Publikationen: in San Francisco treffen sich ab heute über das Wochende Programmierer und Aktivisten zum „6th Annual Aaron Swartz Day 2018“