Phreeli founder Nick Merrill “is somebody who is extremely principled and willing to take a stand for his principles,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @npub14lpy...ujhu “He's careful and thoughtful, but also, at a certain level, kind of fearless.”
WIRED
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almos...
As we approach the final negotiations of this regulation, we urge lawmakers in the EU to work on a final text that fully protects users’ right to private communication and avoids intrusive age verification mandates.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know
After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking mea...
CBP, DEA and local law enforcement agencies have created a massive surveillance dragnet targeting drivers on highways along the US-Mexico border. Here's how to spot automated license plate readers by the roadside.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have in...
Your conversations with AI chatbots are private and require a warrant. AI companies must commit to having your back.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
AI Chatbot Companies Should Protect Your Conversations From Bulk Surveillance
AI companies have a responsibility to their users to make sure the warrant requirement is strictly followed, to resist unlawful bulk surveillance r...
Developers, small businesses, nonprofits — they all rely on patent challenges called IPR to fight abusive patents. Don't let the thte U.S. Patent Office take that right away. Today's the last day to file a comment.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Tells Patent Office: Don’t Cut the Public Out of Patent Review
EFF has submitted its formal comment to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opposing a set of proposed rules that would sharply restrict t...
For patent trolls, this new USPTO rule proposal is a dream come true, but the public will suffer.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Tells Patent Office: Don’t Cut the Public Out of Patent Review
EFF has submitted its formal comment to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opposing a set of proposed rules that would sharply restrict t...
Automated license plate readers at the US-Mexico border come in a variety of shapes, sizes and disguises. Here's our guide to identifying them.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have in...
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"By forcing everyone to hand over their most valuable and sensitive identity data, the law builds out a dangerous new surveillance infrastructure instead of actually keeping young people safe," EFF’s Molly Buckley told @TechRadar.
TechRadar
Missouri search for VPNs quadruples as age verification laws kick in
Missourians begin to take matters of data security into their own hands
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