The USPTO wants new rules that would slam the door on inter partes review—the only affordable way the public can fight junk patents.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly grant...
📢 BREAKING 📢 We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns
SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover infor...
Powerful institutions are using automated decision-making against us. Fortunately, workers, patients, and renters are resisting.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Strengthen Colorado’s AI Act
Powerful institutions are using automated decision-making against us. Fortunately, workers, patients, and renters are resisting. The Colorado AI Ac...
You know that police drone in the sky? Those license plate readers? Oh, and the worried feeling you get about your data being collected as you interact with your devices? Yeah, that shouldn't be the norm. That's why we're fighting back:
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Algorithmic face scans are “dangerous, whether used to estimate our age, our name, or other demographics,” EFF’s [@Adam_D_Schwartz](
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Give Us Your Face or Lose Your Account: AI Age Verification Is Here, and Experts Are Worried
From Spotify to YouTube, platforms now demand biometric proof of age. Experts warn that you could lose access—and your privacy—if the algorithm...
EFF is fighting online tracking without consent, blocking behavioral advertising, and holding law enforcement accountable for illegally accessing your location data. Support our mission to Take Back CTRL today:
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
SIREN and CAIR-CA v. San Jose
The San Jose Police Department has blanketed the city’s roadways with nearly five hundred Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs). The police dep...
Thousands of cities allowed cops to run racists searches through their Flock Safety license plate reader databases.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searc...
Online behavioral advertising has made surveillance the business model of the internet. Privacy Badger fights for a better web by incentivizing companies to respect your privacy.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight Back
Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by mi...
Wondering which anti-virus app to use to scan for stalkerware on your Android? EFF and AV Comparatives put them to the test.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Teams Up With AV Comparatives to Test Android Stalkerware Detection by Major Antivirus Apps
EFF has, for many years, raised the alarm about the proliferation of stalkerware—commercially-available apps designed to be installed covertly on...