While digital ID gets pushed as the solution to the problem of uploading IDs to each site users access, the security and privacy on them varies based on implementation. But when privacy is involved, regulators must make room for negotiation.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Verifying Trust in Digital ID Is Still Incomplete
In the past few years, governments across the world have rolled out different digital identification options, and now there are efforts encouraging...
Online tracking is pervasive and most people don’t realize the risks of browsing the web unprotected. Organizations like libraries and schools can make digital privacy more accessible by installing Privacy Badger on the computers they provide.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
From Libraries to Schools: Why Organizations Should Install Privacy Badger
​​In an era of pervasive online surveillance, organizations have an important role to play in protecting their communities’ privacy. Schools,...
Axon’s AI police report writing tool is designed to not keep a record of which parts of a final report were written by AI and which parts were written by the officer.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Axon’s Draft One Is Designed to Defy Transparency
Axon Enterprise’s Draft One — a generative artificial intelligence product that writes police reports based on audio from officers’ body-worn...
There’s been some confusion around what exactly WhatsApp’s “Advanced Chat Privacy” option does, so we dug in to see exactly how it works.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
What WhatsApp’s “Advanced Chat Privacy” Really Does
In April, WhatsApp launched its “Advanced Chat Privacy” feature, which, once enabled, disables using certain AI features in chats and prevents ...
Schools, libraries, and other organizations can make private browsing the norm by installing Privacy Badger on their computers.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
From Libraries to Schools: Why Organizations Should Install Privacy Badger
​​In an era of pervasive online surveillance, organizations have an important role to play in protecting their communities’ privacy. Schools,...
The Google verdict “shows that juries made up of regular people understand privacy harm better than most lawyers,” EFF’s Mario Trujillo told Bloomberg Law, but “it will take a lot more than $425 million for a giant company like Google to completely change.”
Google’s Trial Loss Shows Distaste of Complicated Privacy Terms
Google LLC’s loss in one of the first major privacy trials against the search giant resulting in a $425.7 million penalty signals the public’s ...
Get the low-down on body-worn cameras from EFF's Street-Level Surveillance project.
Body-Worn Cameras
Reformers often tout police use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) as a way to prevent law enforcement misconduct. But, far too often, this technology bec...
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Millions browse the web on school, library, and workplace computers that leave them exposed to hidden trackers. Privacy Badger can be installed organization-wide to enhance privacy and security on these devices.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
From Libraries to Schools: Why Organizations Should Install Privacy Badger
​​In an era of pervasive online surveillance, organizations have an important role to play in protecting their communities’ privacy. Schools,...
Privacy Badger is now available on another mobile browser—Microsoft Edge for Android! Stop companies from spying on you while you browse the web on your phone.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Privacy Badger