Understanding if IMSI catchers are being used to spy on protests is one of the main goals of the Rayhunter project. Dozens of our community members brought Rayhunter to dozens of protests all over the US. So far we have not found any evidence of cell-site simulators being used to spy on protests in the US — though we have found them in use elsewhere.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Rayhunter: What We Have Found So Far
Rayhunter is a program that runs on a variety of mobile hotspots and watches for cell-site simulators—a tool police use to locate or identify peo...
NEW on EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet” - @npub1umd6...wfr7 founder @npub1ftlr...3e6s joins Cindy Cohn and @Jason Kelley to discuss how the free flow of knowledge makes all of us more free.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Podcast Episode: Building and Preserving the Library of Everything
All this season, “How to Fix the Internet” has been focusing on the tools and technology of freedom – and one of the most important tools of ...
Whatever the Trump administration may claim, anti-doxxing laws apply to revealing private information publicly, NOT to recording police officers conducting law enforcement activity from a safe distance, EFF’s Sophia Cope told Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/in-la-and-dc-activists-turn-to-tech-to-track-immigration-arrests
After 25 years at EFF, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battle.
WIRED
Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights
After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encr...
It’s disappointing that Ring has chosen this moment, when police and the government are infringing civil liberties left and right, to revive its tech’s most invasive feature: helping police get videos captured by home security cameras. https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/ring-community-requests-lets-police-ask-for-user-videos-a2437818485/
Install Privacy Badger organization-wide to protect your community from online surveillance and malvertising.
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,...
ICE reactivated its contract with spyware manufacturer Paragon Solutions. You can read more about it here, but what does that mean for using encrypted chat apps like Signal? 🧵(1/8)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Statement on ICE Use of Paragon Solutions Malware
This statement can be attributed to EFF Senior Staff Technologist Cooper QuintinIt was recently reported by Jack Poulson on Substack that ICE has r...
Age verification mandates are a dream come true for Big Tech platforms, which will end up with more traffic and a whole lot more data. But these laws are a nightmare for users.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms
If you live in Mississippi, you may have noticed that you are no longer able to log into your Bluesky or Dreamwidth accounts from within the state....
Privacy Badger isn’t just for individuals. Libraries and schools can install Privacy Badger organization-wide to make private and secure browsing the default 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,...
If you want to enable WhatsApp’s “Advanced Chat Privacy” in group chats, you might also want to lock down the permissions of that chat first.
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 ...