When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host con...
Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already.
How to: Encrypt Your Windows, Mac, or Linux Computer
Encrypting your computer's storage drive is a simple, but powerful tool to secure your data. When enabled, "full-disk" encryption (also known as de...
Good privacy decisions begin with proper knowledge about your situation—and we’ve got you covered.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Privacy Loves Company
Most of the internet’s blessings—the opportunities for communities to connect despite physical borders and oppressive controls, the avenues to ...
We’ve covered eight tips so far in #OptOutOctober but there’s still plenty of time to catch up and take back some of your privacy.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a t...
License plate readers were sold as tools for finding stolen cars, but records have now shown that they're being used in abortion investigations. States must ban law enforcement from using ALPRs to investigate healthcare decisions and prohibit sharing data across state lines.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.
New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation...
Take some time this weekend to get caught up in our #OptOutOctober series, where we’re providing daily tips to reclaim your privacy, one small task at a time.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a t...
Protecting your privacy doesn't have to be scary. Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guides for step-by-step tutorials for keeping your data and devices secure.
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Sur...