Tag: EFF
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NSA Spy Program So Secret Judge Can’t Explain Why It Can’t Be Challenged
NSA Spy Program A federal judge ruled in favor of the National Security Agency NSA Spy Program in a key surveillance case on Tuesday, dismissing a challenge which claimed the government’s spying operations were groundless and unconstitutional. Filed in 2008 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the lawsuit, Jewel v. NSA, aimed to end the agency’s…
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Newly Released Drone Records Reveal Extensive Military Flights in U.S.
Via: Electronic Frontier Foundation: Today EFF posted several thousand pages of new drone license records and a new map that tracks the location of drone flights across the United States. These records, received as a result of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), come from state and local…
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Stingrays: The Biggest Technological Threat to Cell Phone Privacy You Don’t Know About
On Friday, EFF and the ACLU submitted an amicus brief in United States v. Rigmaiden, a closely-followed case that has enormous consequences for individuals’ Fourth Amendment rights in their home and on their cell phone. As the Wall Street Journal explained today, the technology at the heart of the case invades the privacy of…
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Pwn The Drones: Investigative Research into Drone Technology, Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Future
EFF activists Trevor Timm and Parker Higgins explain how widespread drones are becoming, how they’ve already been hacked, and how the situation may get a lot worse before it gets better.
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STOP CISPA: Come Togeter – Take Action
COME TOGETHER TO STOP CISPA! WHAT IS CISPA? The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R. 3523) is a bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Reps. Mike Rogers (D-MI) and C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-MD) in late 2011. It amends the National Security Act of 1947 to allow private companies and US…
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The Right to Anonymity is a Matter of Privacy
Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world January 28, 2012 | By Jillian C. York This January 28marks International Privacy Day. Different countries around theworld are celebrating this day with their own events. This year, we are honoring the day by calling attention to recent international privacy threats and interviewing data protection…
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Know Your Rights! Quiz
Do you know what to do when the police try to seize your server, computer, or phone? Take our quiz to see how well you know your rights when law enforcement threatens your digital data. 1) The cops have a warrant to search my computer. They’re demanding my encryption key. Do I have to give…