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Deeplinks Blog by Jeremy Gillula | April 4, 2014

Websites Must Use HSTS in Order to Be Secure

You would think that by now the Internet would have grown up enough that things like online banking, email, or government websites would rely on thoroughly engineered security to make sure your data isn't intercepted by attackers. Unfortunately when it comes to the vast majority of websites on the Internet,...

Deeplinks Blog by April Glaser | April 4, 2014

It's 404 Day! Join Us In Protesting Internet Censorship in US Schools and Libraries

Today, April 4th is 404 Day. EFF, along with our friends at the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Center for Civic Media at MIT, are using today to call attention to blocked and banned websites in libraries and public schools across the country. Join us this afternoon,...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | April 3, 2014

With New Unchecked Surveillance Revelations, Colombian Government Ignores Both History and Human Rights

This post has been written in collaboration with Fundacion Karisma in Colombia

Last February, the Colombian media revealed that the country’s intelligence service carried out widespread surveillance of key NGOs, journalists, and leftist politicians, including their own governmental team responsible for negotiating a peace agreement with the...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | April 3, 2014

The (Futile) Ban On Twitter Has Been Lifted

After a two-week ban on the website imposed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that the block breached freedom of expression. Access to Twitter was subsequently restored within the country.
The ban on Twitter drew widespread criticism both within and outside of Turkey....

Deeplinks Blog by Peter Eckersley | April 3, 2014

EFF Statement on Mozilla and the Importance of the Open Internet

We support the Mozilla community and the vital work they've done—and must keep doing—for the open Internet. EFF has been following the discussions around the choice of Brendan Eich as Mozilla’s CEO, including the announcement that he is stepping down.
As partners to Mozilla in campaigns that...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York, Kimberly Carlson | April 3, 2014

Philippines: Inching Toward Censorship

[Accessing] any part of a computer system without right. Cyber-squatting. Cybersex. Computer-related forgery. What do these things have in common? They are all punishable acts under Philippines’ Cybercrime Prevention Act.
EFF has closely followed the Philippines Republic Act No. 10175, also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act, since...

Deeplinks Blog by Seth Schoen | April 2, 2014

Yahoo Protects Users with Lots More Encryption

We were thrilled to hear today that Yahoo is carrying through a concerted effort to protect users across its sites and services by rolling out routine encryption in several parts of its infrastructure. The company's statement announced that, among other things, it now encrypts traffic between its data centers,...

Deeplinks Blog by Lee Tien | April 2, 2014

An NSA "Reform Bill" of the Intelligence Community, Written by the Intelligence Community, and for the Intelligence Community

Representatives Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersberger, the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, introduced HR 4291, the FISA Transparency and Modernization Act (.pdf), to end the collection of all Americans' calling records using Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Both have vehemently defended the program...

Deeplinks Blog by Kurt Opsahl, Dia Kayyali | April 1, 2014

Court Orders Government Not to Destroy Evidence in EFF Cases Against the NSA

In an emergency hearing on March 19th, the government tried to convince the Northern District Court of California that the NSA should be relieved of its obligation to preserve evidence of dragnet collection of call records for the EFF's First Unitarian case. The arguments in court revealed...

Deeplinks Blog by Daniel Nazer | March 31, 2014

UPDATE: EFF Fights Patent Troll Demand For Save Podcasting Campaign Donor Information

UPDATE: March 31, 2014
Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins issued his written ruling granting EFF's motion to quash. It is available here.
UPDATE: March 5, 2014
The court held a hearing today on the subpoena. Good news: Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins agreed with EFF and struck...

Deeplinks Blog by Adi Kamdar | March 31, 2014

The Patent Reform We Need to See from the Senate

This is a big week in the world of patents. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a case about the eligibility of computer-implemented inventions. The outcome of this case has big implications on the future of software patents, the often broad and...

Deeplinks Blog by Andrew Crocker | March 28, 2014

Reforming Terms of Service: Microsoft Changes Its Policy on Access to User Data

Last week we wrote about initial news reports that Microsoft had searched and disclosed the contents of a blogger’s Hotmail account as part of an internal investigation into the alleged theft of Microsoft source code and other trade secrets. Since then, EFF has been in touch with Microsoft to...

Deeplinks Blog by Kimberly Carlson | March 27, 2014

Dispatch from Geneva: EFF Responds to Concluding Observations from UN Human Rights Committee on NSA Pervasive Surveillance

Geneva—The Electronic Frontier Foundation is pleased with the UN Human Rights Committee’s concluding observations from the United States’ review on its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Human Rights Committee is a human rights body that monitors state implementation of the obligations...

Deeplinks Blog by Eva Galperin | March 27, 2014

When Is a Tor Block Not a Tor Block?

As Turkey prepares for elections on Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to double down on Internet censorship. A week after Turkish ISPs blocked Twitter Turkey's telecommunications authority has blocked YouTube. The block began to be rolled out hours after a leaked recording published anonymously on...

Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien, Eva Galperin | March 26, 2014

New Report on Ethiopia Examines the Off-the-Shelf Surveillance State

Rumors of the extent of Ethiopia’s digital surveillance and censorship state have echoed around the information security community for years. Journalists such as Eskinder Nega have spoken of being shown text messages, printouts of emails, and recordings of their own telephone conversations by the Ethiopian security services. From within...

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Websites Must Use HSTS in Order to Be Secure

It's 404 Day! Join Us In Protesting Internet Censorship in US Schools and Libraries

With New Unchecked Surveillance Revelations, Colombian Government Ignores Both History and Human Rights

The (Futile) Ban On Twitter Has Been Lifted

EFF Statement on Mozilla and the Importance of the Open Internet

Philippines: Inching Toward Censorship

Yahoo Protects Users with Lots More Encryption

An NSA "Reform Bill" of the Intelligence Community, Written by the Intelligence Community, and for the Intelligence Community

Court Orders Government Not to Destroy Evidence in EFF Cases Against the NSA

UPDATE: EFF Fights Patent Troll Demand For Save Podcasting Campaign Donor Information

The Patent Reform We Need to See from the Senate

Reforming Terms of Service: Microsoft Changes Its Policy on Access to User Data

Dispatch from Geneva: EFF Responds to Concluding Observations from UN Human Rights Committee on NSA Pervasive Surveillance

When Is a Tor Block Not a Tor Block?

New Report on Ethiopia Examines the Off-the-Shelf Surveillance State

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