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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="https://www.eff.org/rss/updates.xml" target="frame0">Deeplinks</a><br /><span class="rss-item">EFF\'s Deeplinks Blog: Noteworthy news from around the internet</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/shop-safe-another-attempt-fix-big-tech-will-mostly-harm-small-players-and" target="frame0">SHOP SAFE Is Another Attempt to Fix Big Tech That Will Mostly Harm Small Players and Consumers</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cara GaglianoKatharine Trendacosta)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Sat, 25 Sep 2021 02:53:16 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Congress is once again trying to fix a very specific problem with a broad solution. We support the SHOP SAFE Act’s underlying goal of protecting consumers from unsafe and defective counterfeit products.  The problem is that SHOP SAFE tackles the issue in a way that would make it incredibly difficult for small businesses and individuals to sell anything online. It will do little to stop sophisticat...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/digital-rights-updates-effector-336" target="frame0">Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 33.6</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Christian Romero)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:31:23 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Want the latest news on your digital rights? Then you’ve come to the right place! Version 33, issue 6 of EFFector, our monthly-ish newsletter, is out now! Catch up on the latest EFF news, from our protests at Apple stores to celebrating that HTTPS is actually everywhere, by reading our newsletter or listening to the new audio version below. LISTEN ON The Internet Archive EFFECTOR 33.06 - Why EFF F...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/colorado-supreme-court-rules-three-months-warrantless-video-surveillance-violates" target="frame0">Colorado Supreme Court Rules Three Months of Warrantless Video Surveillance Violates the Constitution</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Jennifer Lynch)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:52:48 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('EFF Legal Intern Hannah Donahue co-wrote this post. Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled, in a case called People v. Tafoya, that three months of warrantless continuous video surveillance outside a home by the police violated the Fourth Amendment. We, along with the ACLU and the ACLU of Colorado, filed an amicus brief in the case. The police, after receiving a tip about possible drug activi...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/stop-military-surveillance-drones-coming-home" target="frame0">Stop Military Surveillance Drones from Coming Home</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Matthew Guariglia)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:49:50 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('A federal statute authorizes the Pentagon to transfer surveillance technology, among other military equipment, to state and local police. This threatens privacy, free speech, and racial justice. So Congress should do the right thing and enact Representative Ayanna Pressley’s amendment, Moratorium on Transfer of Controlled Property to Enforcement Agencies, to H.R. 4350, the National Defense Author...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywhere" target="frame0">HTTPS Is Actually Everywhere</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Alexis Hancock)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:37:03 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('For more than 10 years, EFF’s HTTPS Everywhere browser extension has provided a much-needed service to users: encrypting their browser communications with websites and making sure they benefit from the protection of HTTPS wherever possible. Since we started offering HTTPS Everywhere, the battle to encrypt the web has made leaps and bounds: what was once a challenging technical argument is now a ma...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/why-eff-flew-plane-over-apples-headquarters" target="frame0">Why EFF Flew a Plane Over Apple\'s Headquarters</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Jason Kelley)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:23:16 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('For the last month, civil liberties and human rights organizations, researchers, and customers have demanded that Apple cancel its plan to install photo-scanning software onto devices. This software poses an enormous danger to privacy and security. Apple has heard the message, and announced that it would delay the system while consulting with various groups about its impact. But in order to trust ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/how-californias-broadband-infrastructure-law-promotes-local-choice" target="frame0">How California’s Broadband Infrastructure Law Promotes Local Choice</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Ernesto Falcon)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:46:50 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('The legislative session has ended and Governor Newsom is expected to sign into law S.B. 4 and A.B. 14. These bills stand as the final pieces of the state’s new broadband infrastructure program. With a now-estimated $7.5 billion assembled between federal and state funds, California has the resources it needs to largely close the digital divide in the coming years. This program allows local cities a...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/no-tech-monopolies-dont-serve-national-security" target="frame0">No, Tech Monopolies Don’t Serve National Security</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Ernesto Falcon)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:47:29 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('In what appears to be a “throw spaghetti on the wall approach” to stopping antitrust reform targeting Big Tech, a few Members of Congress and a range of former military and intelligence officials wrote a letter asserting that these companies need to be protected for national security. It’s a spurious argument that seeks to leverage fear of China to prevent changes desperately needed for consumer c...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/whats-whatsapp-encrypted-backups" target="frame0">What’s Up with WhatsApp Encrypted Backups</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Gennie Gebhart)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:11:41 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('WhatsApp is rolling out an option for users to encrypt their message backups, and that is a big win for user privacy and security. The new feature is expected to be available for both iOS and Android “in the coming weeks.” EFF has pointed out unencrypted backups as a huge weakness for WhatsApp and for any messenger that claims to offer end-to-end encryption, and we applaud this improvement. Next, ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/catalog-carceral-surveillance-patents-arent-products-yet" target="frame0">The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Patents Aren\'t Products (Yet)</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Beryl LiptonCooper Quintin)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:22:45 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('In EFF’s Catalog of Carceral Surveillance, we explore patents filed by or awarded to prison communication technology companies Securus and Global Tel*Link in the past five years. The dystopian technology the patents describe are exploitative and dehumanizing. And if the companies transformed their patents into real products, the technology would pose extreme threats to incarcerated people and thei...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/federal-government-just-cant-get-enough-your-face" target="frame0">The Federal Government Just Can’t Get Enough of Your Face</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Chao Liu)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:52:36 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('There are more federal facial recognition technology (FRT) systems than there are federal agencies using them, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Its latest report on current and planned use of FRT by federal agencies reveals that, among the 24 agencies surveyed, there are 27 federal FRT systems. Just three agencies—the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, and...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/texas-social-media-law-not-solution-censorship" target="frame0">Texas’ Social Media Law is Not the Solution to Censorship</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Nathan Sheard)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:13:21 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('The big-name social media companies have all done a rather atrocious job of moderating user speech on their platforms. However, much like Florida\'s similarly unconstitutional attempt to address the issue (S.B. 7072), Texas\' recently enacted H.B. 20 would make the matter worse for Texans and everyone else. Signed into law by Governor Abbott last week, the Texas law prohibits platforms with more tha...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/lessons-history-afghanistan-and-dangerous-afterlives-identifying-data" target="frame0">Lessons From History: Afghanistan and the Dangerous Afterlives of Identifying Data</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Matthew Guariglia)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:34:36 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('As the United States pulled its troops out of Afghanistan after a 20-year occupation, byproducts of the prolonged deployment took on new meaning and represented a new chapter of danger for the Afghan people. For two decades, the United States spearheaded the collection of information on the people of Afghanistan, both for commonplace bureaucratic reasons like payroll and employment data—and in mas...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/surveillance-self-defense-guides-now-available-burmese" target="frame0">Surveillance Self-Defense Guides Now Available in Burmese</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Jason Kelley)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:58:13 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('As part of our goal to expand the impact of our digital security guide, Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD), we recently translated the majority of its contents into Burmese. This repository of resources on circumventing surveillance across a variety of different platforms, devices, and threat models is now available in English, and in whole or in part in 11 other languages: Amharic, Arabic, Spanish, ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/eff-and-partners-urge-council-europe-add-strong-human-rights-safeguards-final" target="frame0">EFF and Allies Urge Council of Europe to Add Strong Human Rights Safeguards Before Final Adoption of Flawed Cross Border Surveillance Treaty</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Karen Gullo)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:11:25 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('EFF, European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy &amp; Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), and other civil society organizations have worked closely on recommendations to strengthen human rights protections in a flawed international cross border police surveillance treaty drafted by the Council of Europe (CoE). At a virtual hearing today before the CoE Parliamentary...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/protestors-nationwide-rally-tell-apple-dont-break-encryption-dont-break-your" target="frame0">Protestors Nationwide Rally to Tell Apple: \"Don\'t Break Your Promise!\"</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Jason Kelley)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:06:30 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Yesterday in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, New York, and other cities across the U.S activists rallied in front of Apple stores demanding that the company fully cancel its plan to introduce surveillance software into its devices. In addition to protests at stores organized by EFF and Fight for the Future, EFF also took the message directly to Apple’s headquarters by flying a banner above the cam...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/geofence-warrants-threaten-civil-liberties-and-free-speech-rights-kenosha-and" target="frame0">Geofence Warrants Threaten Civil Liberties and Free Speech Rights in Kenosha and Nationwide</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Matthew GuarigliaMukund RathiHouston DavidsonJennifer Lynch)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:50:44 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('In the days following the police shooting of Jacob Blake on August 23, 2020, hundreds of protestors marched in the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Federal law enforcement, it turns out, collected location data on many of those protesters. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) used a series of “geofence warrants” to force Google to hand over data on people who were in the vicinity of—but...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/theother-20-year-anniversary-freedom-and-surveillance-post-911" target="frame0">The Other 20-Year Anniversary: Freedom and Surveillance Post-9/11</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cindy CohnMatthew Guariglia)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:47:22 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('The twentieth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2021 are a good time to reflect on the world we’ve built since then. Those attacks caused incalculable heartbreak, anger and fear. But by now it is clear that far too many things that were put into place in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, especially in the areas of surveillance and government secrecy, are deeply problematic for our ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/catalog-carceral-surveillance-voice-recognition-and-surveillance" target="frame0">The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Voice Recognition and Surveillance</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Beryl LiptonCooper Quintin)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('This post has been updated to provide additional context about patents and patent applications, which are indications of an entity’s interest in a particular product but not proof that the product is currently in development or available for use. You can read more about the role of patents in this series in our post, “The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Patents Aren\'t Products (Yet)” Prison tele...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/dont-stop-now-join-eff-fight-future-apple-protests-nationwide" target="frame0">Don’t Stop Now: Join EFF, Fight for the Future at Apple Protests Nationwide</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Jason Kelley)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:46:31 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('We’re winning—but we can’t let up the pressure. Apple has delayed their plan to install dangerous mass surveillance software onto their devices, but we need them to cancel the program entirely. Next week, just before Apple’s big iPhone launch event, we need your help to make sure the company does the right thing.  Activists from EFF, Fight for the Future, and other digital civil liberties organiza...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/prison-surveillance-catalog-prison-gaming-and-arvr-services" target="frame0">The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Prison Gaming and AR/VR Services</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cooper QuintinBeryl Lipton)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:39:32 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('This post has been updated to provide additional context about patents and patent applications, which are indications of an entity’s interest in a particular product but not proof that the product is currently in development or available for use. You can read more about the role of patents in this series in our post, “The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Patents Aren\'t Products (Yet)” No matter h...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-activists-lead-protest-demanding-apple-cancel-iphone-scanning-program-and-keep" target="frame0">EFF Activists To Lead Protest Demanding Apple Cancel iPhone Scanning Program and Keep Its Privacy Promises To Customers</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Karen Gullo)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:51:48 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Demonstrations Planned at Apple Stores in San Francisco, Boston, Portland, and AtlantaSan Francisco—Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) activists will lead a protest on Monday, September 13, at 6 pm PT, demanding Apple drop its planned iPhone surveillance software program, which will endanger the privacy and security of its customers and open a backdoor to increased surveillance around the world....');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/eff-court-foia-requires-ice-release-arrest-and-deportation-database-records" target="frame0">EFF to Court: FOIA Requires ICE to Release Arrest and Deportation Database Records With Privacy Protections</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Aaron MackeyMukund Rathi)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 08 Sep 2021 19:38:55 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('The Freedom of Information Act requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to disclose deidentified data that would enable greater public oversight of the agency while protecting the privacy of immigrants and others, EFF argued in an amicus brief filed last month in federal court. The case, ACLU v. ICE, centers on a request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to obtain data fr...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/eff-council-europe-cross-border-police-surveillance-treaty-must-have-ironclad" target="frame0">EFF to Council of Europe: Cross Border Police Surveillance Treaty Must Have Ironclad Safeguards to Protect Individual Rights and Users’ Data</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Katitza Rodriguez)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:56:43 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('This is the third post in a series about recommendations EFF, EDRi, CIPPIC, Derechos Digitales, TEDIC, Karisma Foundation, and other civil society organizations have submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which is currently reviewing the Protocol, to amend the text before its final approval in the fall. Read the full series here, here, here and here. Governments a...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/catalog-prison-surveillance-mobile-correctional-facility-robots" target="frame0">The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Mobile Correctional Facility Robots</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cooper QuintinBeryl Lipton)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:52:18 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('This post has been updated to provide additional context about patents and patent applications, which are indications of an entity’s interest in a particular product but not proof that the product is currently in development or available for use. You can read more about the role of patents in this series in our post, “The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Patents Aren\'t Products (Yet)” There are t...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/uncovering-incarceration-tech-introducing-catalog-prison-surveillance" target="frame0">The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Exploring the Future of Incarceration Technology</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cooper QuintinBeryl Lipton)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:57:11 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('This post has been updated to provide additional context about patents and patent applications, which are indications of an entity’s interest in a particular product but not proof that the product is currently in development or available for use. You can read more about the role of patents in this series in our post, “The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Patents Aren\'t Products (Yet)” Prison tech...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/prison-surveillance-catalog-monitoring-online-purchases-inmates-family-and-friends" target="frame0">The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Monitoring Online Purchases of Inmates’ Family and Friends</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cooper QuintinBeryl Lipton)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:51:28 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('This post has been updated to provide additional context about patents and patent applications, which are indications of an entity’s interest in a particular product but not proof that the product is currently in development or available for use. You can read more about the role of patents in this series in our post, “The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Patents Aren\'t Products (Yet)” Prison ward...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/video-briefing-wednesday-eff-and-partners-will-deliver-apple-petitions-50000" target="frame0">Video Briefing Wednesday: EFF and Partners Will Deliver to Apple Petitions with 50,000 Signatures Demanding End to Phone Scanning Program</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Karen Gullo)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:22:12 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Apple Customers Tell Tech Giant: Don’t Scan Our PhonesSan Francisco—On Wednesday, September 8, at 9 am PT, internationally renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier and EFF Policy Analyst Joe Mullin will speak on a panel with digital rights activists delivering petitions with more than 50,000 signatures calling on Apple to cancel its iPhone surveillance software program. The briefing will be h...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/delays-arent-good-enough-apple-must-abandon-its-surveillance-plans" target="frame0">Delays Aren\'t Good Enough—Apple Must Abandon Its Surveillance Plans</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cindy Cohn)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:56:29 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Apple announced today that it would “take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements” to a program that will weaken privacy and security on iPhones and other products. EFF is pleased Apple is now listening to the concerns of customers, researchers, civil liberties organizations, human rights activists, LGBTQ people, youth representatives, and other groups, about ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/without-changes-council-europes-draft-police-surveillance-treaty-pernicious" target="frame0">Without Changes, Council of Europe’s Draft Police Surveillance Treaty is a Pernicious Influence on Latam Legal Privacy Frameworks</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Veridiana AlimontiKaren Gullo)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:18:00 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('This is the second post in a series about recommendations EFF, European Digital Rights, the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy &amp; Public Interest Clinic, and other civil society organizations have submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which is currently reviewing the Protocol, to amend the text before its final approval in the fall. The Council of Euro...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/introducing-apkeep-eff-threat-labs-new-apk-downloader" target="frame0">Introducing “apkeep,” EFF Threat Lab’s new APK Downloader</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Bill Budington)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 03 Sep 2021 00:01:14 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('To track state-sponsored malware and combat the stalkerware of abusive partners, you need tools. Safe, reliable, and fast tools. That’s why EFF’s Threat Lab is proud to announce our very own tool to download Android APK files, apkeep. This enables users to download an Android APK or number of APKs directly from the command-line—either from the Google Play Store (with Google credentials) or from a ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/new-texas-abortion-law-likely-unleash-torrent-lawsuits-against-online-education" target="frame0">New Texas Abortion Law Likely to Unleash a Torrent of Lawsuits Against Online Education, Advocacy and Other Speech</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(David GreeneCindy CohnCorynne McSherrySophia Cope)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:47:54 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('In addition to the drastic restrictions it places on a woman’s reproductive and medical care rights, the new Texas abortion law, SB8, will have devastating effects on online speech.  The law creates a cadre of bounty hunters who can use the courts to punish and silence anyone whose online advocacy, education, and other speech about abortion draws their ire. It will undoubtedly lead to a torrent of...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/victory-federal-trade-commission-bans-stalkerware-company-conducting-business" target="frame0">Victory! Federal Trade Commission Bans Stalkerware Company from Conducting Business</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Bill BudingtonEva Galperin)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:50:10 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('In a major victory in our campaign to stop stalkerware, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today banned the Android app company Support King and its CEO Scott Zuckerman, developers of SpyFone, from the surveillance business. The stalkerware app secretly “harvested and shared data on people’s physical movements, phone use and online activities through a hidden device hack,” according to the FTC. Th...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/court-ruling-against-locast-gets-law-wrong-lets-giant-broadcast-networks-control" target="frame0">Court Ruling Against Locast Gets the Law Wrong; Lets Giant Broadcast Networks Control Where and How People Watch Free TV</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Karen GulloMitch Stoltz)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:07:41 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('In a blow to millions of people who rely on local television broadcasts, a federal court ruled yesterday that the nonprofit TV-streaming service Locast is not protected by an exception to copyright created by Congress to ensure that every American has access to their local stations. Locast is evaluating the ruling and considering its next steps. The ruling, by a judge in the U.S. District Court fo...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/25000-eff-supporters-have-told-apple-not-scan-their-phones" target="frame0">25,000 EFF Supporters Have Told Apple Not To Scan Their Phones</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Jason Kelley)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:13:15 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Over the weekend, our petition to Apple asking the company not to install surveillance software in every iPhone hit an important milestone: 25,000 signatures. We plan to deliver this petition to Apple soon; and the more individuals who sign, the more impact it will have. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has voiced their concerns about this dangerous plan.  SIGN THE PETITION TELL APPLE: DON\'T...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/vaccine-passport-missteps-we-should-not-repeat" target="frame0">Vaccine Passport Missteps We Should Not Repeat</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Alexis HancockAdam SchwartzJon Callas)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:58:41 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Vaccine mandates are becoming increasingly urgent from public health officials and various governments. As they roll out, we must protect users of vaccine passports and those who do not want to use—or cannot use—a digitally scannable means to prove vaccination. We cannot let the tools used to fight for public health be subverted into systems to perpetuate inequity or as cover for unrelated, unnece...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/starve-beast-monopoly-power-and-political-corruption" target="frame0">Starve the Beast: Monopoly Power and Political Corruption</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cory Doctorow)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:54:13 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Docket of the Living Dead In 2017, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai - a former Verizon lawyer appointed by Donald Trump - announced his intention to dismantle the Commission’s hard-won 2015 Network Neutrality regulation. The 2015 order owed its existence to people like you, millions of us who submitted comments to the FCC demanding commonsense protection from predatory ISPs. Aft...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/federal-circuit-has-another-chance-get-it-right-software-copyright" target="frame0">The Federal Circuit Has Another Chance to Get it Right on Software Copyright</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Corynne McSherry)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:08:46 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('When it comes to software, it seems that no matter how many times a company loses on a clearly wrong copyright claim, it will soldier on—especially if it can find a path to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Federal Circuit is supposed to be almost entirely focused on patent cases, but a party can make sure its copyright claims are heard there too by simply including patent cla...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/victory-lawsuit-proceeds-against-clearviews-face-surveillance" target="frame0">Victory! Lawsuit Proceeds Against Clearview’s Face Surveillance</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Adam Schwartz)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:10:40 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Face surveillance is a growing menace to racial justice, privacy, and free speech. So EFF supports laws that ban government use of this dangerous technology, and laws requiring corporations to get written opt-in consent from a person before collecting their faceprint. One of the worst offenders is Clearview AI, which extracts faceprints from billions of people without their consent and uses these ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/eff-council-europe-flawed-cross-border-police-surveillance-treaty-needs-fixing" target="frame0">EFF to Council of Europe: Flawed Cross Border Police Surveillance Treaty Needs Fixing—Here Are Our Recommendations to Strengthen Privacy and Data Protections Across the World</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Karen GulloKatitza Rodriguez)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:10:27 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('EFF has joined European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy &amp; Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), and other civil society organizations in recommending 20 solid, comprehensive steps to strengthen human rights protections in the new cross border surveillance draft treaty that is under review by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The recomm...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-scan-photos-messages-turns-young-people-privacy-pawns" target="frame0">Apple’s Plan to Scan Photos in Messages Turns Young People Into Privacy Pawns</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Jason Kelley)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:45:23 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('This month, Apple announced several new features under the auspices of expanding its protections for young people, at least two of which seriously walk back the company’s longstanding commitment to protecting user privacy. One of the plans—scanning photos sent to and from child accounts in Messages—breaks Apple’s promise to offer end-to-end encryption in messaging. And when such promises are broke...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/facebooks-secret-war-switching-costs" target="frame0">Facebook’s Secret War on Switching Costs</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Cory Doctorow)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:30:12 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('When the FTC filed its amended antitrust complaint against Facebook in mid-August, we read it with interest. FTC Chair Lina Khan rose to fame with a seminal analysis of the monopolistic tactics of Amazon, another Big Tech giant, when she was just a law student, and we anticipated that the amended complaint would make a compelling case that Facebook had violated antitrust law. Much of the coverage ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/digital-rights-updates-effector-335" target="frame0">Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 33.5</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Christian Romero)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 26 Aug 2021 23:41:15 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Want the latest news on your digital rights? Then you\'re in luck! Version 33, issue 5 of EFFector, our monthly-ish email newsletter, is out now! Catch up on rising issues in online security, privacy, and free expression with EFF by reading our newsletter or listening to the new audio version below. Listen on YouTube EFFECTOR 33.05 - Apple\'s Plan to \"Think Different\" about Encryption opens a backdo...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/when-it-comes-antitrust-its-all-connected" target="frame0">When It Comes to Antitrust, It’s All Connected</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Katharine Trendacosta)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 26 Aug 2021 22:27:36 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('A knife was stuck in antitrust in the 1980s and it bled out for the next 40 years. By the 1990s, the orthodox view of antitrust went like this: horizontal monopolies are bad, but vertical monopolies are efficient. In other words, it was bad for consumers when one company was the single source for a good or service, but if a company wanted to own every step in the chain, that was fine. Good, even. ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/chicago-inspector-general-police-use-shotspotter-justify-illegal-stop-and-frisks" target="frame0">Chicago Inspector General: Using ShotSpotter Does Not Justify Crime Fighting Utility</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Matthew GuarigliaAdam Schwartz)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:10:47 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('ˀThe Chicago Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a highly critical report on the Chicago Police Department’s use of ShotSpotter, a surveillance technology that relies on a combination of artificial intelligence and human “acoustic experts” to purportedly identify and locate gunshots based on a network of high-powered microphones located on some of the city’s streets. The OIG report ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/onlyfans-content-creators-are-latest-victims-financial-censorship" target="frame0">OnlyFans Content Creators Are the Latest Victims of Financial Censorship </a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Marta Belcher)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:59:44 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Update (8/26/21): Victory! OnlyFans has reversed course and suspended its plans to ban sexually explicit content, saying it has “secured assurances necessary” from banking partners and payout providers to enable it to continue to serve all creators. We hope that financial institutions will take note that it is unacceptable to censor constitutionally protected legal speech by threatening to shut do...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/aclu-advocate-reining-government-use-face-surveillance-champion-privacy-rights" target="frame0">ACLU Advocate Reining in Government Use of Face Surveillance, Champion of Privacy Rights Research, and Data Security Trainer Protecting Black Communities Named Recipients of EFF’s Pioneer Award</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Karen Gullo)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:16:11 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Virtual Ceremony September 16 Will Honor Kade Crockford, Pam Dixon, and Matt MitchellSan Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce that Kade Crockford, Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, Pam Dixon, executive director and founder of World Privacy Forum, and Matt Mitchell, founder of CryptoHarlem, are recipients of the 2021 Pi...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/new-writing-and-management-role-effs-fundraising-team" target="frame0">New Writing and Management Role on EFF\'s Fundraising Team</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(rainey Reitman)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:52:02 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('Calling all writers! If you are passionate about civil liberties and technology, we have an awesome opportunity for you. We are hiring for a newly-created role of Associate Director of Institutional Support. This senior role will manage the messaging and strategy behind EFF’s foundation grants and corporate support. It’s a chance to join the fun, fearless team that introduces funders to the work E...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/eff-joins-global-coalition-asking-apple-ceo-tim-cook-stop-phone-scanning" target="frame0">EFF Joins Global Coalition Asking Apple CEO Tim Cook to Stop Phone-Scanning</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Joe Mullin)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 19 Aug 2021 23:51:52 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('EFF has joined the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and more than 90 other organizations to send a letter urging Apple CEO Tim Cook to stop the company’s plans to weaken privacy and security on Apple’s iPhones and other products. JOIN THE NATIONWIDE PROTEST TELL APPLE: DON\'T SCAN OUR PHONES “Though these capabilities are intended to protect children and to reduce the spread of child sexua...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/illinois-bought-invasive-phone-location-data-banned-broker-safegraph" target="frame0">Illinois Bought Invasive Phone Location Data From Banned Broker Safegraph</a> <span class="rss-item-auth">(Bennett CyphersJason Kelley)</span><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:08:53 +0000</span><br />');
document.write('The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) purchased access to precise geolocation data about over 40% of the state’s population from Safegraph, the controversial data broker recently banned from Google’s app store. The details of this transaction are described in publicly-available documents obtained by EFF.  In an agreement signed in January 2019, IDOT paid $49,500 for access to two years’...');
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