Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)

The Five Eyes and friends released a statement repeating their demand for backdoors into e2e encryption, so we're repeating why its a terrible idea. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/12/fancy-new-terms-same-old-backdoors-encryption-debate-2019

Bad idea. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/online-content-policy-modernization-act-unconstitutional-mess

La aprobación apresurada de las reformas a la Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor en México, a mitad de la pandemia y sin consultas ni debates adecuados, perpetúa la negación de la soberanía mexicana.

https://www.eff.org/es/deeplinks/2020/07/mexicos-new-copyright-law-undermines-mexicos-national-sovereignty-continuing

On Tuesday, the Brazilian Senate is scheduled to vote on a “fake news” bill that will undermine human rights. [1/6] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/5-serious-flaws-new-brazilian-fake-news-bill-will-undermine-human-rights

Have legal needs as a result of your participation in protests? Send us an email at info@eff.org and we may be able to help find you pro bono representation.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/eff-offering-assistance-attorney-referrals-protesters

Do you represent an organization that would be impacted by the sale of the .ORG domain registry? Join the fight to #savedotorg! https://act.eff.org/action/help-stop-the-sale-of-public-interest-registry-to-a-private-equity-firm

What reasonable steps can you take to protect yourself from surveillance? Start with understanding how tracking works, taking a careful look at your browser, and considering extensions. https://www.theguardian.com/world/askjack/2019/dec/05/how-do-i-protect-my-online-privacy-from-surveillance-capitalism

Phishing attacks can trick you into giving up information or installing malware on your device. Our malware guide can help you learn to identify phishing attacks when you see them. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-avoid-phishing-attacks

Twitter, Google, and Facebook can and should make changes to prevent the use of their advertising tools from distorting the political process.

But moderating content—including advertising—at scale is a difficult and unsolved problem.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/three-political-ad-policies-and-no-good-answers

Ahead of the December expiration of key elements of the Patriot Act, @eff has teamed up with a number of other organizations to launch http://Reform215.org as a home for demands and actions concerning mass surveillance. https://Reform215.org

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Partnerships between Amazon's Ring and police expand government surveillance, degrade public trust, breed paranoia, and deny citizens transparency.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/five-concerns-about-amazon-rings-deals-police

Wondering if a law enforcement agency near you has partnered with Amazon Ring, which lets police automatically request some homeowner videos?

There's now a map of each partnership: https://beta.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/28/doorbell-camera-firm-ring-has-partnered-with-police-forces-extending-surveillance-reach/

ICANN, domain name companies shouldn’t be arbiters of Internet content. New ICANN rules open the door to censorship for nonprofits that strive to hold powerful corporations and governments accountable, @mitchstoltz says on Domain Name Wire podcast. https://domainnamewire.com/category/podcasts/

Organizing friends, neighbors, allies, classmates, or colleagues to defend digital rights in your community? We can help. https://www.eff.org/EFA-FAQ

“Backdoors will leave America less safe...If you want the strongest security in America you have to be for strong encryption and no backdoors!”

Thanks for defending strong encryption at #DEFCON27 and on Capitol Hill, Sen. @RonWyden. https://t.co/FkF65wAK68

Victory! Federal appellate court allows lawsuit against Facebook for its face surveillance of users to move forward. https://www.eff.org/document/patel-v-facebook-9th-cir-2019

We've updated our #NetNeutrality Defense Guide for 2019! Use it to stand up for a free and open Internet. https://www.eff.org/net-neutrality-defense-2019-edition

Vea la conferencia de prensa de la EFF desde Ecuador sobre nuestros hallazgos en el caso del desarrollador sueco de software de código abierto Ola Bini https://youtu.be/AIxBBzFYBj4

Google’s plans for Chrome extensions won’t help security—but they will crush innovation around privacy and security. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/googles-plans-chrome-extensions-wont-really-help-security