Privacy & Governance

Proofpoint to Acquire Varonis in a $6.3 Billion Transaction

We’re Asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to End Warrantless ALPR Searches

Today, EFF joined the ACLU of Wisconsin in filing a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, asking it to rule that the state’s co…

DHS Inspector General Finds That TSA is Not Properly Safeguarding Passenger Facial Recognition Data

EFF legal intern Gabrielle Ladun was the principal author of this post.  The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector G…

🗣 A Victory for Freedom of Speech Online | EFFector 38.18

No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Re…

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at ATTENTION: Democracy, Rebuilt in Montreal, Canad…

The Future of AI Cryptanalysis

Matthew Green has been writing a rather pessimistic series of posts about the potential for AI systems to vastly outperform humans…

Cyberattack on Connected Fridges in France

Another IoT cyberattack, this one in France: Hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrige…

As Federal Court Rules ALPRs are Mass Surveillance, EFF Gets Disappointing Ruling

In an extremely disappointing ruling, a California trial court dismissed SIREN v. San Jose, our case challenging the city of San J…

Healthcare Sees No Relief from Cyberattacks Disrupting Patient Care

Healthcare Cyberattacks Hit Harder, Cost More

Privacy's Defenders Podcast: No Privacy Without Encryption

When we communicate online today – from your personal emails and DMs to secure international commerce – we usually do so with encr…

FBI Arrests Suspect in FBI-Hacking Case

In September, hackers from a group called ShinyHunters announced that they stole a trove of FBI data about its own agents. It was…

The Hidden AI Security Risks Threatening Businesses

Resisting the Menace of Federal Data Consolidation

In the past two years, the federal government has unlawfully consolidated data exposing our private information.  This consolidati…

Friday Squid Blogging: I Caught a Squid

On Wednesday I spent a day fishing, on a small boat out of Gloucester, MA. We caught many cod (none of which we could keep), and a…

Organizing in the Town at Oakland Tech Week

EFF was thrilled to join organizers, advocates, and activists in the East Bay for the second annual Oakland Tech Week last week. W…

Turkish Crackdown On LGBTQ+ Organizations Threatens Freedom of Expression and Association

EFF strongly condemns Turkey’s state-led discriminatory, oppressive attacks on feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations, media platforms,…

When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information

This post was co-authored by Sheila B. Lalwani, a doctorate student and recent COMPASS Fellow hosted by EFF. Age verification prop…

It's DAF Day! Wait...What's a DAF?

Today is DAF Day! This event highlights the millions of donor-advised funds (DAFs) people have set up to make charitable donations…

How Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators

This essay was written with Seva Gunitsky, and originally appeared in Foreign Affairs. Two weeks after Moscow’s full-scale invasio…

Apple’s Verified Photography System

Apple just released a system called “Reference Image.” It can verify the image is exactly as taken by an iPhone—new models only—wi…

Possible Vulnerability in Apple’s Automatic Reboot

404Media is reporting (alternate link) that a cyber-weapons arms manufacturer is exploiting a vulnerability in iOS to bypass its a…

Another Historic Cipher Falls to AI

This one is from 1809, written by Napoleon’s nephew.

Friday Squid Blogging: EU is Trying to Fight Unregulated Squid Fishing

The EU is recommending import controls to combat unregulated squid fishing in the Southwest Atlantic. I’m not optimistic. As usual…

Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s Name

There has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Fore…

Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs

Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep.…

Victory! Court Rejects Government Effort to Dismiss Social Media Surveillance Lawsuit

Judge Allows Social Media Surveillance Lawsuit Against Trump Administration to Move Forward NEW YORK — A lawsuit filed by three…

Unidentified Flock Cameras in Florida

St. Lucie County in Florida discovered (alt link) a dozen Flock cameras whose ownership it can’t identify, and that the county gov…

Ola Bini Ordered to Leave Ecuador Under Obscure Accusations

In a new blow to Ola Bini’s legal guarantees, Ecuadorean authorities retained the free software developer and security expert yest…

How American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools

This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The Guardian. New campaign finance disclosure data shine…