The DEF CON Beard and Mustache Contest is back on the Contest Stage this Friday from 13:00-15:00. The judges are susceptible to flattery, donations to EFF, and a touching facial hair origin story. defcon.org/html/defcon...
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By creating special rules only for minors, this bill pushes AI companies toward age verification—meaning more data collection, not less. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox
The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would require AI companies to create kids-only privacy rules and implement so-called “safe design features,”
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KOSA. The SCREEN Act. The CHATBOT Act. The Youth AI Privacy Act. Four different bills, with the same flawed approach: more surveillance, more data collection, and less privacy online. Tell the Senate to reject all four. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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Millions of people rely on anonymous access to lawful online speech. This week, the Senate is looking at four bills that could vastly expand age verification and make anonymous internet use much harder. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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Four bills up for a Senate vote on Wednesday would push websites and apps to collect more personal information, putting privacy and anonymous access to lawful speech at risk. Tell your Senators to reject them today: www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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The Senate Commerce Committee is about to vote on four bills that could put much of the Internet behind privacy-invasive age gates. We need your help to stop them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote this week on several censorious and privacy invasive bills: KOSA, the SCREEN Act, Youth AI Privacy Act, and CHATBOT Act. While we appreciate that the Committee
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AI-driven surveillance pricing is predatory and needs to be stopped. Join our livestream to learn how you can defend your own privacy—live Q&A included! eff.org/livestream-sai
“Stealth crawlers” are simply automated tools to access and collect public web data without disclosing the user’s identity. Crawlers like these facilitate all kinds of important work that benefits the public, like investigative reporting and EFF’s own Privacy Badger. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to
EFF joined a group of 18 civil society organizations to send a letter encouraging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to Senate Bill 9934A, the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act. The letter
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You might be a 1337 hacker, but can you obtain a glorious beard by Friday? Join us at the DEF CON Beard and Mustache Contest on the Contest Stage from 13:00-15:00. All are welcome to spectate (and participate!) defcon.org/html/defcon...
Developers beware: these ad-tracking libraries will give up your users’ location data by default to third parties. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Developers: Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Your Users’ Location
An EFF investigation identified several advertising software development kits (SDKs) that publicly acknowledge collecting and sharing users’ location by default when embedded in apps granted location
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Just because you're missing this year's Las Vegas security conferences doesn't mean you can't keep your EFF wardrobe up to date! For a limited time you can grab our latest #DEFCON t-shirt: Many Hands Make Light Work. eff.org/vv
KOSA doesn't just threaten free speech—it threatens privacy. It will push more online services to age verification, requiring people to hand over more personal information just to read the internet. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks
The Senate Commerce Committee is once again considering legislation that would dramatically expand age verification, and undermine privacy for everyone. Alongside the SCREEN Act, the CHATBOT Act, and
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Got burning questions for EFF? Our lawyers, activists, and technologists have answers! Stop by our Ask EFF panel today at 2:00 pm PT at #BSidesLV in Florentine F, Common Ground 🖤 www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
ICYMI, EFF now has a suite of podcasts, including EFFector and EFFecting Change! You can subscribe to stay on top of digital rights issues 🎙️ eff.org/podcast
Keep Up on Digital Rights with EFF Podcasts
As the organization that saved podcasting from a patent troll, of course we have a few podcasts of our own! They're the perfect way to stay up-to-date on the fight for privacy and free speech online.
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In the scorching heat of every Las Vegas summer, EFF joins thousands of hackers and security researchers for #DEFCON, #BlackHatUSA, and #BSidesLV. While companies align with governments to target the people, our community is harnessing technology to fight back. Will you lend your support? eff.org/vv
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Should you have to prove your age before you can read or speak online? KOSA would pressure online services to build age verification systems that put everyone's privacy at risk. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks
The Senate Commerce Committee is once again considering legislation that would dramatically expand age verification, and undermine privacy for everyone. Alongside the SCREEN Act, the CHATBOT Act, and
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EFF joined a group of 18 civil society organizations to send a letter on Monday encouraging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to veto Senate Bill 9934A, the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to
EFF joined a group of 18 civil society organizations to send a letter encouraging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to Senate Bill 9934A, the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act. The letter
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On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online. Take one minute to tell your senators to vote NO. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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This week, the Senate Commerce Committee is considering a package of internet bills that would expand age verification and restrict online speech. The Youth AI Privacy Act is no exception. Congress should reject it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox
The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would require AI companies to create kids-only privacy rules and implement so-called “safe design features,”
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¿Vives en California? Con la herramienta DROP puedes pedirle a los 614 intermediarios de datos registrados en el estado que eliminen tu información y dejen de venderla, en un solo trámite. A partir del 1 de agosto tienen 45 días para responder. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Protege tu privacidad con la herramienta DROP de California
¿Vives en California? Entonces tenemos una buena noticia: existe una herramienta pensada justo para ti, que te permite proteger tu privacidad con un solo paso, relativamente sencillo. Se llama
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Parents should decide the right level of tech oversight for their family. Congress shouldn’t mandate one model for everyone. But that’s the model of the CHATBOT Act. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The CHATBOT Act Forces One Parenting Model On Every Family
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing education, and the way people search for information. Parents, teenagers, teachers, and schools are struggling with tough questions about when AI should,
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Showing your ID to a bartender isn’t the same as uploading your ID online and having it saved in a database. If the SCREEN Act passes, that’s what many adults will have to do to see lawful content online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually
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Come play poker for digital rights at DEF CON this Friday. The @eff.org Benefit Poker Tournament is Aug 7, noon, Horseshoe Poker Room, Vegas. Total novices are especially welcome; the room is safe, respectful, and the dealers teach. Bring one curious friend. eff.org/poker
Betting on Your Digital Rights: EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON 34
The EFF Benefit Poker Tournament is back for DEF CON 34! Your buy-in is paired with a donation to support EFF’s mission to protect online privacy and free expression for all. Play for glory. Play for ...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 6d agoHacker Summer Camp is almost here... and with it comes the Fifth Annual EFF Benefit Poker Tournament @defcon.bsky.social hosted by security expert @tarah.org. Join us on August 7 at the Horseshoe Poker Room and take home new prizes, including bug bounty pins! eff.org/poker
La Junta de Supervisores de San Francisco postergó su voto de apoyo a la AB 2654, que prohibiría los "precios de vigilancia": cobrarte distinto según los datos personales que las empresas recolectan de ti. EFF les pide reconsiderar y no ceder ante la presión de la Cámara de Comercio.
San Francisco: no caigas en la defensa de la industria a los precios de vigilancia
El concepto de “precios de vigilancia” (surveillance pricing) es solo una parte de un problema y modelo de negocio mucho más amplio: las corporaciones que maximizan sus ganancias invadiendo nuestra pr...
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Check out this clip and make sure you search the Atlas of Surveillance to see what surveillance technologies are being used in your community. www.atlasofsurveillance.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 2d ago"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
TODAY - 11 am PT @ #BSidesLV in Florentine F, Common Ground: "Privacy's Defenders: How Hackers Helped and Can Do So Again" featuring former EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
AI needs to be developed and used in ways that respect fundamental rights and work for those who build it, use it, and are affected by it. Find out more at our livestream followed by Q&A eff.org/livestream-sai
AI can help or harm people, and EFF was created to make sure it helps. Join EFF live in conversation with Cory Doctorow on August 12. eff.org/livestream-sai