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Deeplinks Blog by Thorin Klosowski | October 11, 2024

Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?

A mobile driver’s license (often called an mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. In theory, it would work wherever your regular ID works—TSA, liquor stores, to pick up a prescription, or to get into a bar. This sounds...

Deeplinks Blog by Josh Richman | October 11, 2024

Podcast Episode Rerelease: So You Think You’re A Critical Thinker

This episode was first released in March 2023.With this year’s election just weeks away, concerns about disinformation and conspiracy theories are on the rise. We covered this issue in a really enlightening talk in March 2023 with Alice Marwick, the director of research at Data &...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo | October 10, 2024

New IPANDETEC Report Shows Panama’s ISPs Still Lag in Protecting User Data

Telecom and internet service providers in Panama are entrusted with the personal data of millions of users. Digital rights organization IPANDETEC has evaluated how well companies have lived up to their responsibilities in ¿Quien Defiende Tus Datos? (“Who Defends Your Data?”) reports.

Deeplinks Blog by Guest Author, Cindy Cohn | October 9, 2024

Election Security: When to Worry, When to Not

Everyone wants an election that is secure and reliable and that will ensure that the voters’ actual choices are reflected in the results. That’s as true as we head into the 2024 U.S. general elections as it always has been.

Event | October 30, 2024

EFA Video Conference: Advocacy with New Representatives

Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) Videoconferences are an opportunity for local grassroots groups to share their work, offer mutual support, and participate in exclusive talks and workshops on digital rights issues. These events are only open to EFA member groups, but membership is open to applications for qualifying...

Event | October 16, 2024

EFA Video Conference: AI Discrimination

Deeplinks Blog by Mario Trujillo, Jason Kelley | October 9, 2024

A Sale of 23andMe’s Data Would Be Bad for Privacy. Here’s What Customers Can Do.

The CEO of 23andMe has recently said she’d consider selling the genetic genealogy testing company–and with it, the sensitive DNA data that it’s collected, and stored, from many of its 15 million customers. Customers and their relatives are rightly concerned.

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin, Cindy Cohn | October 9, 2024

Salt Typhoon Hack Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only For The "Good Guys"

At EFF we’ve long noted that you cannot build a backdoor that only lets in good guys and not bad guys. Over the weekend, we saw another example of this.

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington | October 8, 2024

FTC Findings on Commercial Surveillance Can Lead to Better Alternatives

The significance of the FTC staff report comes not only from the abuses they have meticulously documented, but the policy and technological possibilities that can follow from the willingness to embrace alternatives.

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | October 8, 2024

The X Corp. Shutdown in Brazil: What We Can Learn

The feud between X Corp. and Brazil’s Supreme Court continues to drag on.

Deeplinks Blog by Svea Windwehr | October 7, 2024

Germany Rushes to Expand Biometric Surveillance

Germany is a leader in privacy and data protection, with many Germans being particularly sensitive to the processing of their personal data – owing to the country’s totalitarian history and the role of surveillance in both Nazi Germany and East Germany.

Deeplinks Blog by Molly Buckley | October 4, 2024

EFF to Fifth Circuit: Age Verification Laws Will Hurt More Than They Help

EFF, along with the ACLU and the ACLU of Mississippi, filed an amicus brief on Thursday asking a federal appellate court to continue to block Mississippi’s HB 1126—a bill that imposes age verification mandates on social media services across the internet.

Deeplinks Blog by Christopher Vines | October 4, 2024

Digital Inclusion Week, Highlighting CCTV Cambridge's Digital Equity Work

In honor of Digital Inclusion Week, October 7-11th 2024, it’s an honor to uplift one of our Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) members who is doing great work making sure technology benefits everyone by addressing the digital divide: CCTV Cambridge.

Deeplinks Blog by Christopher Vines | October 4, 2024

Join the Movement for Public Broadband in PDX

Did you know the City of Portland, Oregon, already owns and operates a fiber-optic broadband network? It's called IRNE (Integrated Regional Network Enterprise), and despite having it in place Portlanders are forced to pay through the nose for internet access because of a lack of meaningful competition. Even after 24...

Event | October 15, 2024

Applying Inter-American Human Rights Standards to Government Use of AI

We are excited to invite you to join EFF in the launch of our new report on government use of AI and Inter-American Human Rights Standards. We'll discuss what countries in the region should consider as public institutions decide whether and how to implement algorithmic systems for determinations that affect...

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Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?

Podcast Episode Rerelease: So You Think You’re A Critical Thinker

New IPANDETEC Report Shows Panama’s ISPs Still Lag in Protecting User Data

Election Security: When to Worry, When to Not

EFA Video Conference: Advocacy with New Representatives

EFA Video Conference: AI Discrimination

A Sale of 23andMe’s Data Would Be Bad for Privacy. Here’s What Customers Can Do.

Salt Typhoon Hack Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only For The "Good Guys"

FTC Findings on Commercial Surveillance Can Lead to Better Alternatives

The X Corp. Shutdown in Brazil: What We Can Learn

Germany Rushes to Expand Biometric Surveillance

EFF to Fifth Circuit: Age Verification Laws Will Hurt More Than They Help

Digital Inclusion Week, Highlighting CCTV Cambridge's Digital Equity Work

Join the Movement for Public Broadband in PDX

Applying Inter-American Human Rights Standards to Government Use of AI

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