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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 week ago

No Walled Gardens. No Gilded Cages.

Sometimes technology feels like a gilded cage, and you're not the one holding the key. Most people can't live off the grid, so how do we stop data brokers who track and exploit you for money? Tech companies that distort what you see and hear? Governments that restrict, censor, and intimidate? No one can do it alone, but EFF was built to protect your rights.
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fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

The EFF turns 35, but there's plenty more to do

The organization has since been prominent in some of the most important legal battles for privacy, online operations, and legislative correction.
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fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that's illegal.

SMUD's disclosures invade the privacy of customers' homes. The whole exercise is the digital equivalent of a door-to-door search of an entire city. The home lies at the 'core' of constitutional protections.
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fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Judge denies creating "mass surveillance program" harming all ChatGPT users

The discovery order raises significant concerns about user privacy and corporate surveillance related to AI chatbots.
Artificial intelligence
fromIT Pro
3 months ago

A decade-long ban on AI laws is a "terrible idea" for everyone but big tech, critics claim

A proposed ban on state AI regulations for ten years is criticized for reflecting big tech lobbying and risks public safety.
fromwww.miamiherald.com
3 months ago

Planning a trip abroad? Here's how to protect the data on your devices at U.S. border searches

When entering the United States through an airport or seaport, your electronic devices can be subject to search by Customs and Border Protection.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago

Angel Island exhibit explores border surveillance tech

"It is an one-on-one nutshell education about the reality of all the surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border, how it functions, what type of equipment is there and how it's impacting real people's lives at the border," said Matthew Guariglia."
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