Below are posts associated with the “EFF” tag.
🔗 linkblog: Police Are Still Abusing Investigative Exemptions to Shield Surveillance Tech, While Others Move Towards Transparency | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Who is allowed to watch the watchmen? This is why I’m grumpy about Lexington being hush hush about its new automated license plate readers—it sets a precedent for secretive use of even more invasive surveillance.
🔗 linkblog: Facebook Says Apple is Too Powerful. They're Right. | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Doctorow is spot on here. Apple may be the most benevolent of the big tech companies, but it still has far too much power over its users.
🔗 linkblog: Senator Declares Amazon Ring's Audio Surveillance Capabilities 'Threaten the Public' | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
I’ve been plenty spooked by Ring’s video capabilities, but apparently I haven’t been worried enough about its audio surveillance.
🔗 linkblog: EFF’s Flagship Jewel v. NSA Dragnet Spying Case Rejected by the Supreme Court | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Disappointing news, but glad for the fight that the EFF and others are waging.
🔗 linkblog: How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
The only thing worse than the already-bad reality of powerful, private data brokers is public agencies buying what they have to sell.
🔗 linkblog: Twitter Has a New Owner. Here’s What He Should Do. | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
EFF cares about and actually understands free speech and content moderation, so their voice is especially important today.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Inequitable Access: An Anti-Competitive Scheme by Textbook Publishers | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
OER forever. This article makes me sad.