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Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Kit Walsh, Mitch Stoltz, Parker Higgins | October 27, 2015

Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses

The new rules for exemptions to copyright's DRM-circumvention laws were issued today, and the Librarian of Congress has granted much of what EFF asked for over the course of months of extensive briefs and hearings. The exemptions we requested—ripping DVDs and Blurays for making fair use remixes...

Press Release | October 27, 2015

EFF Wins Petition to Inspect and Modify Car Software

Washington, D.C. - The Librarian of Congress has granted security researchers and others the right to inspect and modify the software in their cars and other vehicles, despite protests from vehicle manufacturers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed the request for software access as part of the complex, triennial rulemaking...

Deeplinks Blog by Mark Jaycox | October 27, 2015

EFF Opposes CISA as Final Vote Approaches

CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, advanced in a procedural vote last week and will have its final vote today, Tuesday. EFF continues to strongly oppose the bill.
Today, the bill's sponsors released an amendment previewing the final version of the bill. It's the second time in...

Event | November 5, 2015

Members-Only Speakeasy: Bay Area

On Thursday, the fifth of November, current EFF members are invited to join the staff and interns in San Francisco for a casual drink and some great conversation. Learn more about our recent work and connect with fellow supporters in the movement to protect digital innovation, privacy, and...

Press Release | October 26, 2015

EFF, ACLU Ask California Supreme Court to Order Release of Los Angeles License Plate Reader Data

San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) are urging California’s highest court to rule that license plate data, collected indiscriminately on millions of drivers by police across the state, are not investigative records and should be made available to the public.

EFF...

Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | October 26, 2015

The Zone 9 Bloggers are Free: but Ethiopia Still Thinks Digital Security is Terrorism

The last of the Zone 9 Bloggers are finally free from jail, after nearly 18 months of detention for simply speaking out online. All the bloggers were acquitted of terrorism charges by the Ethiopian courts; one blogger, Befeqadu Hailu was found guilty of a single charge of "inciting violence" as...

Press Release | October 26, 2015

Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case

Pasadena, CA - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge an appeals court Wednesday to reject the government’s attempts to block an appeal in Jewel v. NSA, EFF’s long-running lawsuit battling unconstitutional mass surveillance of Internet and phone communications. The hearing is set for 2:00 pm on October 28 before...

Event | December 3, 2015

GOTO Berlin 2015

EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian York will speak about the intersection of security and privacy.

Deeplinks Blog by Jeremy Gillula, Jeremy Malcolm | October 23, 2015

Closing the Loopholes in Europe's Net Neutrality Compromise

Since our last update on the upcoming net neutrality regulation in the European Union, a further compromise proposal has been developed, which heads to a vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday next week. On its face, the draft regulation appears to hit all the most important points, including...

Deeplinks Blog by Andrew Crocker, Parker Higgins | October 23, 2015

Apple's EULA Gives It License to Invade Your Privacy, Government Claims

Update (mere hours later): Apple filed a reply to this brief that matches our position that the government has overreached. Here's the relevant part:
The fact that Apple’s devices include software, and that such software comes with licensing requirements, does not change anything. See Reply at 13-15....

Press Release | October 23, 2015

EFF To California Supreme Court: Warrantless Searches of California’s Controlled Substance Prescription Database Threaten Patient Privacy

San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging the California Supreme Court to rule that law enforcement agents need a warrant to search records revealing which Californians were prescribed controlled substances to treat conditions such as anxiety, pain, attention disorders, and insomnia.
In an amicus brief filed...

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Apple All Writs Act (NY)

In this case, the US government is demanding Apple bypass the lock screen of a seized iPhone under the All Writs Act, a general-purpose law passed in 1789 that allows a court to require third parties’ assistance to execute a prior order of the court. As of October, 2015, Apple...

Deeplinks Blog by David Bogado, Katitza Rodriguez | October 23, 2015

Surveillance Trade Show in Mexico Raises Concerns About Latin America's Unenforced Privacy Protections

The Intelligence Support System (ISS) World Latin America Trade Show, hosted in Mexico City during October 20 to 22, where secret surveillance systems and equipment vendors gather to meet and sell their products to governments, escalates concerns surrounding increased and unchecked use of surveillance technology in Latin America.
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Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | October 23, 2015

Suing Newspapers for Rightfully Seeking Records Isn’t Cool, K.J.

The mayor of Sacramento, former basketball star Kevin Johnson, is currently suing the city’s alt weekly to stop reporters from obtaining emails that may, or may not, reveal improprieties in his office. The case represents an intersection of two key issues for EFF: transparency and freedom of the press....

Deeplinks Blog by Kit Walsh | October 23, 2015

Senators Probe Copyright’s Impact on Software-Enabled Devices

Senators Grassley and Leahy, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, have published a letter to the Copyright Office asking it to analyze the impact of copyright law on “software-enabled devices” (such as cars, phones, drones, appliances, and many more products with embedded computer systems). This...

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Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses

EFF Wins Petition to Inspect and Modify Car Software

EFF Opposes CISA as Final Vote Approaches

Members-Only Speakeasy: Bay Area

EFF, ACLU Ask California Supreme Court to Order Release of Los Angeles License Plate Reader Data

The Zone 9 Bloggers are Free: but Ethiopia Still Thinks Digital Security is Terrorism

Wednesday Hearing in NSA Spying Case

GOTO Berlin 2015

Closing the Loopholes in Europe's Net Neutrality Compromise

Apple's EULA Gives It License to Invade Your Privacy, Government Claims

EFF To California Supreme Court: Warrantless Searches of California’s Controlled Substance Prescription Database Threaten Patient Privacy

Apple All Writs Act (NY)

Surveillance Trade Show in Mexico Raises Concerns About Latin America's Unenforced Privacy Protections

Suing Newspapers for Rightfully Seeking Records Isn’t Cool, K.J.

Senators Probe Copyright’s Impact on Software-Enabled Devices

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