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A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you. ssd.eff.org/module/choosin…
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District and Sacramento Police are engaged in “a dragnet surveillance program of home electricity usage, where everybody's power use is under the microscope,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @ABC10. abc10.com/article/news/l…
Our team is obsessed with what the future looks like when we get things right. We're determined to build a better future and with your help, we're not backing down. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
Want to file a public records request about Draft One, the generative AI software that police are now using to write their reports? Here are examples of what records may be available and how we got them. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
ICE is going after taxpayer data, food stamp data – and now health data. This violates federal privacy laws. Check out our amicus brief in the lawsuit against HHS disclosing Medicaid data to DHS. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
For years, Sacramento has been running an illegal scheme using power meters for mass surveillance. Last week, we asked for a court order to stop this practice for good. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
“What the government is trying to achieve is one big database with all of the data that the president can use, however he wants,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @Truthdig. truthdig.com/articles/deput…
Our EFF35 Cityscape t-shirt proposes a future where you're empowered to 🔨 Repair and tinker with your devices 🚗 Move freely without being tracked 💡 Innovate with bold new ideas eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
“As time went on the Sacramento power company and the local police defined more and more people as engaged in suspicious behavior,” including power usage in line with heating a pool or charging a car, EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @TheRegister. theregister.com/2025/07/21/eff…
Zuckerman “has repeatedly shown himself to be a bad actor, flouting the FTC by continuing to run his stalkerware company even after the ban was issued,” EFF’s @evacide told @techcrunch. techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ser…
One size never fits all in digital security solutions, so it’s vital to drill down deep enough to give people the knowledge they need in a retainable way, Helen Andromedon says on the latest episode of EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet.” eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
“We just know that this system, with those safeguards, and with that process has been massively abused to take down lawful speech, because people recognize that it’s a legal means of censoring speech online,” EFF’s @aaron_d_mackey told @prismreports. prismreports.org/2025/07/21/tak…
DHS and HHS are scheming to use Medicaid data to identify and deport immigrants. Read the amicus brief from EFF and our friends at @EPICprivacy and @protctdemocracy. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
“To put it plainly this company is profiting off of selling stolen data, re-victimizing people who have already had their personal devices compromised and their data stolen,” EFF’s Cooper Quintin told @404Mediaco. 404media.co/a-startup-is-s…
EFF’s Bill Budington and Tori Noble help the @WashingtonPost parse the technical and legal implications of an employer demanding that you install work-related apps on your personal phone. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
Using a little extra juice to power Christmas lights shouldn’t bring the cops to your door — but police looking for cannabis are using power meters as home-mounted spies. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
Right now, federal courts are deciding what type of AI training is fair use. California’s A.B. 412 would have jumped the gun and decided that copyright owners should win. We’re glad to see it has stalled for this year. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
New on "How to Fix the Internet" - A security trainer in East Africa says the Trump Administration’s cuts to USAID impact the SafeSisters program, making it harder to protect women, human rights defenders, journalists, and activists from online threats. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
Phoenix: This Thursday join EFA member Tech Education Collaborative for a talk from Andrew Crocker on how EFF lawyers work to defend privacy. eff.org/event/phoenix-…
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-…