Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
“Phish For the Future” campaign targets digital civil liberties activists
The “Phish For The Future” campaign targeted digital civil liberties activists at Free Press and Fight For the Future, and appears to have been aimed at stealing credentials for various business services.
Attacks, abuses of power & shrinking civic space: September in the MENA region
Our monthly roundup spotllghts Egypt’s latest efforts to control the media (and rainbow flags), the Kurdish referendum (and aftershocks), a campaign to tackle self-censorship in Palestine and much more.
.cat domain a casualty in Catalonian independence crackdown
The seizure of .cat domains is a worrying signal that the Spanish government places its own interests in quelling the Catalonian independence movement above the human rights of its citizens to access a free and open Internet.
HRC 36: Secure digital communications are essential for human rights
A joint statement by the Association of Progressive Communications, IFEX and 64 co-signatories at the UN-HRC 36 warns of the threat to human rights posed by recent attacks on the right to use encryption technology, in Turkey and across the globe.
Electronic Frontier Foundation announces winners of 2017 Pioneer Awards
Whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning, Techdirt editor and open internet advocate Mike Masnick, and IFEX executive director and global freedom of expression defender Annie Game are the distinguished winners of the 2017 Pioneer Awards, which recognize leaders who are extending freedom and innovation on the electronic frontier.
Fighting neo-nazis and the future of free expression
“All fair-minded people must stand against the hateful violence and aggression that seems to be growing across our country. But we must also recognize that on the Internet, any tactic used now to silence neo-Nazis will soon be used against others, including people whose opinions we agree with.”
Periods, pregnancy and privacy
In a report called “The Pregnancy Panopticon”, EFF and Gizmodo reporter Kashmir Hill examine some of the privacy and security properties of nearly twenty different fertility and pregnancy tracking applications.
Global condemnation for Turkey’s detention of innocent digital security trainers
The baseless prosecution of these human rights defenders highlights the decline of Turkey’s democratic institutions. EFF continues to urge the Turkish authorities to listen to a chorus of countries and international organizations, and to free all ten victims of this profound injustice immediately.