Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Is Yahoo email the next frontline against surveillance?
Astonishing news report reveals Yahoo complied with U.S. request to search all its incoming emails…in real time.
Google’s Allo sends wrong encryption message
If Google’s new messaging app is your answer to encryption, you may be asking the wrong question.
Time for Justin Trudeau to stand by imprisoned web developer Saeed Malekpour
Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident and programmer, was seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in 2008. Today, he is still trapped in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, thousands of miles away from his adopted country of Canada.
Windows 10: Forget about choice and privacy
Microsoft’s strategy for user adoption of Windows 10 has trampled on essential aspects of modern computing.
New cybercrime law is fundamentally flawed
IFEX members protest the impact on free expression of the overly broad bill, adopted on 12 August.
Malware linked to government of Kazakhstan targets journalists, political activists, lawyers
“The use of malware to spy on and intimidate dissidents beyond their borders is an increasingly common tactic employed by oppressive governments,” said Eva Galperin, Global Policy Analyst at EFF and one of the report’s authors.
Lawsuit filed in U.S. challenges law restricting research and remixes
The intent behind Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was to create legal backing for the software that adds restrictions to “content” like music, movies, and books. However, with the introduction of software to everyday items like tractors and lightbulbs, it now hampers security research on these items.
Leading press freedom group and IFEX member should be granted access to UN bodies
Civil society groups ask ECOSOC to reconsider granting valued press freedom group and IFEX member, The Committee to Protect Journalists, consultative status at the UN.