Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Surveillance Self-Defense, by EFF
Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) is an online guide developed by EFF, created to help one learn how to defend oneself and others from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
San Francisco Police illegally used surveillance cameras at the George Floyd protests. The courts must stop them
A year and a half ago, the San Francisco Police Department illegally spied on activists and thousands of Bay Area residents as they marched against racist police violence and the murder of George Floyd. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California have taken the SFPD to court.
Nearly 130 public interest organizations and experts urge United Nations to include human rights safeguards in proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty
IFEX has signed on to a joint letter to the UN calling for robust civil society participation throughout all stages of the development and drafting of a Cybercrime Convention, and stressing that any proposed convention must include human rights safeguards applicable to both its substantive and procedural provisions.
Court orders authorizing law enforcement to track people’s air travels in real time must be made public
A news organization and its reporter are trying to make public a court order and related records concerning an FBI request to use the All Writs Act to compel a travel data broker to disclose people’s movements.
EFF to Federal Appeals Courts: Hold police accountable for violating civilians’ right to record
EFF argues that Americans have the right under the First Amendment to livestream and record on-duty police officers and officers who interfere with that right should be held accountable.
Police aerial surveillance endangers our ability to protest
The California Highway Patrol directed aerial surveillance, mostly done by helicopters, over protests in Berkeley, Oakland, Palo Alto, Placerville, Riverside, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Luis Obispo. Dragnet aerial surveillance is often unconstitutional.
EFF to Supreme Court: Warrantless 24-hour video surveillance outside homes violates Fourth Amendment
If the Supreme Court takes up Tuggle’s case, it would be the first time it has considered the rules around warrantless pole camera surveillance.
Face recognition is so toxic, Facebook is dumping it
The decision to end the face recognition program comes at a time when the technology is receiving push back, criticisms, and legislative bans across the United States, and around the world.