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US Infrastructure Bill Hurts Privacy, Innovation & Decentralization - EFF
3.8.2021
Source: Adobe/DEN_EFC
The US Senate draft of President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill "contains a poorly crafted provision that could create new surveillance requirements for many within the blockchain ecosystem" - potentially including developers and other entities who do not control...
How To Get Infinite Paragon/Renegade Points In Mass Effect Legendary Edition
17.5.2021
Playing Mass Effect Legendary Edition has been a nostalgic, and for the most part, pleasant experience. I’ve been making my way through the first remastered game and it’s a faithful recreation of the original Mass Effect, up to and including its archaic dialogue system, which frustratingly locks...
32 Movies That Will Help You Chill the Eff Out
12.2.2021
This year was supposed to be better than last year, but apparently 2021 didn’t get the memo. The world is still just as tumultuous, and we’re all still just as frazzled by nerves, overwhelmed by the news, and desperate to find some kind of escape.Well, for the past year, we’ve had little else to...
Press and internet freedom advocates join crypto users in support of Wikileaks' Assange
9.2.2021
Digital and journalistic rights are at stake in the trial for Julian Assange's extradition, say 24 major advocacy groups
Electronic Frontier Foundation: US Government Will Expand Financial Surveillance Through FinCEN’s Proposed Crypto Wallet Rules
24.12.2020
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) raised concerns about the strengthening financial surveillance through the proposed crypto regulations announced by the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The Nonprofit Organization Is Concerned About New Rules...
YouTube’s Copyright Filter Is Crushing Video Critique—And It’s Getting Worse
22.12.2020
In July, Harry “hbomberguy” Brewis shared a video on his popular YouTube channel called “RWBY Is Disappointing, And Here’s Why.” The two-and-half-hour video — a sharp, detailed critique of the cartoon RWBY — was the result of a lot of work by Brewis and his producer, Kat Lo. It also took an extra...
It’s not about data ownership, it’s about data control, EFF director says
4.12.2020
She believes that by agreeing to certain "Terms of Service," users abdicate a portion of their rights
Can Github Remove the Bitcoin Codebase? Recent Repository Takedown Has Proponents Worried
26.10.2020
On October 23, the Microsoft-owned Github leveraged an ostensible DMCA takedown in order to remove 18 projects from the code-hosting portal. According to sources, the takedown stemmed from a request filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Github’s recent move has made...
Digital Rights Advocacy Group Calls on Coinbase for Greater Transparency
3.9.2020
The EFF wants Coinbase to be more transparent in how it handles authorities' requests for users' private financial data
The Twitter Hack Fiasco: Compromised Internal Tool, Paid Insiders, Direct Message Fears
17.7.2020
On Wednesday, a large number of Twitter accounts were compromised and the hackers used the accounts to tweet about a bitcoin doubling scam. According to multiple reports, a Twitter employee was paid to give the hackers an internal tool that let them leverage high-profile social media accounts....
John Perry Barlow: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
4.7.2020
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. We have no elected government,...
Minnesota Official Alarms Privacy Advocates With Contact Tracing Comments
3.6.2020
Comments from a Minnesota official comparing law enforcement to contact tracing alerted privacy activists to the dangers of misusing COVID-19 health data
EFF Defends Ex-Kraken Employee’s Right to Post Anonymously About Company
13.2.2020
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is defending a former Kraken employee embroiled in a lawsuit over an anonymous review of the crypto exchange on Glassdoor