https://cluster-site.onrender.com/categories/privacy/ Recent content in Privacy on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:40:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/%EF%B8%8F-trust-us-with-your-face-effector-38.4/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:16:41 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/%EF%B8%8F-trust-us-with-your-face-effector-38.4/ • Do you remember the last time you were carded at a bar or restaurant • It was probably such a quick and normal experience, that you barely remember it • But have you ever been ca https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/how-to-pick-your-password-manager/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:26:39 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/how-to-pick-your-password-manager/ • Phishing and data breaches are a constant on the internet • The single best defense against both is to use a password manager to generate and automatically fill a unique password https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-into-doing-surveillance/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:42:44 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-into-doing-surveillance/ • The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. • https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/effs-policy-on-llm-assisted-contributions-to-our-open-source-projects/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:42:50 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/effs-policy-on-llm-assisted-contributions-to-our-open-source-projects/ • We recently introduced a policy governing large language model (LLM) assisted contributions to EFF’s open-source projects. • At EFF, we strive to produce high quality software to https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-does-prosuss-buyout-mean-for-justeat-drivers/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:57:09 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-does-prosuss-buyout-mean-for-justeat-drivers/ • What does Prosus’s buyout mean for JustEat drivers https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/eff-to-wisconsin-legislature-vpn-bans-are-still-a-terrible-idea/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:49:03 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/eff-to-wisconsin-legislature-vpn-bans-are-still-a-terrible-idea/ • 105 is a spectacularly bad idea. • It’s an age-verification bill that effectively bans VPN access to certain websites for Wisconsinites and censors lawful speech. • We wrote abou https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/san-jose-can-protect-immigrants-by-ending-flock-surveillance-system/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:55:34 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/san-jose-can-protect-immigrants-by-ending-flock-surveillance-system/ • (This appeared as an op-ed published February 12, 2026 in the San Jose Spotlight, written by Huy Tran (SIREN), Jeffrey Wang (CAIR-SFBA), and Jennifer Pinsof.) As ICE and other fe https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-report-helps-journalists-dig-deeper-into-police-surveillance-technology/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:56:51 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-report-helps-journalists-dig-deeper-into-police-surveillance-technology/ • Report from EFF, Center for Just Journalism, and IPVM Helps Cut Through Sales Hype SAN FRANCISCO - A new report released today offers journalists tips on cutting through the sale https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/seven-billion-reasons-for-facebook-to-abandon-its-face-recognition-plans/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:58:19 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/seven-billion-reasons-for-facebook-to-abandon-its-face-recognition-plans/ • The New York Times reported that Meta is considering adding face recognition technology to its smart glasses. • According to an internal Meta document, the company may launch the https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/discord-voluntarily-pushes-mandatory-age-verification-despite-recent-data-breach/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:18:57 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/discord-voluntarily-pushes-mandatory-age-verification-despite-recent-data-breach/ • Discord has begun rolling out mandatory age verification and the internet is, understandably, freaking out. • At EFF, we’ve been raising the alarm about age verification mandates https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/homeland-security-wants-names-effector-38.3/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:29:03 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/homeland-security-wants-names-effector-38.3/ • Criticize the government online? • The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) might ask Google to cough up your name. • By abusing an investigative tool called ‘administrative sub https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/free-surveillance-tech-still-comes-at-a-high-and-dangerous-cost/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:00:12 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/free-surveillance-tech-still-comes-at-a-high-and-dangerous-cost/ • Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have long helped provide local law enforcement ‘free’ access to surveillance equipment that bypasses https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/open-letter-to-tech-companies-protect-your-users-from-lawless-dhs-subpoenas/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:52:04 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/open-letter-to-tech-companies-protect-your-users-from-lawless-dhs-subpoenas/ • Español We are calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lawless administrative su https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-in-rings-surveillance-nightmare/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:11:04 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-in-rings-surveillance-nightmare/ • Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public. • In the https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/coalition-urges-california-to-revoke-permits-for-federal-license-plate-reader-surveillance/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:41:34 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/coalition-urges-california-to-revoke-permits-for-federal-license-plate-reader-surveillance/ • SAN FRANCISCO - California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to put automated li https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/speaking-freely-yazan-badran/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:39:20 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/speaking-freely-yazan-badran/ • Interviewer: Jillian York Yazan Badran is an assistant professor in international media and communication studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a researcher at the Echo https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/effecting-change-get-the-flock-out-of-our-city/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:31:43 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/effecting-change-get-the-flock-out-of-our-city/ • Flock contracts have quietly spread to cities across the country. • But Flock ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers) erode civil liberties from the moment they’re installed. • Wh https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-internet-still-works-yelp-protects-consumer-reviews/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:23:33 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-internet-still-works-yelp-protects-consumer-reviews/ • Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. • But recent debates about https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-internet-still-works-wikipedia-defends-its-editors/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:53:24 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-internet-still-works-wikipedia-defends-its-editors/ • Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. • But recent debates about https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/on-its-30th-birthday-section-230-remains-the-lynchpin-for-users-speech/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:53:50 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/on-its-30th-birthday-section-230-remains-the-lynchpin-for-users-speech/ • For thirty years, internet users have benefited from a key federal law that allows everyone to express themselves, find community, organize politically, and participate in societ https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/rip-dave-farber-eff-board-member-and-friend/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:48:41 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/rip-dave-farber-eff-board-member-and-friend/ • Dave Farber, 91, long-serving EFF Board member, passed away; revered as Internet’s Grandfather. • Lived in Tokyo since 83, Distinguished Professor at Keio University, Co-Director https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/op-ed-weakening-section-230-would-chill-online-speech/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:19:16 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/op-ed-weakening-section-230-would-chill-online-speech/ • (This appeared as an op-ed published Friday, Feb. • 6 in the Daily Journal, a California legal newspaper.) Section 230, ’the 26 words that created the internet,’ was enacted 30 y https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/yes-to-the-ice-out-of-our-faces-act/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:46:36 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/yes-to-the-ice-out-of-our-faces-act/ • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. • The violence is shocking. • https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/protecting-our-right-to-sue-federal-agents-who-violate-the-constitution/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:50:37 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/protecting-our-right-to-sue-federal-agents-who-violate-the-constitution/ • Federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. • The v https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/smart-ai-policy-means-examining-its-real-harms-and-benefits/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:40:34 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/smart-ai-policy-means-examining-its-real-harms-and-benefits/ • The phrase ‘artificial intelligence’ has been around for a long time, covering everything from computers with ‘brains’-think Data from Star Trek or Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Od https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/eff-to-close-friday-in-solidarity-with-national-shutdown/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:18:36 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/eff-to-close-friday-in-solidarity-with-national-shutdown/ • The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. • EFF will be c https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/introducing-encrypt-it-already/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:17:28 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/introducing-encrypt-it-already/ • Español Today, we’re launchingEncrypt It Already, our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications by implementing end-to-end encryp https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/google-settlement-may-bring-new-privacy-controls-for-real-time-bidding/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:11:08 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/google-settlement-may-bring-new-privacy-controls-for-real-time-bidding/ • EFF has long warned about the dangers of the ‘real-time bidding’ (RTB) system powering nearly every ad you see online. • A proposed class-action settlement with Google over their https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/big-brother-watch-consultation-response/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:31:53 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/big-brother-watch-consultation-response/ • Big Brother Watch urges stronger safeguards for biometric data in upcoming EU surveillance regulation. • Calls for mandatory transparency and public reporting on facial recogniti https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/uk-government-facial-recognition-consultation/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:27:17 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/uk-government-facial-recognition-consultation/ • UK government launches public consultation on facial recognition technology use by police and public services. • Consultation seeks views on ethical guidelines, data protection, https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dual-use-tech-the-shield-ai-example/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:38:54 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dual-use-tech-the-shield-ai-example/ • Dual-use tech: the Shield AI example https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dual-use-tech-the-airbus-example/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:13:11 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dual-use-tech-the-airbus-example/ • Dual-use tech: the Airbus example https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/argentinas-election-authorities-must-guarantee-the-right-to-a-universally-accessible-secret-vote/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:23:58 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/argentinas-election-authorities-must-guarantee-the-right-to-a-universally-accessible-secret-vote/ • Argentina’s election authorities must guarantee the right to a universally accessible secret vote https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/uk-justice-and-home-affairs-committee-publishes-report-on-electronic-monitoring/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:47:06 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/uk-justice-and-home-affairs-committee-publishes-report-on-electronic-monitoring/ • UK Justice and Home Affairs Committee publishes report on electronic monitoring https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/international-migrants-day-2025-a-year-in-review/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:45:22 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/international-migrants-day-2025-a-year-in-review/ • International Migrants Day 2025 - A Year in Review https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/clearview-and-the-long-arm-of-the-law/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:16:29 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/clearview-and-the-long-arm-of-the-law/ • Clearview and the long arm of the law