Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 15

Venezuela's digital identification systems have been weaponized against its population by linking access to essential services with affiliation to the governing party. Learn more about Venezuela's digital repression: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/unveiling-venezuelas-repression-legacy-state-surveillance-and-control

Discord’s rollout of end-to-end encryption on video and voice calls is a privacy win worth applauding. But there’s still more to do. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/discords-end-end-encryption-voice-and-video-step-forward-privacy-all

This bill would re-open the door to the worst software patents, and even patents on human genes. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-we-can-t-afford-more-bad-patents

Canada’s S-210 erodes security, privacy and free speech for all internet users. Politicians in the country must dismiss it before it gets too late. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/canadas-leaders-must-reject-overbroad-age-verification-bill

The FTC report found some companies didn’t delete information when users requested it. This “proves that stronger enforcement is needed, especially from consumers themselves,” EFF’s F. Mario Trujillo told @TheGuardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/19/social-media-companies-surveillance-ftc

Há vários tipos de autenticação de dois fatores disponíveis no mercado. Veja como escolher a melhor opção (quando pode se dar ao luxo de escolher). https://ssd.eff.org/pt-br/module/como-habilitar-autenticacao-de-dois-fatores

The broad NO FAKES Act, which would create an expansive and confusing new intellectual property right with few real safeguard against abuse. Tell the Senate to throw out the NO FAKES Act and start over. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-throw-out-the-no-fakes-act-and-start-over

Canada’s S-210 bill is a repressive and unworkable online regulation that would cause more harm to the very communities it intends to protect. Canadian politicians should drop bill S-210 before it’s too late. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/canadas-leaders-must-reject-overbroad-age-verification-bill  

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The Senate will vote next week on a bill that’s a giveaway to patent trolls. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-we-can-t-afford-more-bad-patents

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Current law lets courts throw out ridiculous patents on “matchmaking,” online picture menus, scavenger hunts, and online photo contests. But next week the Senate will vote on two bills that could revive such patents. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/senate-vote-tomorrow-could-give-helping-hand-patent-trolls

“At a certain point, it is just actually opening up opportunities for harm as opposed to supplementing the public safety mission of law enforcement,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told San Francisco's KQED News of retaining data from automated license plate readers.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12005347/the-east-bay-has-hundreds-of-new-surveillance-cameras-and-more-are-on-the-way

Tech giants including Meta, X and TikTok collect billions of dollars' worth of data from users and nonusers, a new Federal Trade Commission report found. EFF’s F. Mario Trujillo discussed your privacy on San Francisco's KCBS Radio. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/kcbs-radio-on-demand-011f4/episodes/big-tech-collects-billions-worth-of-data-from-users-non-users-and-children-7b9ac

If we must have digital IDs, lawmakers at least must enact rules governing their use, EFF’s @zoracon told @CALMatters. “The more frequently you present this information digitally, the greater the chance of said information being leaked.”
https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2024/09/california-digital-id-in-iphones/

Canada’s S-210 bill is a repressive and unworkable online regulation that would cause more harm to the very communities it intends to protect. Canadian politicians should drop bill S-210 before it’s too late.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/canadas-leaders-must-reject-overbroad-age-verification-bill

Next week, the Senate will vote on a bill that would revive some of the worst patents, including patents on human genes. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-we-can-t-afford-more-bad-patents

“They’re really asking platforms to do things we don’t think are feasible,” EFF’s @htsuka told @nytimes — discerning deceptive speech from satire and other speech protected by the First Amendment can "be really hard." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/technology/california-deepfakes-law-social-media-newsom.html

Tell your representative: Vote NO on KOSA!
Visit http://eff.org/kosa

The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act would let patent trolls extort more small business owners and even hobbyists. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-we-can-t-afford-more-bad-patents