Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 18

After Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's detention for failing to cooperate with French authorities, EFF’s @evacide joined @FT's John Thornhill on “Tech Tonic” to discuss encryption tech and what sort of messaging data companies share with governments.
https://www.ft.com/content/7e035124-6046-47a2-bb87-426a4db53e69

“We think the Internet Archive really was serving a transformative purpose and doing what libraries have always done: Loaning out books that they owned to one person at a time,” EFF’s Cara Gagliano told KQED News.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12003819/internet-archives-open-library-faces-uncertain-future-after-court-sides-with-publishers

EFF’s @cooperq joined @chronicallyJD to discuss automated license plate readers, freedom of movement, normalization of data breaches, and the need for restorative justice on Command Prompt Inc.'s “More Than A Refresh” podcast.
https://www.commandprompt.com/about/more-than-a-refresh/#episode-49-cooper-quintin-senior-staff-technologist-the-eff

Austin: Tonight, join EFA members @effaustin and Open Austin for a discussion on bridging the gap between high tech and public good organizations. https://www.meetup.com/eff-austin/events/302709771/

The EFF Awards are in TWO DAYS❗
Join us in San Francisco to celebrate the digital rights movement. EFF members and students can even get discounts on their tickets! https://www.eff.org/event/eff-awards-2024

Forensic genetic genealogy is often used in “very splashy serial crime cases,” EFF’s Jennifer Lynch told @BostonGlobe. “That makes people think the ends justify the means, and that’s not how our criminal justice system should work.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/10/metro/matthew-nilo-rape-dna-geneaology/

Colorado’s new “deepfake” law on political messages is “a content-based law and will have to pass strict scrutiny because it is a restriction on otherwise protected speech,” EFF’s @davidgreene told The Center Square.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/colorado/article_3e92271e-6ee4-11ef-a110-5f7facbfe68d.html

It's time to give through the Combined Federal Campaign! If you are a U.S. government employee, donate to EFF using our CFC ID 10437 today: https://eff.org/cfc

The system may not track specific vehicles, but it can compile enough identifying characteristics that it wouldn’t take much work to figure out who is behind the wheel and where they are going, EFF’s Cliff Braun told @AP. https://apnews.com/article/v2x-infrastructure-cars-streets-utah-michigan-texas-4609b3f43768f6726bbb4e5442f40f21

School surveillance software claims to protect students, but the adverse mental effects of pervasive monitoring are well-known. It’s time for schools to step up and implement proven social measures to keep students safe. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/school-monitoring-software-sacrifices-student-privacy-unproven-promises-safety

The EFF Awards ceremony is a great opportunity to connect with peers in the tech community, and to celebrate the movement for civil liberties and human rights online. Join us September 12th at the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio in San Francisco! www.eff.org/effawards

EFF’s @evacide joined Malwarebytes’ Lock and Code podcast to discuss Telegram, its features, and whether Pavel Durov’s arrest is an escalation of content moderation gone wrong or the latest skirmish in government efforts to break end-to-end encryption.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-arrest-of-telegrams-ceo-means-with-eva-galperin/id1500049667?i=1000668817759

“Even if we look at international standards of freedom of expression, blocking an entire platform is seen as a drastic measure,” EFF’s Veridiana Alimonti told @bloomberg “It’s problematic when it involves platforms that host both legal and illegal speech.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-06/musk-dares-the-world-to-take-on-x-as-he-scoffs-at-brazil-s-ban

A spate of new studies by government and independent researchers are finding that, far from keeping students safer, school surveillance software may cause more harm than good. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/school-monitoring-software-sacrifices-student-privacy-unproven-promises-safety

Millions of American youth face the dystopia of surveillance software installed on school-issued machines. School surveillance companies sacrifice the rights of students for unproven claims of keeping them safe. Students deserve better. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/school-monitoring-software-sacrifices-student-privacy-unproven-promises-safety

Next week is our EFF Awards! All are welcome to join us in San Francisco on September 12th to recognize key leaders and organizations championing digital rights: www.eff.org/effawards

The festivities begin with special guest Elizabeth Minkel. Join us to celebrate this year's honorees with drinks, bytes, and excellent company.

We are pleased to announce our winners!
🏆 404 Media
🏆 Carolina Botero
🏆 Connecting Humanity

RSVP today! www.eff.org/effawards

“These smaller clinics and these providers have to basically become their own IT experts to reevaluate their operational security,” EFF’s Daly Barnett told @wgbh after a “crisis pregnancy center” allegedly hijacked messages to a reproductive health center.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-09-06/attleboro-anti-abortion-center-stole-patient-data-from-nearby-clinic-lawsuit-alleges

Armed with two rooted Android phones and three Wi-Fi hotspots running cell site simulator detection software developed by EFF, @WIRED conducted a first-of-its-kind wireless survey of the signals around the Democratic National Convention.
https://www.wired.com/story/dnc-hidden-signal-hunt/

Did you know that every EFF member t-shirt for DEF CON has included easter eggs and puzzles? Try them out for yourself! https://www.eff.org/tags/def-con-t-shirt

The path to Justice can be winding, but we're in it to win it. Congratulations to @sagefault for being the first to work his way to the end and solve EFF's #DEFCON32 t-shirt puzzle!

Thanks to Aaron Steimle and @0xCryptoK of the Muppet Liberation Front for designing this year's challenge.