Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 22

Forcing residents in areas with higher crime to live under constant, all-seeing digital scrutiny will neither make them safer nor patch up their rocky relationship with police who are sworn to protect and serve them, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia writes for @slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/police-surveillance-wont-make-us-safer-broken-windows-on-steroids.html

The NO FAKES Act mimics some of the most broken parts of our copyright system and makes them worse. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/no-fakes-dream-lawyers-nightmare-everyone-else

People shouldn’t fear being swept up in digital dragnet surveillance and becoming a criminal suspect just because they carried their cell phone in the vicinity of a crime. Now we can say the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agree with us. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/federal-appeals-court-finds-geofence-warrants-are-categorically-unconstitutional

EFF is excited to be at TechCrunch Disrupt for the first time! Stop by and see us in the expo hall where you can learn about our work defending digital freedom for all. EFF supporters can even get 35% off tickets when registering online: https://www.eff.org/event/eff-techcrunch-disrupt-0

Even anonymized “vehicle-to-everything” (V2X) data can be filtered or hacked, potentially providing a gold mine for advertisers, police or criminals. “Once that data is out there, people will find ways to use it,” EFF’s Cliff Braun told @marketplaceapm. https://www.marketplace.org/2024/08/20/dot-vehicle-to-everything-technology-cars-infrastructure-road-safety/

Deceptive AI-generated replicas can cause real harms, and performers have a right to fair compensation for the use of their likenesses. Existing laws can address most of this, but Congress should be considering narrowly-targeted and proportionate proposals to fill in the gaps. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/no-fakes-dream-lawyers-nightmare-everyone-else

This situation, which is not exclusive to AI-generated content, could overlap with publicity laws that protect people from unauthorized commercial use of their likenesses, EFF’s @davidgreene told @nbcnews. “This was just good old low-tech lying.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/trump-shares-ai-generated-images-taylor-swift-fans-supporting-rcna167126

A federal appellate court rules that California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code violates the First Amendment, a victory for free speech and privacy.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/court-california-try-privacy-law-not-online-censorship
#privacy #censorship

The trend of building surveillance into all new smart TVs is "incredibly invasive and little understood,” EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @arstechnica. "Nobody wants a snooping and snitching television, but lately that's all you can buy.” https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/tv-industrys-ads-tracking-obsession-is-turning-your-living-room-into-a-store/

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EFF joins Access Now and Article 19 urging EU Commissioner to abstain from using the Digital Services Act as a global censorship tool.

The DSA deserves enforcement that prioritizes human rights, not one pressuring online platforms to monitor speech and restrict content.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-and-partners-breton-uphold-fundamental-rights-enforcing-dsa

Consumers could face serious concerns if AB 3138 becomes law. EFF urges the California legislature to not approve AB 3138, which explicitly calls for location tracking in digital license plates for passenger cars. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/digital-license-plates-and-deal-never-had-chance

Tech companies should not intentionally provide services that facilitate human rights abuses. Its time for Google and Amazon to tell the truth about use of their technologies in Gaza so that everyone can see whether their human rights commitments were real or simply empty promises. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/digital-apartheid-gaza-big-tech-must-reveal-their-roles-tech-used-human-rights-0

A security researcher got a cease-and-desist just one day before a DEF CON talk. Our Coders’ Rights Project worked hard to ensure the talk went forward. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/2-fast-2-legal-how-eff-helped-security-researcher-during-def-con-32

Thanks to Localization Lab, many of our Surveillance Self-Defense guides are now available in Swahili. https://www.localizationlab.org/swahili-resources

Court records with historic and newsworthy materials could become permanently sealed if this court’s decision about sealed records stands. EFF is appealing. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-presses-federal-circuit-make-patent-case-filings-public

The UK’s Prime Minister should not only avoid expanding the use of face recognition technology at an already precarious time, but he should also ban government use of the technology altogether. https://bylinetimes.com/2024/08/16/uk-riots-police-facial-recognition-technology/

This year EFF was honored as a
@defcon Uber Contributor, and named “Defenders of the Hacker Spirit.” We are grateful for the continued support from the hacker community. Without you our work wouldn't be possible, and we're proud to continue fighting for you. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-honored-def-con-32-uber-contributor

A funny thing happened on the way to the DEF CON panel... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/2-fast-2-legal-how-eff-helped-security-researcher-during-def-con-32

Soon California could expand GPS-enabled digital license plates to everyday cars, amplifying the potential misuse of location data, and endangering those experiencing domestic violence, people seeking reproductive healthcare, immigrants, and LGBTQ youth. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/digital-license-plates-and-deal-never-had-chance