Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 24

“The U.N. cybercrime convention is a blank check for surveillance abuses,” EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez told Scientific American. “It can and will be wielded as a tool for systemic rights violations.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/0724--un-cybercrime/

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Existen varios tipos de autenticación de dos factores, aquí te explicamos cómo elegir la mejor opción (cuando tienes el lujo de elegir). https://ssd.eff.org/es/module/c%C3%B3mo-habilitar-la-autenticaci%C3%B3n-de-dos-factores

No matter what the MPA wants to claim, site blocking does not help artists. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/mpa-doesnt-get-decide-who-first-amendment-protects

EFF submitted comments to the FCC demanding investigation of SS7 and Diameter security and transparency into how the telecoms handle the security of these networks. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/eff-fcc-ss7-vulnerable-and-telecoms-must-acknowledge

EFF loves many things, but here are a few we're thinking about right now:
🐈⬛ Las Vegas hacker conferences
💻 Tinkerers and security researchers
🦸 EFF members!
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Hey Resorts World Las Vegas: It's wrong to treat all hackers as dangerous, and to attempt to penalize people just for owning the tools of the trade. These tools have productive uses, as demonstrated by the massive convention of professional security researchers taking place. #DEFCON32 https://www.404media.co/hotel-to-search-rooms-during-def-con-hacking-conference/

Between October 7 and November 14 2023, 9,500 takedown requests were sent from the Israeli authorities to social media platforms, of which 60 percent went to Meta with a reported 94% compliance rate. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/digital-apartheid-gaza-unjust-content-moderation-request-israels-cyber-unit

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EFF joins Mozilla and 11 organizations calling for Bumble to prioritize user privacy. Data sharing with third parties must be an opt-in choice, rather than the default opt-out. Users shouldn’t have to put in extra effort to protect their personal information from companies that claim to value privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-and-12-organizations-tell-bumble-dont-sell-user-data-without-opt-consent

The relaunch of the EFA is not just a cosmetic change; it represents our renewed commitment to supporting grassroots digital rights advocacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/reintroducing-efa

The Atlanta Police Department is surveilling the freedom to protest, online and off. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/atlanta-police-must-stop-high-tech-spying-political-movements

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Computer security has always relied on skilled hackers. That's why EFF continues to fight for and rally behind researchers and tinkerers pushing for strong web security. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/virtual-vegas

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“It’s a blank check for abuse because it has a very broad scope for domestic and cross-border spying and surveillance and a lack of robust checks and balances,” EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez told @AP of the disastrous #UNCybercrimeTreaty. https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-cybercrime-computer-technology-39fe999d78f615912d0bdb2011290665

A nation governed by the rule of law should not tolerate private control of that law—no exceptions. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-tells-yet-another-court-ensure-everyone-has-access-law-and-reject-private

X’s lawsuit against two related ad industry trade groups “sits at the uncomfortable junction of antitrust law and free speech,” EFF’s @mitchstoltz told @motherjonesmag. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/elon-musk-advertisers-lawsuit/

Join EFF Tech Trivia at @defcon with special guest judges Kate Bertash, @Kurt, and @eismc2. Find us in rooms 307-308 at the LVCC on Satuday, August 10 at 18:30 #EFFTechTrivia https://www.eff.org/techtrivia #defcon

Thanks to our supporters, EFF's been able to:
🦡 Update Privacy Badger to protect users from Chrome's ""Privacy Sandbox""
🚗 Expose the privacy concerns about data collected by cars
🛠️ Celebrate right to repair victories in multiple states across the U.S.
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