Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 40

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The Microsoft “Recall” constant screenshot feature could “be a gift for domestic abusers,” EFF’s @evacide told @Deciphersec. “This [also] creates a tempting target for hackers and for people who make malware.”
https://duo.com/decipher/privacy-security-concerns-mount-over-microsoft-recall-feature

Nominations are now open for the 2024 EFF Awards! Let us know who should be honored as leaders in tech freedom and culture: https://www.eff.org/nominations-open-2024-eff-awards

Police are subject to public records requests. "You cannot do that with a giant corporation. You have very little control over what technology they deploy, how they deploy it and then what they do with that data,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @CNN Business.
https://www.cnn.com/business/retailers-crackdown-organized-crime-invs/index.html

From Napster to YouTube, some of the most important and controversial uses of the internet have been building community, filmmaker @alexwinter tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/podcast-episode-chronicling-online-communities

“It’s really hard for the average person in the United States to know all this technology that police are using, how they justify it, what they’re spending on it,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia said. “It’s important because it’s dangerous.”
https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/05/21/santa-cruz-aclu-panel-examines-privacy-rights/

“We don't want people's voices being censored by states, but we also don't want people's voices being drowned out by these bots and by humans doing propaganda as well as states doing propaganda,” EFF’s @jilliancyork told @AJEnglish. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/5/22/are-you-chatting-with-an-ai-powered-superbot

Texas’ unconstitutional #ageverification law threatens the anonymity, privacy, and security of adult internet users. The #SCOTUS should reject it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/eff-urges-supreme-court-reject-texas-speech-chilling-age-verification-law

NEW on EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet” — documentary filmmaker @alexwinter joins Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley to discuss promoting the kind of digital literacy that can bring about a better internet — and a better world — for all of us.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/podcast-episode-chronicling-online-communities

“Historically speaking the (broadband expansion) approach has been: Let’s give money to the big ISPs,” EFF’s Chao Jun Liu told the Indiana Capital Chronicle via the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism. “It sort of disappears into that black box.”
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2024/05/21/communities-struggle-to-get-connected-despite-billions-in-broadband-investment/

New Speaking Freely Alert! 🗣️
Hear more from Ethan Zuckerman in our latest interview here: https://eff.org/speaking-freely

“Facial recognition still gets things wrong, especially in reference to Black men and women,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @HorizonMass, and “police around the country have demonstrated they can’t be trusted to do follow-up investigations.” https://horizonmass.news/2024/05/20/facial-animosity/

Going after Tornado Cash’s developers for merely developing the code is like “prosecuting the hammer because somebody used it to hit someone over the head,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @CoinTelegraph. “The hammer isn’t the bad thing; it’s the use of the hammer.” https://cointelegraph.com/news/freedom-of-speech-tornado-cash-court

NEW: We can’t let corporations and politicians stifle online communities that connect people with similar interests, tastes, views, and concerns, filmmaker @alexwinter tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn & @jgkelley on “How to Fix the Internet.”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/podcast-episode-chronicling-online-communities

If Nova PBS’ #SecretsInYourData got you thinking about your privacy online, check out this panel discussion with EFF’s @evacide, @brewsterkahle, Patrick Jackson, and @alokpatelmd held last week at the Computer History Museum. https://youtu.be/n6gqpqWCqyI?feature=shared

Bills to protect kids online may be well-meaning "but they just tend to be overbroad,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. “Whenever you attempt to regulate anything that has to do with speech, you’re always going to bump up against the Constitution.” https://penncapital-star.com/technology-information/balancing-first-amendment-data-privacy-key-to-making-social-media-safer-for-kids-experts-say/

Police — with power to kill, detain, or deny people’s freedom — shouldn't be allowed to outsource their official narratives to technology in a way that makes them less subject to critique, transparency, or accountability, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @404mediaco. https://www.404media.co/here-is-what-axons-bodycam-report-writing-ai-looks-like-draft-one/

Tonight at 6pm PT, join EFA member No Ethics in Big Tech for their 11th annual NSA Comedy Night live stream. In addition to comedy and music, you can catch a variety of human rights advocates including EFF's Brendan Dilligan. https://www.eff.org/event/no-ethics-big-tech-nsa-comedy-night

Convicting a Tornado Cash builder chills development of privacy and security tools, EFF’s @aaronmackey told DL News. “Holding a developer of beneficial tools responsible for the wrongdoing of others is short-sighted and harms everyone’s privacy online.” https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/why-the-tornado-cash-alexey-pertsev-case-harms-everyone/

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