Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 44

What year was the first version of Microsoft Windows released? Comment with the answer and register today! #EFFTechTrivia https://www.eff.org/tt24m

"The legal and political environment in Africa is becoming repressive against press freedom and freedom of expression."

Learn more in our latest Speaking Freely interview featuring Obioma Okonkwo! Read her interview and more, here: https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-obioma-okonkwo

Generative AI outputs should be subject to FOIA and agencies need a plan to “document and archive its use so that agencies can continue to comply properly with their FOIA responsibilities,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told FedScoop. https://fedscoop.com/generative-ai-could-raise-questions-for-federal-records-laws/

NEW on EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet”— Repair Association leader Gay Gordon-Byrne says we’re at a pivotal moment in the #RightToRepair movement. Hear how we got here, and where we’re going. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/podcast-episode-right-repair-catches-car

What is cybersecurity in the age of AI? Find out on May 8th when experts from UW Tech Policy Lab and EFF discuss the evolution of research in AI, security, and hacking. https://www.eff.org/AI-with-TPL

The reauthorized FISA 702 was a clear dereliction of Congress’ duty to oversee the intelligence community in order to protect all of the rest of us from its demonstrated overreach. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/us-senate-and-biden-administration-shamefully-renew-and-expand-fisa-section-702-0

Surveillance drones and other unmanned aerial systems raise significant issues for privacy and civil liberties. "The law is unsettled," EFF’s Hannah Zhao told Miami New Times. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-trapeze-artist-decries-use-of-aerial-photos-for-code-inspection-19626337

Alaa’s family and the International Counsel acting on his behalf filed the urgent appeal with the UN in November requesting immediate action over his continued and unjust imprisonment in Egypt. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/eff-human-rights-organizations-call-urgent-action-case-alaa-abd-el-fattah

If you change one setting in WhatsApp, it should be to enable end-to-end encrypted backups. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-whatsapp#enable-end-to-end-encryption-on-backups

Net neutrality means that ISPs don’t get to speed up or slow down your web traffic based on what site you’re visiting. The FCC understood this in 2015, yet left the door open for the creation of fast lanes in their new rules. Tell them to fix this mistake. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/fcc-must-clarify-its-rules-prevent-loopholes-will-swallow-net-neutrality-whole

Have you set up a username on Signal yet? https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal#set-or-change-your-username

Have you set up a username on Signal yet? https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal#set-or-change-your-username

EFF and 26 human rights organizations have written to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calling for an urgent response in the case of Egyptian-British blogger and activist, Alaa Abd El Fattah.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/eff-human-rights-organizations-call-urgent-action-case-alaa-abd-el-fattah

Political campaigns have long had the ability to learn some basic information about you, but nowadays they use the same intrusive tricks as the rest of the advertising industry. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/how-political-campaigns-use-your-data-target-you

The FCC’s draft rules are a great step toward net neutrality but create puzzling and serious loopholes. The FCC must clearly ban ISPs from creating fast lanes and refrain from blocking the states from passing more protective net neutrality laws as needed. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/fcc-must-clarify-its-rules-prevent-loopholes-will-swallow-net-neutrality-whole

Many of the internet’s ills are based on widespread corporate surveillance online. This pervasive system, ran by corporations and governments, stifles our speech and erodes our privacy. But together, we can dismantle it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/address-online-harms-we-must-first-do-privacy

You shouldn’t have to go to a second-rate online “reading room” just to read the laws we live by. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/congress-no-one-should-own-law

The US lacks a federal law forcing companies that create & use facial analysis software to delete the data processed by the technology. “We're kind of in the Wild West & we've got a bunch of corporate pinky promises,” EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told Nextgov/FCW. https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2024/04/decoding-distinctions-biometrics/395862/

Until abortion access is fully legal, digital surveillance poses a significant threat. We’ve gotten better at answering questions about how to keep each other safe. Here’s what we’ve learned.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/two-years-post-roe-better-understanding-digital-threats #abortion #surveillance

“Even if it’s better than third-party cookies, the Privacy Sandbox is still tracking. It’s just done by the company that makes your browser instead of the company that runs the ads,” EFF’s @Thorin told the @WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-cookies-replacement-not-enough-to-protect-uk-consumer-privacy-580d1b16