Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 56

Beware of trademark-protection tech that mass-blocks domain registrations, EFF’s Kit Walsh told @BleepingComputer. ”Domain names are themselves a form of speech that we don't want to see constrained by overzealous attempts at brand enforcement." https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/registrars-can-now-block-all-domains-that-resemble-brand-names/

As Taiwan’s Digital Minister, @au has taken the best of open source and open culture, and successfully used them to help reform her country’s government. Hear how on “How to Fix the Internet” with EFF’s Cindy Cohn and Jason Kelley.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/podcast-episode-open-source-beats-authoritarianism

The public must be able to learn more about this new investigative technique “so that we can ensure the police are not just willy-nilly collecting DNA from people and running them against consumer genetic genealogy databases,” EFF’s Jennifer Lynch told @CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/us/idaho-student-killings-genetic-genealogy/index.html

Love tech or hate it, San Franciscans should vote no on Prop E. #NOPEonE, EFF’s Jason Kelley and Matthew Guariglia write for 48 Hills. https://48hills.org/2024/02/opinion-san-franciscans-know-a-lot-about-tech-thats-why-they-should-vote-no-on-e/

Face recognition technology carries big risks of fraud and abuse, EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told The Street. "Unlike other numbers that can be changed if we're a victim of a fraud or whatnot, we have our biometrics for life.” https://www.thestreet.com/travel/can-i-pass-airport-security-without-id

EFF interns Dez Peltzer and Colin Brandes helped This Is Reno by mapping the city-operated security cameras for which Reno officials had refused to provide locations.
https://thisisreno.com/2024/02/surveillance-city-reno-officials-would-prefer-you-not-know-where-its-security-cameras-are-view-a-map/

Content moderation is a problematic process, EFF’s @davidgreene told @newshour, but the solution isn’t “to give the government the ability to impose its own editorial viewpoints on private actors. I think that's a dangerous power to hand the government.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/supreme-court-hears-cases-involving-free-speech-rights-on-social-media

NEW on “How to Fix the Internet”— Taiwan Digital Minister @au joins EFF’s Cindy Cohn & Jason Kelley to discuss democracy as a kind of open-source social technology.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/podcast-episode-open-source-beats-authoritarianism

“What we’re seeing in San Francisco isn’t limited to San Francisco,” EFF’s Saira Hussain told @CalMatters about Prop E, which would roll back crucial civilian oversight of police. “It has implications for other cities and jurisdictions as well.” #NOPEonE
https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2024/02/prop-e-car-chases-drones/

Seen an odd piece of police tech? See if you recognize it in our Street-Level Surveillance field guide. https://sls.eff.org/

Today in @reasonmagazine: EFF’s Andrew Crocker questions whether the Justice Dept. followed its own policy in using the vaguely worded Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to indict a journalist.
https://reason.com/2024/02/26/feds-target-journalist-tim-burke-with-law-intended-for-hackers/

The state of Nevada filed an emergency motion to block end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger. This attack must be stopped. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/eff-statement-nevadas-attack-end-end-encryption

What is Proposition E and Why Should San Francisco Voters Oppose It? #NOPEonE

“Unchecked surveillance is not the solution to our city’s challenges. If passed, Proposition E would expand secret surveillance while stripping away hard-won safety policies,” EFF’s Nash Sheard said. #NOPEonE https://www.postnewsgroup.com/opponents-of-san-franciscos-prop-e-hold-rally-in-front-of-city-hall/

“When (social media) platforms have First Amendment rights to curate the user-generated content they publish, they can create distinct forums that accommodate diverse viewpoints, interests, and beliefs,” EFF’s @davidgreene told @CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/tech/us-supreme-court-landmark-social-media-cases/index.html

Decentralized web technologies have the potential to make the internet more robust and efficient, supporting a new wave of innovation. However, the fundamental technologies and services that make it work are already being hit with overreaching legal threats. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/defending-access-decentralized-web

Electronic monitoring is an all-encompassing form of surveillance for the person being monitored. It tracks every movement they make, records some of the most private data in their daily life, and effectively serves as a “form of incarceration that happens outside of prison walls.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/unregulated-exploitative-and-rise-vera-institutes-report-electronic-monitoring

We shouldn’t be forced to show ID to get online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/eff-opposes-california-initiative-would-cause-mass-censorship

Eastern Kansas: EFA member @mokancan will be hosting their regular meeting at the Lawrence Public Library to talk cybersecurity and privacy rights early next month. https://www.eff.org/event/mokancan-kansas-meet

For how long should we let police violate our privacy & safety without accountability & oversight? ”A small band of tech billionaires have joined forces to raise over $1 million to convince us the answer is at least one year,” EFF’s Nash Sheard said. #NOPEonE
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/breed-police-ballot-measure-18682557.php