Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 2

Grassroots efforts against dangerous technologies are changing the game! Little Rock joins the growing list of cities to reject ShotSpotter. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-applauds-little-rock-ak-cancelling-shotspotter-contract

Apple must resist the U.K. government’s attempts to create backdoors in its encryption. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/uks-demands-apple-break-encryption-emergency-us-all

States are not just regulating tech—they are technology users themselves. Their procurement and adoption of AI, facial recognition, and other emerging tech itself is a form of tech policy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/how-state-tech-policies-2024-set-stage-2025

Recognizing the impact this new and potentially dangerous technology could have on the criminal justice system, Seattle-area prosecutors have instructed cops: Don’t use AI to write police reports. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/prosecutors-washington-state-warn-police-dont-use-gen-ai-write-reports

Reports of DOGE staff obtaining “extraordinary access” to databases holding sensitive personal information about millions of Americans marks a “huge departure from privacy & security norms,” EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told @Vox. "EFF is deeply concerned." https://www.vox.com/politics/398366/musk-doge-treasury-sba-opm-budget

If Texas SB 336 passes, Texans hit with SLAPP lawsuits will be forced into costly legal fights—even if the case is bogus. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/protecting-free-speech-texas-we-need-stop-sb-336

“Everyone’s threat model has shifted, in part because of the new administration and the way tech companies are bending over backwards to serve their agenda,” EFF’s Daly Barnett told @WashPost. “The lens of criminality and risk is expanding.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/05/online-safety-privacy-messenger-security/

Privacy, AI, Age Verification, and Broadband—2024 was a pivotal year in state tech policy, as states pushed boundaries with new laws and reforms. Catch up on 2024’s highlights & see what’s next. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/key-issues-shaping-state-level-tech-policy

Copyright policy should encourage creativity, not hamper it. Fair use makes it possible for us to comment, criticize, and rework our common culture. https://www.eff.org/copyrightweek

Police often claim that face recognition is just an investigative lead, but that’s not the way officers use it on the ground. A new report names two more people wrongfully arrested and jailed because of this dangerous technology. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/police-use-face-recognition-continues-wrack-real-world-harms

The reality is that VPNs are mainly useful for one thing: routing your network connection through a different network. https://ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you

It is no surprise that Google searches for VPNs in Florida have skyrocketed. But as more states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/vpns-are-not-solution-age-verification-laws

The Electronic Frontier Alliance is a network of groups building community support and advocacy locally. Find a local group and tips for starting your own. https://efa.eff.org/

Those who back things up and index information are critical to preserving a shared understanding of facts and history, because the powerful will always seek to influence the public’s perception of them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/internet-never-forgets-fighting-memory-hole

Copyright law affects everything we do on the internet. So why do some lawmakers and powerful companies still think they can write new copyright law behind closed doors, with ordinary internet users on the outside? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/dont-make-copyright-law-smoke-filled-rooms

EFF’s India McKinney joined KPFA Radio's Law and Disorder this morning to explore electronic surveillance and privacy concerns under the new Trump Administration. https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343/e/1000686383892

It’s reasonable to worry that tech companies’ backbone for protecting users from government data requests "might soften when they get too politically involved with any one administration," EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theintercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/

ebooks are almost always just licensed to the reader—you don’t actually own the ebook itself. If something goes wrong with that publisher, or if it decides to pull its ebooks from retailers’ stores, you run the risk of losing access, EFF’s Cara Gagliano told @WIRED. https://www.wired.com/story/bookshop-now-sells-ebooks/

California law enforcement misused access to sensitive information stored in a state criminal justice system more than 7000 times in 2023, largely driven by the LA County Sheriff's Department improperly using it during concealed carry background checks. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/california-police-misused-state-databases-more-7000-times-2023

Same raporty o ryzyku nie potrafią dostarczyć ostatecznych odpowiedzi na temat potencjalnego wpływu dużych usług online na złożone procesy społeczne. Dlaczego? To pokazały nam niedawne wybory prezydenckie w Rumunii. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/systemic-risk-reporting-system-crisis?language=pl