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@scott@carfree.city
2025-10-04 21:08:21

in a bad field of SF electeds, Matt Dorsey stands out as uniquely terrible. he's up for re-election next year: we should throw him out. #sfpol
mastodon.social/@eff/115317666

Electronic Frontier Foundation (@eff@mastodon.social)
A San Francisco Supervisor wants to amend a landmark surveillance law so it is harder to sue police when they spy on you illegally. Police are not above the law and this policy change will result in one thing: more illegal surveillance. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/hey-san-francisco-there-should-be-consequences-when-police-spy-illegally

@matematico314@social.linux.pizza
2025-10-26 19:54:05

#LB "When users are free from enshittification and can themselves control the platform’s algorithms, as they can on platforms like Bluesky, scientists get more engagement". O mínimo que eu esperava de um artigo da @… era citar o mastodon nominalmente e não uma plata…

Electronic Frontier Foundation (@eff@mastodon.social)
When enshittification comes for science, institutions need to band together to embrace new platforms. #OAWeek https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/science-must-decentralize

@mapto@qoto.org
2025-11-27 05:56:39

Quite exciting talk:
EFF presents: Rewiring Democracy with Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders in conversation with Cindy Cohn
3 December, online
eff.org/event/rewiring-democra

Rewiring Democracy with Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders in conversation with Cindy Cohn
City Lights, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The MIT Press present Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders (in conversation with Cindy Cohn/EFF) discussing their new book Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship – Published by The MIT Press.When:Wednesday...

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-17 06:35:45

Three labor unions filed a lawsuit in NY federal court to block the Trump administration from searching visa holders' social media for posts it deems hostile (David Ingram/NBC News)
nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/

Unions sue Trump administration over social media 'surveillance'
Three unions represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Trump administration over a program that searches social media posts of visa holders.

@kctipton@mas.to
2025-11-21 21:16:53

Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
#nokings

Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-09-10 00:25:51

Q&A with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, who will leave the role later this year after leading the nonprofit since 2015, on privacy, encryption, AI, and more (Dell Cameron/Wired)
wired.com/story/eff-cindy-cohn

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights
After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battle.

@pixelcode@social.tchncs.de
2025-10-07 10:36:54

yeah the oxford comma really solves all the problems nicely

Quote: “We would also like to thank the Electronic Frontier Foundation; our partners in Germany; and decoded.legal; for their help with this work.” Note the semicolons (instead of normal commas) between EFF, the German partners and decoded.legal. The semicolons are necessary in order to clarify that “our partners in Germany” is its own item in the list and not an insertion referring to the EFF. The author doesn't thank the EFF who are their partners in Germany. Instead, they thank their partne…
@newsie@darktundra.xyz
2025-11-21 00:06:48

Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country 404media.co/cops-used-flock-to

Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-09-09 21:46:00

Q&A with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, who will leave the role later this year after leading the nonprofit since 2015, on privacy, encryption, AI, and more (Dell Cameron/Wired)
wired.com/story/eff-cindy-cohn

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights
After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battle.