Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 5

Want EFF to help amplify grassroots organizing in your community? We’re eager to invite applications to join the Electronic Frontier Alliance https://supporters.eff.org/join-efa

Californians: Tell @JerryBrownGov to sign #SB822 to protect #NetNeutrality and secure a free and open Internet. https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=10807

This summer, Memphis Police were caught spying on Black Lives Matter activists with a fake Facebook account.

Now FB confirms to EFF it deactivated six more fake accounts, has told MPD to cease the practice, and updated its law enforcement guidelines.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/facebook-warns-memphis-police-no-more-fake-bob-smith-accounts

Worst of all, DRM adds legal hurdles to completely innocent activities, like repairing your own devices. #IDAD https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/research-and-remixes-law-wont-allow

DRM stops us from innovating, because new innovations come from edge cases—the “aha” moments that happen when someone first tries to use a product in a way in which the manufacturer hadn’t imagined. #IDAD https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/drm-puts-brakes-innovation

DRM can stop us from learning more about medical devices like pacemakers, keeping patients from learning about critical flaws. #IDAD https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/pacemakers-and-piracy-why-dmca-has-no-business-medical-implants

DRM can stop us from repairing, modifying, and testing the security of our vehicles. #IDAD https://www.wired.com/2015/01/let-us-hack-our-cars/

DRM can stop us from learning whether or not security vulnerabilities exist in all sorts of popular devices that we own—from cameras to TVs to Internet-connected toys. #IDAD https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/eff-vs-iot-drm-omg

@hacks4pancakes EFF has a few roles available right now (Help Desk Technician and a Client Platform Engineer). 😃 Check them out and apply! https://www.eff.org/about/opportunities/jobs

RT @eff: Gov't confirms: It's OK to name a website "http://fucknazis.us"

.US domain names don't have a "Seven Dirty Words" policy.…

The European Court of Human Rights today declared the UK's mass
surveillance laws violate human rights. Congratulations to everyone who
worked to have this case heard.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/2018/uk-mass-surveillance-ruled-unlawful-in-landmark-judgment

Once again, creators are the cannon fodder for industry's bid to lock up the Internet in a cozy arrangement with Big Tech. Call your MEP, fight the #CopyrightDirective! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/not-our-name-why-european-creators-should-oppose-eus-proposal-limit-linking-and

There's only one Internet and we all live on it. Take ten minutes to get in touch with two friends in the EU, send them this article, and then ask them to get in touch with their MEPs by visiting Save Your Internet: https://www.saveyourinternet.eu/

Download HTTPS Everywhere and make sure no encrypted connections slip through the cracks. https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

Hey Google: Patenting an algorithm that's in the public domain by applying it to a specific application is not just a misuse of the patent system, it's overriding an inventor who made his work available for all to use. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/after-patent-office-rejection-it-time-google-abandon-its-attempt-patent-use-public

BREAKING: In a vote of 58-17, the California Assembly just passed #SB8222, the gold standard #NetNeutrality bill.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/you-did-it-california-net-neutrality-passes-state-assembly

The California legislature must stop industry efforts to exempt online advertisers from portions of the California Consumer Privacy Act, and allow hundreds of companies to amass huge data stores on consumers—exactly the behavior the CCPA is meant to stop. https://www.eff.org/document/privacy-coalition-opposition-exempting-online-advertising-ca-privacy-law

Privacy Badger uses heuristics to learn what's tracking you across the web and to decide what to block. And in its new versions, it will now come already trained to block many common trackers as soon as you download it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/giving-privacy-badger-jump-start

RT @eff: Late last week, Reuters reported that Facebook is being asked to “break the encryption” in its Messenger application.

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We should be extremely careful before rushing to embrace an Internet that is moderated by a few private companies by default. Once systems like content moderation become the norm, those in power inevitably exploit them. /4 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/private-censorship-not-best-way-fight-hate-or-defend-democracy-here-are-some