Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 7

The Secure Data Act, which has bipartisan support, gets encryption right. It would protect companies from being forced to build backdoors into their encrypted devices and services. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/secure-data-act-would-stop-backdoors

Thank you! Everyone: The petition to force a vote on the Congressional Review Act was delivered today. See where your Senators stand and give them a call! #RedAlert https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-to-reinstate-the-open-internet-order https://twitter.com/cynixy/status/994256373352411136

Rather than ask which messenger provides the "best" security features by certain technical standards, think about precisely what kind of security you need. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/thinking-about-what-you-need-secure-messenger

First, the CLOUD Act—a dangerous bill that will harm global data privacy—was signed into law in the United States. Now, the EU has responded with two similarly poor proposals. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/tale-two-poorly-designed-cross-border-data-access-regime

Californians: help secure #NetNeutrality for your state by supporting #SB822
https://act.eff.org/action/help-california-secure-net-neutrality-protections-support-s-b-822-7f9fe652-9f5b-456c-8a79-bc7ff6511a4c

We can stop the FCC's rollback of net neutrality rules. Write to your members of Congress today. https://checkyourreps.org/

Don’t get turned around by misleading arguments about paid prioritization, which large ISPs like AT&T want left out of any #NetNeutrality law
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/busting-two-myths-about-paid-prioritization

Canadian officials wrongly blame a teen for hacking because some public records he downloaded from their website contained personal information. But they should be blaming themselves. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/dear-canada-accessing-publicly-available-information-internet-not-crime

Want to help us stop rampant tracking by Facebook, Google, and other ad companies? Install @PrivacyBadger—and "badger" your friends to install it as well https://eff.org/pb

A teenager in Canada who downloaded several thousand public freedom-of-information requests records has been raided by police and accused of "stealing" private information
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/freedom-of-information-request-privacy-breach-teen-speaks-out-1.4621970

Do you support #NetNeutrality?

Do you live in California?

Today is your chance to show support online for #SB822, which gives the state some of the strongest protections in the country.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/day-action-help-california-pass-gold-standard-net-neutrality-bill

Privacy Badger automatically blocks advertisers from tracking you across multiple websites without your permission. To the advertiser, it's like you suddenly disappeared. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

We are gathering John Perry Barlow memories, thoughts, and stories from the community throughout the weekend. We hope you will consider offering your Barlow well-wishes and tales of adventure for the collection! https://www.eff.org/remembering-john-perry-barlow

What secure messaging app should you use? The frustrating answer is: it depends. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/why-we-cant-give-you-recommendation

Know someone who is planning a digital security training by themselves? It's dangerous to go alone! Encourage them to teach with a friend, and read these tips https://sec.eff.org/articles/first-training

"...And lastly, I'd like to thank Donald Rumsfeld, for doubling our membership numbers in the past year by showing everyone just how important our work is."
(@JPBarlow, 2003—EFF Christmas Party, paraphrase, spoken while standing on a table, shared by @doctorow)

This bill would force online platforms like Twitter to censor their users. https://stopsesta.org/

For now, here's one way you can take control of your privacy settings on Facebook.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing

For more info on protecting yourself on social networks, visit our Surveillance Self-Defense guide.
https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/protecting-yourself-social-networks

Facebook has allowed third parties like Cambridge Analytica to violate user privacy on an unprecedented scale. For now, here's one way you can take control of your privacy settings. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing