Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 8

EFF's Director of Cybersecurity, @evacide, tells @Glamour: "When you give in to privacy nihilism, and decide that you're not going to do anything, you've let the government win already."

https://www.glamour.com/story/eva-galperin-outrage-fairy-protecting-you-on-the-internet

We've received documents that confirm:

- Best Buy gave the FBI a tour of their repair facility

- The FBI paid Geek Squad employees as informants

- FBI agents have a process for investigating & prosecuting people who sent their devices to the Geek Squad
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationship-fbi-cozier-we-thought

"The Internet is the most liberating tool for humanity ever invented, and also the best for surveillance. It's not one or the other. It's both."
(@JPBarlow, 2012) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/20/hacktivists-battle-internet

Many of the people using Slack for political organizing and activism are not fully aware of how Slack falls short in serving their security needs. Here are some things to consider.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/revolution-and-slack

When talking about digital security, have you heard someone say:
“I have nothing to hide."
“If someone wants to hack me, they’ll figure out a way to do it.”
"I'm too overwhelmed to learn about security."

Our Security Education Companion has some tips https://sec.eff.org/articles/why-your-audience-should-care

Using Slack for organizing or activism? You should be aware of the ways it can fall short in protecting your security. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/revolution-and-slack

John Perry Barlow's "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" was written on this date in 1996. https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence https://t.co/bkLGaAU1HI

The Internet lost a hero today. EFF is mourning the loss of our visionary co-founder, John Perry Barlow. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/john-perry-barlow-internet-pioneer-1947-2018