It can be hard to imagine how to defend oneself against an overwhelming force like ICE. But a few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter-surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology.

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How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE

A few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use...

Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera system won the “Worst in Show” for privacy at #CES2026 for “doubling down on privacy invasion and supporting the misconception that more surveillance always makes us safer,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @npub1h9em...r7yr.

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'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells

Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.

“The DROP mechanism makes exercising our privacy rights more user-friendly, and every California resident should be aware of the tool so they can make their own choices,” EFF’s @npub15hw0...28yt told San Francisco @npub1tza2...rxcu.

San Francisco, CA Patch

Spammers Be Gone: New CA Platform Helps Users Disappear From Pesky Text, Call Lists

A new platform promises Californians relief from data brokers tracking their digital footprints.

“Unfortunately, immigrants and noncitizens should now assume that anything they share publicly on social media might be surveilled by the government and potentially used against them,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told Borderless Magazine.

Borderless Magazine NFP

ICE Can Access Your Social Media. Here’s What To Know – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP

ICE Can Access Your Social Media. Here’s What To Know – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP

EFF's Cindy Cohn will be joining Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders for a discussion on their new book, "Rewiring Democracy," on January 24 @ 11AM PT. Mark your calendars so you can tune in to this FREE virtual event hosted by City Lights Books! https://citylights.com/events/rewiring-democracy-with-bruce-schneier-and-nathan-e-sanders/

With an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying.

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ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree

We need to have a hard look at the surveillance industry. It is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, an...

Thanks @npub1zms2...vgyr for highlighting our tool, Rayhunter, in your latest video! Rayhunter, and everyone who contributes to the project, is helping expand our understanding of how cell-site simulators are being deployed in the U.S. or globally.

“One of the most striking aspects of this case is the extent to which stalkerware companies like pcTattletale operate out in the open,” EFF’s @npub1dzv5...5v2p told @npub1jncp...h8xx. “I hope that this case changes the risk calculus for makers of stalkerware.”

TechCrunch

Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software | TechCrunch

Bryan Fleming, the founder of hacked stalkerware company pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to the running of his now-defunct M...

EFF's Associate Director of State Affairs Rin Alajaji and Director of State Affairs Hayley Tsukayama joined Assemblymember Chris Ward for the launch of AB 1337, a critical piece of legislation to fight back against local government data sharing.

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