We at EFF hate it when a certain kind of contract—you know the ones, where you hit accept after scrolling for ages just so you can use the app—is used to constrain users’ rights.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Fair Use Protects Everyone—Even the Disney Corporation

Jimmy Kimmel has been in the news a lot recently, which means the ongoing lawsuit against him by perennial late night punching bag/convicted frauds...

Take some time this weekend to get caught up in our #OptOutOctober series, where we’re providing daily tips to reclaim your privacy, one small task at a time.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security

Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a t...

Good privacy decisions begin with proper knowledge about your situation—and we’ve got you covered.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Privacy Loves Company

Most of the internet’s blessings—the opportunities for communities to connect despite physical borders and oppressive controls, the avenues to ...

Victory! California passes a good first step to regulating AI-written police reports: S.B. 524, a bill that forces transparency onto the process of what is writing what.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Victory! California Requires Transparency for AI Police Reports

California Governor Newsom has signed SB 524, making California the second state to take an important first step toward regulating AI police reports.

If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe.

Attending a Protest

For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ev...

If you bring Rayhunter to a protest this weekend (or ever), please send us the results, even if you didn’t find anything! Negative results can still help us better understand how and when CSS are being used.

Support, feedback, and community - Rayhunter - An IMSI Catcher Catcher

If you are going to a No Kings protest this weekend, be sure to review our Surveillance Self Defense guide for attending a protest and bring Rayhunter along for the ride!

Attending a Protest

For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ev...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of techni...

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We haven’t found evidence of Stingrays being used at protests in the US yet, but if you’re going to a No Kings protest this weekend, why not bring Rayhunter to be sure? Don’t forget to charge and update it, then let us know what you find!

Support, feedback, and community - Rayhunter - An IMSI Catcher Catcher

“We continue to see members of Congress, on a bipartisan basis, express support for legislation that would give the federal government more power to control and suppress speech online under the guise of protecting kids,” EFF’s Maddie Daly told Inside Sources.

DC Journal - InsideSources

Is Washington Opening the Door to European-Style Internet Regulation? – DC Journal - InsideSources

Could Democrats be opening the door to European-style internet gatekeeping here in the U.S.? If so, free market advocates want to slam that door sh...

📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢 EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)