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Stand Together to Protect Democracy
Donate in 2025 to support digital privacy and free speech!
A good weekend project: Create strong, unique passphrases for your online accounts.
Creating Strong Passwords
Reusing passwords is a dangerous security practice. If someone gets ahold of your password—whether that's from a data breach, or wherever else—...
If you want to start taking steps to enhance your digital security, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some simple concepts and tips.
Want a security starter pack?
Start from the beginning with a selection of simple steps. Surveillance impacts all of us, no matter where we live or what we do. While some of us...
You may not have noticed the massive proliferation of AI-written police reports–and that’s by design. In 2025, EFF and several states pushed back.
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Local Communities Are Winning Against ALPR Surveillance—Here’s How: 2025 in Review
Across ideologically diverse communities, 2025 campaigns against automated license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance kept winning. From Austin, Texa...
Love Privacy Badger? Hate data brokers? Join EFF in the fight against online surveillance by sharing Privacy Badger with your loved ones this holiday season.
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Privacy Badger
The issue of online safety is not solved through technology alone, and young people deserve a more intentional approach to protecting their safety and privacy online—not the lazy age verification strategies we’ve seen implemented this year that cause more harm than they solve.
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Age Verification Threats Across the Globe: 2025 in Review
Age verification mandates won't magically keep young people safer online, but that has not stopped governments around the world spending 2025 ...
Utah and California are the first states to step up to regulate how police use AI to write their reports. Who will be next?
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AI Police Reports: Year In Review
In 2024, EFF wrote our initial blog about what could go wrong when police let AI write police reports. Since then, the technology has proliferated ...