In a new settlement, the FTC accuses so-called “weapons detection” company Evolv of not being able to do the things it claims to do. Add them to the long list of surveillance companies who have done the same.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
FTC Rightfully Acts Against So-Called “AI Weapon Detection” Company Evolv
The Federal Trade Commission has entered a settlement with self-styled “weapon detection” company Evolv, to resolve the FTC’s claim that the ...
As the relationship between commercial AI and the national security state becomes closer, it’s important to ask: will government secrecy make these models even less transparent and accountable?
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The U.S. National Security State is Here to Make AI Even Less Transparent and Accountable
As the US national security state attempts to leverage powerful commercial AI to give it an edge, there are a number of questions that remain unans...
ATTN: #ShmooCon attendees 🫎 Be sure to check out our talk at 11:00 in the “Build It!” track! We’ll be presenting our new project to detect cell site simulators, Rayhunter:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF at ShmooCon 2025
As always, EFF is excited to be back in Washington, D.C. for the final ShmooCon! Stop by the EFF booth to chat with some of our team and learn abou...
Training materials obtained by @npub1s89f...rdtv include specific examples of permitted hate speech that “demonstrate that Meta’s policy changes are political in nature and not intended to simply allow more freedom of expression,” EFF’s @npub1nnjx...xv5t said.
The Intercept
Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
New tech is emerging all the time and while many devices are making our lives easier, there are also plenty gadgets that miss the mark. EFF’s Cindy Cohn judged the “Worst in Show” at #CES2025.
iFixit
Worst in Show 2025:
The Worst in Show winners prove that just because you can add tech doesn’t mean you should.
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Tesla and other car companies have the ability to spy on car owners. They shouldn't provide that information to law enforcement without a warrant, and shouldn’t collect most of that data in the first place, EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told KTVU.
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
Tesla data helping in Las Vegas Explosion Investigation
Investigators in Las Vegas are still working to determine a motive for an explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day. Federal...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the upcoming TikTok ban today. TL;DR: EFF is against this ban and has been since former (now incoming) President Trump issued an Executive Order to ban it in 2020. For more information, read through this thread below. (1/5)🪡
Meta is “now at the end of a long run of extremely bad choices,” EFF’s @Cory Doctorow told CNN. “I think that they are on the path to becoming a kind of zombie — like MySpace is today. MySpace still exists. It’s just AI-generated slop and spam.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/business/meta-facebook-zuck-trump-nightcap/index.html
By leaving insecure tracking devices on the open internet, “police have not only breached public trust but created a bounty of location data for everyone who drives by which can be abused by stalkers & other criminals,” EFF’s @npub1z2zl...5t0s told WIRED.
WIRED
License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data
Misconfigured license-plate-recognition systems reveal the livestreams of individual cameras and the wealth of data they collect about every vehicl...