From skincare to dating apps, age verification bills are creeping into unexpected places, and the privacy risks are growing.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague da...
USCIS demanding visa applicants’ social handles means people “could be chilled from sharing their opinions because they are concerned they are going to be vetted & denied immigration benefits such as naturalization," EFF’s Saira Hussain told Newsweek.
Newsweek
US immigration service wants social media handles of visa applicants
USCIS said it was looking to make the change to comply with President Donald Trump's executive orders.
A bill that sounds good but works as a weapon. The Take It Down Act won't make Big Tech work better—but will give Trump a lot of leverage over platforms.
The Verge
The Take It Down Act isn’t a law, it’s a weapon
It’s not a law, it’s a weapon.
Take It Down would give the rich & powerful an easy way to demand content removal—no questions asked.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Trump Calls On Congress To Pass The “Take It Down” Act—So He Can Censor His Critics
We've opposed the Take It Down Act because it could be easily manipulated to take down lawful content that powerful people simply don't l...
Last night, President Trump said he wants to sign the Take It Down Act into law, then use it to remove content about him. He won’t be the only one.
Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our new tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them.
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...
At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about the tech used by police and authorities to spy on you while you’re going about your everyday life, like cell-site simulators (CSS). Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that we hope empowers everyone to help search out CSS around the world.
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...