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 ...
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there.
How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like ad...
Creating new criminal and civil claims against providers based on broad terms and low standards won’t help kids. But it will undermine digital security for all internet users.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Oppose STOP CSAM: Protecting Kids Shouldn’t Mean Breaking the Tools That Keep Us Safe
A Senate bill re-introduced this week threatens security and free speech on the internet. EFF urges Congress to reject the STOP CSAM Act of 2025 (S...
How does the Tor Browser protect your privacy, and why is it still necessary in an era when the web is encrypted? @npub1x5ke...nvt0 breaks down what’s special about the @npub1vwvt...cqgs in the latest “How to Fix the Internet” episode.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Podcast Episode: Why Three is Tor's Magic Number
Many in Silicon Valley, and in U.S. business at large, seem to believe innovation springs only from competition, a race to build the next big thing...
35 years ago, EFF was founded to ensure tech empowers people—not the oppressors. From defending encryption and privacy to fighting censorship and surveillance, we've been on the frontlines for your digital rights.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Celebrating 35 Years of EFF Wins
In 1990, a small group of people caught a glimpse of the possibilities of the coming digital future and decided that the world needed a kick-ass de...
Private access to an uncensored internet should be the norm for everyone, not just for someone who “has something to hide,” @npub1vwvt...cqgs's @npub1x5ke...nvt0 tells us in the latest “How to Fix the Internet” episode.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Podcast Episode: Why Three is Tor's Magic Number
Many in Silicon Valley, and in U.S. business at large, seem to believe innovation springs only from competition, a race to build the next big thing...
📣A VICTORY FOR PERSONAL PRIVACY!📣 In our case against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and DOGE, A NY federal district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction. (1/6)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Privacy Victory! Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction in OPM/DOGE Lawsuit
In a victory for personal privacy, a New York federal district court judge today granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the U.S....
More than 80 civil society groups, technologists, and companies—including EFF—have a message for the EU: There’s no encryption backdoor that only “good guys” can use.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The EU’s “Encryption Roadmap” Makes Everyone Less Safe
EFF has joined more than 80 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts in signing a letter urging the European Commission to...
AI crawlers generate so much traffic that some web sites are struggling to stay online. What can be done?
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Keeping the Web Up Under the Weight of AI Crawlers
If you run a site on the open web, chances are you've noticed a big increase in traffic over the past few months, whether or not your site has...
Retro trend alert: We’re bringing back 1970s-style enthusiasm for privacy laws. Join us and support A.B. 1337.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
California’s Cities and Counties Must Step Up Their Privacy Game. A.B. 1337 Can Do That.
California is a national leader on consumer privacy protections, having passed a landmark comprehensive privacy law and established the nation’s ...