Activists in more and more cities are pressuring local elected officials to rethink their automated license plate reader contracts, or at least to put more solid privacy protections and accountability in place, EFF’s Rin Alajaji told the Arizona Mirror. https://azmirror.com/2025/11/13/glendale-police-used-an-ethnic-slur-to-search-a-license-plate-surveillance-database/
As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether.
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Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politi...
A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep ALPR data secret, making it clear that the public has a right to these records even when the government uses a third-party vendor to conduct surveillance and store personal data.
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Washington Court Rules That Data Captured on Flock Safety Cameras Are Public Records
A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep automated license plate reader (ALPR) data secret.The Skagit Co...
Everyone's talking about AI 🤖 But who's keeping your rights in mind as it evolves? Join us tomorrow, November 13 at 10 AM PT for a livestream on the risks of AI and how we can safeguard civil liberties online.
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EFFecting Change: This Title Was Written by a Human
This event has passed. You can watch the recording on YouTube or the Internet Archive.Generative AI is like a Rorschach test for anxieties about te...
Tucked away deep in the Settings app on Android are all sorts of privacy and security features you may have never seen. It’s time to get to know those settings.
How to: Get to Know Android Privacy and Security Settings
Open up your Android phone’s Settings app and you’ll find dozens of different options with little guidance on what those options do. Some of th...
Content you purchased online shouldn’t disappear if a publisher and a tech company get into a fight.
Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Bought?
Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Bought?
Google, Meta, and Amazon are among the top companies tracking you across the web. By automatically blocking their trackers, Privacy Badger makes it harder for Big Tech companies to profit from your personal information.
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Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight Back
Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by mi...
Choosing your security and privacy tools is an ongoing process, not a one-time purchase or download.
Choosing Your Tools
With so many companies and websites offering tools geared towards helping individuals improve their own digital security, how do you choose the too...
Looking to protect your sensitive information from data brokers? Don’t want Big Tech monetizing your personal data? Privacy Badger is here to help!
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Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight Back
Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by mi...
Want to protect your privacy and security online, but not sure where to start? Surveillance Self-Defense has you covered.
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...