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3 <title>Deeplinks</title>
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5 <description>EFF&#039;s Deeplinks Blog: Noteworthy news from around …
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8 <item>
9 <title>Three Interactive Tools for Understanding Police Surveillance…
10 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/three-interactive-tools-…
11 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
12 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As law enforcement and government surveillance tech…
13 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Electronic Frontier Founda…
14 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;The Atlas of Surveillance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;…
15 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://atlasofsurveillance.org%20&quot;&gt;&l…
16 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Atlas of Surveillance is a…
17 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Developed in partnership with the University of Nev…
18 &lt;p&gt;By clicking any point on the map, you will get the name of an a…
19 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
20 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Who Has Your Face?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&q…
21 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://whohasyourface.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span&…
22 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Half of all adults in the United States likely have…
23 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Face recognition is a form of …
24 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://whohasyourface.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span&…
25 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The site doesn&#039;t collect personal information,…
26 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;It also includes a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;ht…
27 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Spot the Surveillance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href…
28 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eff.org/spot&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quo…
29 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you drove past an automated license plate reader…
30 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Spot the Surveillance is a virtual reality experien…
31 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The experience takes place in a San Francisco neigh…
32 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Spot the Surveillance works with most VR headsets, …
33 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;b&gt;Get To Know The Surv…
34 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;EFF has fought back against su…
35
36 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
37 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
38 <guid isPermaLink="false">103746 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
39 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance"…
40 <dc:creator>Dave Maass</dc:creator>
41 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/sls-social_1_0…
42 </item>
43 <item>
44 <title>Plaintiffs Continue Effort to Overturn FOSTA, One of the Broa…
45 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/plaintiffs-continue-effo…
46 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
47 &lt;p&gt;A group of organizations and individuals are continuing their f…
48 &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-uni…
49 &lt;h3&gt;How FOSTA Censored the Internet&lt;/h3&gt;
50 &lt;p&gt;FOSTA led to &lt;a href=&quot;https://survivorsagainstsesta.org…
51 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First&lt;/strong&gt;, FOSTA creates a new federal…
52 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second, &lt;/strong&gt;FOSTA expands potential li…
53 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third&lt;/strong&gt;, FOSTA limits the federal im…
54 &lt;h3&gt;How FOSTA Impacted the Plaintiffs&lt;/h3&gt;
55 &lt;p&gt;In their filings asking a federal district court in Washington,…
56 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-united…
57 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-united…
58 &lt;p&gt;FOSTA has also impacted a website that Andrews helped to create…
59 &lt;p&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-unit…
60 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-united…
61 &lt;p&gt;FOSTA puts &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/document/woodhu…
62 &lt;h3&gt;Where the Legal Fight Against FOSTA Stands Now&lt;/h3&gt;
63 &lt;p&gt;With the case now back in district court after the D.C. Circuit…
64 &lt;p&gt;First, they argue that FOSTA is vague and overbroad. The Suprem…
65 &lt;p&gt;FOSTA does just that. The law makes it illegal to “facilitate…
66 &lt;p&gt;The government argues that the likelihood of anyone misconstrui…
67 &lt;p&gt;Second, the plaintiffs argue that FOSTA’s Section 230 carveou…
68 &lt;p&gt;As the plaintiffs show, all the removal of Section 230 immunity…
69 &lt;p&gt;Third, the plaintiffs argued that FOSTA is not narrowly tailore…
70 &lt;p&gt;There’s no evidence the law has reduced sex trafficking. The …
71 &lt;p&gt;Finally, FOSTA violates the Constitution’s prohibition on cri…
72 &lt;p&gt;* * *&lt;/p&gt;
73 &lt;p&gt;FOSTA sets out to tackle the genuine problem of sex trafficking…
74
75 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
76 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
77 <guid isPermaLink="false">103743 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
78 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</…
79 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230">Section 230 of the…
80 <dc:creator>Aaron Mackey</dc:creator>
81 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/stop-sesta-og-…
82 </item>
83 <item>
84 <title>EFF Joins Coalition Urging Senators to Reject the EARN IT Act…
85 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/eff-joins-coalition-urgi…
86 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
87 &lt;p&gt;As we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/…
88 &lt;p&gt;We sent our letter, but your Senators need to hear from you. Co…
89
90 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://act.eff.…
91 &lt;p class=&quot;take-explainer&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://act.e…
92
93 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
94 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
95 <guid isPermaLink="false">103729 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
96 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230">Section 230 of the…
97 <dc:creator>India McKinney</dc:creator>
98 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/eagle-2b.jpg" …
99 </item>
100 <item>
101 <title>What the *, Nintendo? This in-game censorship is * terrible.<…
102 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/what-nintendo-game-censo…
103 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
104
105 &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/2020/09/16/acnhcensor.jpeg&quot; alt=&…
106 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;While we understand the urge to prevent abuse and m…
107 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;More importantly, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;htt…
108
109 &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/2020/09/16/internetfreedomfighter.jpg&…
110 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Nevertheless, Nintendo seems uncomfortable with pol…
111 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Nintendo has the right to host the platform &lt;/sp…
112
113 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
114 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
115 <guid isPermaLink="false">103728 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
116 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/video-games">Video Games</…
117 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</…
118 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/content-blocking">Content …
119 <dc:creator>Kurt Opsahl</dc:creator>
120 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/dc28_tech_triv…
121 </item>
122 <item>
123 <title>Trump’s Ban on TikTok Violates First Amendment by Eliminati…
124 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/trumps-ban-tiktok-violat…
125 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
126 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;A ban on T…
127 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
128 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;EFF, the First Amendment Clinic, and the i…
129 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
130 &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
131 &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
132 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
133
134 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
135 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
136 <guid isPermaLink="false">103723 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
137 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</…
138 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/social-networks">Social Ne…
139 <dc:creator>Nathaniel Sobel</dc:creator>
140 </item>
141 <item>
142 <title>Things to Know Before Your Neighborhood Installs an Automated…
143 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/flock-license-plate-read…
144 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
145 &lt;h4&gt;&lt;b&gt;The False Promise of ALPRs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
146 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Some members of a community think that, whether the…
147 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;People imagine that if a crime is committed, an ass…
148 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Also, despite what ALPR vendors like &lt;/span&gt;&…
149 &lt;p class=&quot;pull-quote&quot;&gt;Like all machines, ALPRs make mist…
150 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;ALPRs do, however, present a host of other potential p…
151 &lt;h4&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Danger ALPRs Present To Your Neighborhood&lt;/b&g…
152 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;ALPRs are billed as neighborhood watch tools that a…
153 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The fact that your car passes a certain stop sign a…
154 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;These dangers are only made worse by the broad diss…
155 &lt;h4&gt;&lt;b&gt;ALPR Devices Lack Oversight&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
156 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;HOAs and Neighborhood Associations are rarely equip…
157 &lt;h4&gt;&lt;b&gt;Machine Error Endangers Black Lives&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h4&…
158 &lt;p&gt;Like all machines, ALPRs make mistakes. And these mistakes can …
159 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This isn’t a hypothetical scenario. Just last mon…
160 &lt;h4&gt;&lt;b&gt;Automated License Plate Reader Abuses by Police Fores…
161 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Though police have used these tools for decades, co…
162 &lt;p class=&quot;pull-quote&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Police abu…
163 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.auditor…
164 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;California agencies aren’t unique: a &lt;/span&gt…
165 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In fact, the growing ease with which this data can …
166 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Additionally, some ALPR systems can automatically f…
167 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Some ALPRs are even designed to search for certain …
168 &lt;h4&gt;&lt;b&gt;What You Can Tell Your Neighbors if You’re Concerne…
169 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Unfortunately, ALPR devices are not the first piece…
170 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If your neighborhood is considering this technology…
171 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;You can also point out that ALPRs have not been sho…
172 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you drive a car, you’re likely being tracked b…
173
174 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
175 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
176 <guid isPermaLink="false">103722 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
177 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/69">Call To Action<…
178 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/location-privacy">Location…
179 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance"…
180 <dc:creator>Jason Kelley</dc:creator>
181 <dc:creator>Matthew Guariglia</dc:creator>
182 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/alpr-1.png" al…
183 </item>
184 <item>
185 <title>Researchers Targeting AI Bias, Sex Worker Advocate, and Globa…
186 <link>https://www.eff.org/press/releases/researchers-targeting-ai-bi…
187 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-pr-subhead …
188 &lt;p&gt;The virtual ceremony will be held October 15 from 5:30 pm to 7 …
189 &lt;p&gt;Joy Buolamwini, Dr. Timit Gebru, and Deborah Raji’s trailblaz…
190 &lt;p&gt;Danielle Blunt is one of the co-founders of &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
191 &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://opentech.fund/&quot;&gt;&lt;span&…
192 &lt;p&gt;“One of EFF’s guiding principles is that technology should …
193 &lt;p&gt;Awarded every year since 1992, EFF’s Pioneer Award Ceremony r…
194 &lt;p&gt;To attend the virtual Pioneer Awards ceremony:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a…
195
196 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
197
198
199 &lt;div class=&quot;&quot;&gt;
200 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-profile-first-name field…
201
202 &lt;/div&gt;
203
204 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
205 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
206 <guid isPermaLink="false">103721 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
207 <dc:creator>Rebecca Jeschke</dc:creator>
208 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/pioneerawards2…
209 </item>
210 <item>
211 <title>EFF to EU Commission on Article 17: Prioritize Users’ Right…
212 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/eff-eu-commission-articl…
213 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
214 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Our Watch Has Not Ended&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
215 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;EU &quot;Directives&quot; are not automatically app…
216 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;During the stakeholder meetings, we made a strong c…
217 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Targeted Consultation: Don’t Experiment With Us…
218 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Commission has partly complied with EFF and its…
219 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Our main recommendations are:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
220 &lt;ul&gt;
221 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Produce a non-exhaustive list of service providers…
222 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ensure that the platforms’ obligation to show be…
223 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Recommend that Member States not mandate the use o…
224 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Establish a requirement to avoid general user (con…
225 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;State that the mere fact that content recognition …
226 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Safeguard the diversity of platforms and not put d…
227 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Establish that content recognition technology cann…
228 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Filter-technology can also not assess whether user…
229 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you believe that filters work, prove it. The Gu…
230 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Complaint and redress procedures are not enough. F…
231 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Guidance should address the very problematic r…
232 &lt;/ul&gt;
233
234 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
235 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
236 <guid isPermaLink="false">103713 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
237 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/article-13">Article 13</ca…
238 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/eu-policy">EU Policy</cate…
239 <dc:creator>Christoph Schmon</dc:creator>
240 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/og-copyrightbo…
241 </item>
242 <item>
243 <title>Spain’s New Who Defends Your Data Report Shows Robust Priva…
244 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/spains-new-who-defends-y…
245 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
246 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The report evaluating policies at 13 Spanish Intern…
247 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;But the good news for most of the companies pretty …
248 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;While &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Orange&lt;/b&gt;&lt;spa…
249 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The format of the Eticas report is based on EFF’s…
250 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In today’s report, Eticas evaluated 13 companies,…
251 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The full study is available &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href…
252 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;An Overview of Companies&#039; Commitments and Shortco…
253 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/2020/09/09/qdtd-spain_tabl…
254 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Telefonica-Movistar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span&gt;, Spain’s l…
255 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Only &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Telefónica-Movistar&lt;…
256 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vodafone’s&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span&gt; privacy policy says…
257 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Orange Spain&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span&gt; is the only company…
258 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The report shows that, in general, the five home ap…
259 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Through ¿Quien Defiende Tus Datos? reports, local …
260
261
262 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
263 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
264 <guid isPermaLink="false">103701 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
265 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/quien-defiende-tus-datos">…
266 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/international">Internation…
267 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
268 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/necessary-and-proportionat…
269 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/surveillance-human-rights"…
270 <dc:creator>Karen Gullo</dc:creator>
271 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/qttd-banner-2b…
272 </item>
273 <item>
274 <title>Workplace Surveillance in Times of Corona</title>
275 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/workplace-surveillance-t…
276 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
277 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As businesses strive to re-open, and many workers d…
278 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Other companies ask employees to submit daily sympt…
279 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Health Surveys and Contact Tracing Apps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;…
280 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;One common category of technology to mitigate COVID…
281 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Another example is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;ht…
282 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;PwC does not provide detailed information about the…
283 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Beyond its location and proximity tracking features…
284 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blacklinesafety.com/contact-tracin…
285 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Enforcing Social Distancing &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
286 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Besides mobile apps, employers can also deploy hard…
287 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Based in Pune, India, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot…
288 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Likewise, Amazon recently introduced its ‘&lt;/sp…
289 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Conclusion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
290 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Purveyors of a variety of new and repurposed survei…
291
292 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
293 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
294 <guid isPermaLink="false">103715 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
295 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/type-blog-post/policy-analysis">P…
296 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
297 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/covid-19">COVID-19 and Dig…
298 <dc:creator>Katitza Rodriguez</dc:creator>
299 <dc:creator>Svea Windwehr</dc:creator>
300 </item>
301 <item>
302 <title>EFF Tells California Supreme Court Not to Require ExamSoft fo…
303 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/eff-tells-california-sup…
304 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
305 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;ExamSoft is a popular &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot…
306 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;ExamSoft’s collection of test takers’ biometric…
307 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;The California Bar shoul…
308 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
309 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In addition to these privacy invasions, proctoring …
310 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The entrance fee for becoming a lawyer in Californi…
311
312 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
313 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
314 <guid isPermaLink="false">103709 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
315 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
316 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/student-privacy">Student P…
317 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/biometrics">Biometrics</ca…
318 <dc:creator>Jason Kelley</dc:creator>
319 <dc:creator>Sophia Cope</dc:creator>
320 <dc:creator>Lindsay Oliver</dc:creator>
321 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/og-studentpriv…
322 </item>
323 <item>
324 <title>California Still Needs Privacy Protections for COVID Tracking…
325 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/california-still-needs-p…
326 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
327 &lt;p&gt;This week, &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/GovofCO/status/…
328 &lt;p&gt;While California has not officially announced any such program,…
329 &lt;p&gt;Worryingly, they also articulated concerns about the lack of pr…
330 &lt;p&gt;Privacy protections are necessary to public health programs, pa…
331 &lt;ul&gt;
332 &lt;li&gt;A data minimization rule that ensures that the information a p…
333 &lt;li&gt;A guarantee that any private entity working on a program does …
334 &lt;li&gt;A prohibition from discriminating against people based on thei…
335 &lt;li&gt;A strong requirement to purge data from such programs when it …
336 &lt;/ul&gt;
337 &lt;p&gt;We supported two bills in the 2019-2020 legislation session to …
338 &lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, both bills recently died in the California Senat…
339 &lt;p&gt;The letter from legislators suggests that Google and Apple may …
340 &lt;p&gt;Indeed, companies and governments have proven time and again th…
341 &lt;p&gt;In addition, employees have few protections from employers who …
342 &lt;p&gt;Pinky promises aren’t enough. We need legally binding rules. …
343
344 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
345 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
346 <guid isPermaLink="false">103705 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
347 <dc:creator>Hayley Tsukayama</dc:creator>
348 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/california-pri…
349 </item>
350 <item>
351 <title>Human Rights and TPMs: Lessons from 22 Years of the U.S. DMCA…
352 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/human-rights-and-tpms-le…
353 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
354 &lt;p&gt;In drafting this provision, Congress ostensibly believed it was…
355 &lt;p&gt;22 years later, TPMs are everywhere, sometimes called &quot;DRM…
356 &lt;p&gt;Last month, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
357 &lt;p&gt;Among the gravest of the defects in the new amendments to the M…
358 &lt;p&gt;As with DMCA 1201, the new amendments to the Mexican copyright …
359 &lt;p&gt;EFF has had 22 years of experience with the fallout from DMCA 1…
360 &lt;p&gt;Below, we have set out examples of how DMCA 1201 -- and its Mex…
361
362 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;free-expression&quot; id=&quot;free-expression…
363 &lt;a href=&quot;#free-expression&quot;&gt;Free Expression&lt;/a&gt;
364 &lt;p&gt;Copyright and free expression are in obvious tension with one a…
365 &lt;p&gt;Balancing these two priorities is a delicate act, and while dif…
366 &lt;p&gt;TPM rules that have no nexus with copyright infringement vapori…
367 &lt;p&gt;For example, a computer can tell if a video includes more than …
368 &lt;p&gt;And in truth, when TPMs collide with copyright exemptions, they…
369 &lt;p&gt;Take the TPMs that prevent recording or duplication of videos, …
370 &lt;p&gt;Other times, TPMs collide with free expression by allowing thir…
371 &lt;p&gt;The most prominent example of this interference is to be found …
372 &lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/epi…
373 &lt;ul&gt;
374 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/…
375 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wired.com/2012/08/drone-app/&quot…
376 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/29/ap…
377 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/sorry-i…
378 &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article…
379 &lt;/ul&gt;
380 &lt;p&gt;In these cases, Apple&#039;s TPM interferes with speech in ways…
381 &lt;p&gt;If Apple withholds that approval, the owner of the device and t…
382 &lt;p&gt;In the years since Apple perfected the App Store model, many ma…
383
384
385 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;self-determination&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&g…
386 &lt;a href=&quot;#self-determination&quot;&gt;Self Determination&lt;/a&g…
387 &lt;p&gt;What is a &quot;family?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
388 &lt;p&gt;Human social arrangements don&#039;t map well to rigid categori…
389 &lt;p&gt;But when TPMs enter the picture, these necessary and beneficial…
390 &lt;p&gt;One such example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.etsi.org/deliv…
391 &lt;p&gt;CPCM relies on the concept of an &quot;authorized domain&quot; …
392 &lt;p&gt;The committee that designed the authorized domain was composed …
393 &lt;p&gt;If you have a private boat, or a luxury car with its own intern…
394 &lt;p&gt;But the Authorized Domain is far less forgiving to families tha…
395 &lt;p&gt;All of this would add up to little more than a bad technology d…
396 &lt;p&gt;Because of these laws -- including Mexico&#039;s new copyright …
397 &lt;p&gt;Mexico&#039;s familial relations should be defined by Mexican l…
398 &lt;a href=&quot;#disability&quot;&gt;The Rights of People With Disabili…
399 &lt;p&gt;Though disabilities are lumped into broad categories -- &quot;m…
400 &lt;p&gt;That is why the core of accessibility isn&#039;t one-size-fits-…
401 &lt;p&gt;The more a system can be altered by its user, the more accessib…
402 &lt;p&gt;This is incompatible with TPMs. TPMs are designed to &lt;em&gt;…
403 &lt;p&gt;Accessibility is important for people with disabilities, but it…
404 &lt;p&gt;Like able-bodied people, many people with disabilities are able…
405 &lt;p&gt;That is why DMCA 1201&#039;s prohibition on &quot;trafficking i…
406 &lt;p&gt;Recent examples of TPMs interfering with disabilities reveal ho…
407 &lt;p&gt;In 2017, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) &lt;a href=&quot;h…
408 &lt;p&gt;A more recent example comes from the med-tech giant Abbott Labs…
409 &lt;p&gt;Note that there is no copyright infringement in any of these ex…
410 &lt;p&gt;Normally, a manufacturer&#039;s preference is subsidiary to the…
411 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;archiving&quot; id=&quot;archiving&quot;&gt;&l…
412 &lt;a href=&quot;#archiving&quot;&gt;Archiving&lt;/a&gt;
413 &lt;p&gt;In 1991, the science fiction writer Bruce Sterling &lt;a href=&…
414 &lt;p&gt;Sterling contrasted the creative context of software developers…
415 &lt;p&gt;Today, Sterling&#039;s characterization rings hollow. Software …
416 &lt;p&gt;However, preserving the history of an otherwise ephemeral mediu…
417 &lt;p&gt;That is why the US Copyright Office has &lt;a href=&quot;https:…
418 &lt;p&gt;Of course, it&#039;s not merely software that is routinely rest…
419 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;education&quot; id=&quot;education&quot;&gt;&l…
420 &lt;a href=&quot;#education&quot;&gt;Education&lt;/a&gt;
421 &lt;p&gt;Copyright systems around the world create exemptions for educat…
422 &lt;p&gt;But educators frequently run up against the blunt, indiscrimina…
423 &lt;p&gt;Educators&#039; conflicts with TPMs are many and varied: a teac…
424 &lt;p&gt;For a decade, the U.S. Copyright Office has &lt;a href=&quot;ht…
425 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;national-resiliency&quot; id=&quot;national-re…
426 &lt;a href=&quot;#national-resiliency&quot;&gt;National Resiliency&lt;/a…
427 &lt;p&gt;Thus far, this article has focused on the TPMs&#039; impact on …
428 &lt;p&gt;The pandemic has revealed the brittleness and transience of see…
429 &lt;p&gt;But TPMs don&#039;t understand pandemics or other emergencies: …
430 &lt;p&gt;Nowhere is this more visible than in agriculture, where the mar…
431 &lt;p&gt;Farmers work under severe constraints: they work in rural, inac…
432 &lt;p&gt;That&#039;s why TPMs in tractors constitute a severe threat to …
433 &lt;p&gt;John Deere&#039;s position is that farmers are not qualified an…
434 &lt;p&gt;This points to another key feature for national resiliency: ada…
435 &lt;p&gt;To be clear, John Deere&#039;s restrictions do not prevent farm…
436 &lt;p&gt;And John Deere&#039;s abuse of TPMs doesn&#039;t stop at repair…
437 &lt;p&gt;That data is useful to the farmers who generated it: accurate s…
438 &lt;p&gt;Again, this is bad enough under normal conditions, but when sup…
439 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;r2r&quot; id=&quot;r2r&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;…
440 &lt;a href=&quot;#r2r&quot;&gt;Right to Repair&lt;/a&gt;
441 &lt;p&gt;TPMs don&#039;t just interfere with ag-tech repairs: dominant f…
442 &lt;p&gt;Apple spent lavishly in 2018 on a campaign that stalled 20 stat…
443 &lt;p&gt;The Right to Repair is key to economic self-determination at an…
444 &lt;p&gt;Take the automotive sector: manufacturers in this increasingly …
445 &lt;p&gt;The issue has simmered for a long time: in 2012, voters in the …
446 &lt;p&gt;It&#039;s bad enough to lose your car while a pandemic has shut…
447 &lt;p&gt;Medtronic is the world&#039;s largest manufacturer of ventilato…
448 &lt;p&gt;There is a thriving secondary market for broken ventilators, bu…
449 &lt;p&gt;Medtronic strenuously objects to this practice and warns techni…
450 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cybersecurity&quot; id=&quot;cybersecurity&quo…
451 &lt;a href=&quot;#cybersecurity&quot;&gt;Cybersecurity&lt;/a&gt;
452 &lt;p&gt;In the security field, it&#039;s a truism that &quot;there is n…
453 &lt;p&gt;Another truism in security is that &quot;security is a process,…
454 &lt;p&gt;The corollary of these two rules is that security requires that…
455 &lt;p&gt;But when a system has TPMs, they often interfere with security …
456 &lt;p&gt;This problem is so pronounced that in 2018, the US Copyright Of…
457 &lt;p&gt;However, that exemption is not broad enough to encompass all se…
458 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;competition&quot; id=&quot;competition&quot;&g…
459 &lt;a href=&quot;#competition&quot;&gt;Competition&lt;/a&gt;
460 &lt;p&gt;Firms use TPMs in three socially harmful ways:&lt;/p&gt;
461
462 &lt;ol&gt;
463 &lt;li&gt;Controlling customers: From limiting repairs to forcing the pu…
464 &lt;li&gt;Controlling critics: DMCA 1201 means that when a security rese…
465 &lt;li&gt;Controlling competitors: DMCA 1201 allows firms to unilaterall…
466 &lt;/ol&gt;
467 &lt;p&gt;This concluding section delves into three key examples of TPMs&…
468
469 &lt;h3&gt;App Stores&lt;/h3&gt;
470 &lt;p&gt;In principle, there is nothing wrong with a manufacturer &quot;…
471 &lt;p&gt;The most familiar example of this is Apple&#039;s repeated deci…
472
473 &lt;h3&gt;Streaming media&lt;/h3&gt;
474 &lt;p&gt;This plays out in other device categories as well, notably &lt;…
475
476 &lt;h3&gt;Browsers&lt;/h3&gt;
477 &lt;p&gt;TPMs also allow for the formation of cartels that can collude t…
478 &lt;p&gt;However, EME is designed so that it does not constitute a compl…
479 &lt;p&gt;In practice, only one company makes a licensable CDM: Google, w…
480 &lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl…
481 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;conclusion&quot; id=&quot;conclusion&quot;&gt;…
482 &lt;a href=&quot;#conclusion&quot;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/a&gt;
483 &lt;p&gt;The U.S.A. has had 22 years of experience with legal protection…
484 &lt;p&gt;The Mexican Congress -- and the U.S. Congress -- could do much …
485 &lt;p&gt;However, rightsholders already have a remedy for copyright infr…
486
487 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
488 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
489 <guid isPermaLink="false">103672 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
490 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
491 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca">DMCA</category>
492 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca-rulemaking">DMCA Rule…
493 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/drm">DRM</category>
494 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/international">Internation…
495 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/trade-agreements">Trade Ag…
496 <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator>
497 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/mexico-copyrig…
498 </item>
499 <item>
500 <title>Portland’s Fight Against Face Surveillance</title>
501 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/portlands-fight-against-…
502 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
503 &lt;p class=&quot; take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff…
504 &lt;p class=&quot;take-explainer&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.e…
505 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The proposed ban on government use of face surveill…
506 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The ordinance also provides a path toward protectio…
507 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Portland City Council will also consider a seco…
508 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;On the ban on government use of face surveillance, …
509 &lt;p class=&quot; take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff…
510 &lt;p class=&quot;take-explainer&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.e…
511 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Moreover, the enforcement provisions of many of the…
512 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The work of Portland lawmakers and the city&#039;s …
513
514 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
515 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
516 <guid isPermaLink="false">103696 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
517 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance"…
518 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/face-surveillance">Face Su…
519 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/fight">Electronic Frontier Allian…
520 <dc:creator>Nathan Sheard</dc:creator>
521 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/face-recogniti…
522 </item>
523 <item>
524 <title>Exposure Notification Technology is Ready for Its Closeup</ti…
525 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/exposure-notification-te…
526 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
527 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/05/governme…
528 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Over the last month, we have seen a number of conta…
529 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Other new apps are more concerning. Albion College …
530 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ultimately, many people may end up participating wi…
531 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Whether considering a new app or the app-less syste…
532
533 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
534 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 23:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
535 <guid isPermaLink="false">103694 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
536 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
537 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/covid-19">COVID-19 and Dig…
538 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/mobile-devices">Mobile devices</c…
539 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
540 <dc:creator>Kurt Opsahl</dc:creator>
541 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/mobile-surveil…
542 </item>
543 <item>
544 <title>EFF Responds to EU Commission on the Digital Services Act: Pu…
545 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/eff-responds-eu-commissi…
546 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
547 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preserve What Works&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
548 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;While the European Commission has not yet published…
549 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fix What Is Broken&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
550 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;But the DSA should not only preserve what was good …
551 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Have Your Say Too&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
552 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There is still time to respond to the consultation …
553 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Our main demands regarding interoperability are:&lt;/b…
554 &lt;ol&gt;
555 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Platforms with significant market power must offer…
556 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Platforms with significant market power should mak…
557 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Interoperability measures must respect key privacy…
558 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;If intermediaries do have to suspend interoperabil…
559 &lt;/ol&gt;
560 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Our main demands regarding platform liability are:&lt;…
561 &lt;ol&gt;
562 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Online intermediaries should not be held liable fo…
563 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;It should be clarified that actual knowledge of il…
564 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Member States of the EU should not be permitte…
565 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Internet is global and takedown orders of glob…
566 &lt;/ol&gt;
567 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Our main demands regarding user controls are:&lt;/b&gt…
568 &lt;ol&gt;
569 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Users of social media platforms with significant m…
570 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Online platforms should provide meaningful informa…
571 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Users should be notified whenever the rules that g…
572 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Digital Services Act should affirm users’ in…
573 &lt;/ol&gt;
574 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Our main demands for procedural justice are:&lt;/b&gt;…
575 &lt;ol&gt;
576 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;The EU should adopt harmonized rules on reporting …
577 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Platforms should provide users with a notice when …
578 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;If platforms use automated decision making to rest…
579 &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Digital Services Act should promote quick and …
580 &lt;/ol&gt;
581
582 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
583 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
584 <guid isPermaLink="false">103689 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
585 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/eu-policy">EU Policy</cate…
586 <dc:creator>Christoph Schmon</dc:creator>
587 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/interoperable-…
588 </item>
589 <item>
590 <title>Technology Can’t Predict Crime, It Can Only Weaponize Proxi…
591 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/technology-cant-predict-…
592 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
593 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In June 2020, Santa Cruz, California became the fir…
594 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Predictive policing is a self-fulfilling prophecy. …
595 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Santa Cruz’s experiment, and eventual banning of …
596 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;What Is Predictive Policing?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
597 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.santa…
598 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Predictive policing analyzes a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a h…
599 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The technology attempts to function similarly while…
600 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There is a reason why the use of predictive policin…
601 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As of summer 2020, the technology is used in &lt;/s…
602 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;What Problems Does it Pose?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
603 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;One of the biggest flaws of predictive policing is …
604 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you build predictive policing,…
605 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
606 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This feedback loop will impact vulnerable communiti…
607 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Police are already policin…
608 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A recent &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://proj…
609 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;These visits often resulte…
610 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://time.com/4…
611 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;To test racial disparities in predictive policing, …
612 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;All of this is why a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;h…
613 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In addition, there is a disturbing lack of transpar…
614 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;For local departments, the prohibitive cost of usin…
615 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Finally, predictive policing raises constitutional …
616 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;What Can Be Done About It? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;…
617 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As the Santa Cruz ban suggests, cities are beginnin…
618 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Before predictive policing becomes even more widesp…
619 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The lessons from the novella and film &lt;/span&gt;…
620
621 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
622 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 23:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
623 <guid isPermaLink="false">103687 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
624 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
625 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
626 <dc:creator>Matthew Guariglia</dc:creator>
627 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/police-spying-…
628 </item>
629 <item>
630 <title>COVID-19 Tracking Technology Will Not Save Us</title>
631 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/covid-19-tracking-techno…
632 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
633 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;On top of that, any benefits of this technology wil…
634 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ultimately, exposure notification technology won’…
635 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Unproven Technology&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
636 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Exposure notification apps, most notably those buil…
637 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;But Bluetooth was not made to assist with contact t…
638 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;On top of technical shortcomings, it is also not ye…
639 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Unevenly Distributed Benefits&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
640 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Any app that promises to track, trace, or notify CO…
641 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In the U.S., &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://…
642 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;And smartphone penetration data and specs do not te…
643 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Technology Will Not Be a Magic Bullet&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h…
644 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Even with these drawbacks, some will still ask, “…
645 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Relying on unproven, experimental technology can al…
646 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If and when public health officials conclude that s…
647
648 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
649 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
650 <guid isPermaLink="false">103685 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
651 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/covid-19">COVID-19 and Dig…
652 <dc:creator>Gennie Gebhart</dc:creator>
653 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/covid-breath-b…
654 </item>
655 <item>
656 <title>Pass the Payment Choice Act</title>
657 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/pass-payment-choice-act<…
658 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
659
660 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
661 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
662 <guid isPermaLink="false">103684 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
663 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
664 <dc:creator>Adam Schwartz</dc:creator>
665 </item>
666 <item>
667 <title>EFF Pilots an Audio Version of EFFector</title>
668 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/eff-pilots-audio-version…
669 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
670 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.yout…
671 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action take-explainer&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Survei…
672 &lt;p&gt;Since 1990 the Electronic Frontier Foundation has published EFF…
673 &lt;p&gt;The audio version of EFFector is a reading of our newsletter, m…
674 &lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that EFFector is just a summary—if you like the …
675 &lt;p&gt;Thank you to the supporters around the world who make our work …
676
677 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
678 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 19:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
679 <guid isPermaLink="false">103675 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
680 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/68">Announcement</c…
681 <dc:creator>Christian Romero</dc:creator>
682 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/iu.jpeg" alt="…
683 </item>
684 <item>
685 <title>Cryptographer and Entrepreneur Jon Callas Joins EFF as Techno…
686 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/cryptographer-and-entrep…
687 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
688 &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
689 &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
690 &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
691 &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
692
693 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
694 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
695 <guid isPermaLink="false">103677 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
696 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
697 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/security">Security</catego…
698 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/encrypt-the-web">Encrypting the W…
699 <dc:creator>Karen Gullo</dc:creator>
700 </item>
701 <item>
702 <title>It’s Past Time for Coinbase to Issue Transparency Reports</…
703 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/its-past-time-coinbase-i…
704 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
705 &lt;p class=&quot;pull-quote&quot;&gt;Cryptocurrency exchanges should es…
706 &lt;p&gt;Financial data can be among the most sensitive types of informa…
707 &lt;p&gt;At least one of Coinbase’s competitors, Kraken, has already r…
708 &lt;p&gt;As we &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/ap…
709 &lt;p&gt;The third-party doctrine, and the court’s reliance on it in &…
710 &lt;p&gt;But we do not know how many other cases are out there like &lt;…
711 &lt;p&gt;As one of the largest individual companies in the U.S. cryptocu…
712
713 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
714 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
715 <guid isPermaLink="false">103671 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
716 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/blockchain">Blockchain</ca…
717 <dc:creator>Hayley Tsukayama</dc:creator>
718 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/block-chain-1.…
719 </item>
720 <item>
721 <title>How California’s Assembly Killed The Effort to Expand Broad…
722 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/how-californias-assembly…
723 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
724 &lt;p&gt;A deal to expand broadband would have secured more than 100 mil…
725 &lt;p&gt;As Sen. Gonzalez &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sd33.sena…
726 &lt;p&gt;Yet the Assembly insisted on poison pill amendments that suppor…
727 &lt;p&gt;We won’t stop fighting. EFF was proud to co-sponsor this bill…
728 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Playing Politics With Necessities&lt;/strong&gt;…
729 &lt;p&gt;SB 1130 was in a strong position heading into the Assembly. The…
730 &lt;p class=&quot;pull-quote&quot;&gt;The pandemic has exposed how badly…
731 &lt;p&gt;Under the current law, only half of Californians lacking high-s…
732 &lt;ol&gt;
733 &lt;li&gt;Stabilize and expand California’s Internet Infrastructure pr…
734 &lt;li&gt;Enable local governments to bond finance $1 billion with state…
735 &lt;li&gt;Build broadband networks at a minimum of 100 mbps download, wi…
736 &lt;li&gt;Direct support towards low-income neighborhoods that lack broa…
737 &lt;li&gt;Expand eligibility for state support to ensure every rural Cal…
738 &lt;/ol&gt;
739 &lt;p&gt;Yet the Assembly proposed amendments that would have weakened t…
740 &lt;p&gt;Assembly leadership and Speaker Rendon chose the path of inacti…
741 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why We Can’t Let Up&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
742 &lt;p&gt;We will keep fighting. We got so close to expanding broadband a…
743 &lt;p&gt;Californians see this for what it is: a willful failure of lead…
744 &lt;p&gt;By not acting now, the Assembly chose to leave millions of Cali…
745 &lt;p&gt;We’re thankful the Senate, the governor, and supporters like …
746
747 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
748 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 22:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
749 <guid isPermaLink="false">103669 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
750 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/innovation">Creativity &am…
751 <dc:creator>Ernesto Falcon</dc:creator>
752 <dc:creator>Hayley Tsukayama</dc:creator>
753 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/fcc-forbearanc…
754 </item>
755 <item>
756 <title>Digital Identification Must Be Designed for Privacy and Equit…
757 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/digital-identification-m…
758 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
759 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Many factors contribute to one&#039;s identity; deg…
760 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ever since people have been creating online account…
761 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There has been a growing push for digital forms of …
762 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Several technical specifications have been recently…
763 &lt;h2&gt;The Trust Model&lt;/h2&gt;
764 &lt;p&gt;Major specifications that address digital identities place them…
765 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/files/2020/08/31/1…
766 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The question of who acts as the issuer and the veri…
767 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Issuers are generally institutions that you already…
768 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;Verifiable Credentials&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
769 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Now that we’ve established the framework of digit…
770 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In November 2019, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3…
771 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This was built in the trust model format in a way t…
772 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
773 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;id&quot;: &quot;http://example.ed…
774 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;issuanceDate&quot;: &quot;2010-01…
775 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;type&quot;: [&quot;VerifiableCred…
776 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
777 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The ID section in this VC gives way to a W3C drafte…
778 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
779 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;id&quot;: &quot;did:example:ebfeb…
780 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;alumniOf&quot;: {&lt;/span&gt;&lt…
781 &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
782 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;While these specifications provide structure, they …
783 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;Mobile Driver’s Licenses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
784 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The W3C is not the only standards body working to b…
785 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This specification isn’t centered on decentralize…
786 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span&gt;“Digital First” Identities Could Lead to Priva…
787 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;These thorough specifications are a significant con…
788 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Both specifications recommend data minimization, av…
789 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Some of these privacy hazards might be diminished w…
790 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;That will not always be the case. For example, when…
791 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;One could argue that these specifications do not th…
792 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There also are privacy concerns in other applicatio…
793 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;When thinking about verified credentials, solutions…
794 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Some potential uses of digital identification might…
795 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The privacy recommendations in the W3C and mDL spec…
796 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
797
798 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
799 <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
800 <guid isPermaLink="false">103659 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
801 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
802 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/77">Technical Analy…
803 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/national-ids">Mandatory Na…
804 <dc:creator>Alexis Hancock</dc:creator>
805 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/mobile-privacy…
806 </item>
807 <item>
808 <title>New Federal Court Rulings Find Geofence Warrants Unconstituti…
809 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/new-federal-court-ruling…
810 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
811 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Geofence warrants, also known as reverse location s…
812 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In Chicago, the government applied to a magistrate …
813 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Here, the government submitted an application to co…
814 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As we’ve seen with other geofence warrants, the g…
815 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;On July 8, in the first unsealed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a…
816 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;the geographic scope of [the] req…
817 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
818 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Second, the court determined that the warrant appli…
819 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In response to the court’s order, the government …
820 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Then, the government came back to the court yet aga…
821 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;These decisions are good news. Judges too often rub…
822 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Nonetheless, as the judges noted at various points …
823 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[t]he government&#039;s undiscipl…
824 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
825 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Indeed, statistics from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&qu…
826 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;That is deeply worrying. Indiscriminate searches li…
827
828 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
829 <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
830 <guid isPermaLink="false">103647 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
831 <dc:creator>Jennifer Lynch</dc:creator>
832 <dc:creator>Nathaniel Sobel</dc:creator>
833 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/og-unreliablei…
834 </item>
835 <item>
836 <title>California’s Assembly May Do Nothing to Help on Broadband�…
837 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/californias-assembly-may…
838 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
839 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://act.eff.…
840 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action take-explainer&quot;&gt;California: Call O…
841 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Post: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&g…
842
843 &lt;p&gt;There has been broad support for legislation to close the digit…
844 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://act.eff.…
845 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action take-explainer&quot;&gt;California: Call O…
846 &lt;p&gt;This is despite all the suffering people are enduring from a la…
847 &lt;p&gt;The people hurting most right now will pay the greatest price. …
848 &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;caption caption-center&quot;&gt;&…
849 &lt;blockquote class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&qu…
850 &lt;p&gt;— Kevin de Leόn (@kdeleon) &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter…
851 &lt;p&gt;There is no question that the major national ISPs have systemic…
852 &lt;p&gt;Doing nothing also means choosing to leave millions in rural co…
853 &lt;p&gt;Shame is the only word that can describe the collective inactio…
854 &lt;p&gt;We have tried the private-only model for decades now, and we ar…
855 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://act.eff.…
856 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action take-explainer&quot;&gt;California: Call O…
857
858 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
859 <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2020 15:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
860 <guid isPermaLink="false">103641 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
861 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/73">Legislative Ana…
862 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/competition">Competition</…
863 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/net-neutrality">Net Neutra…
864 <dc:creator>Ernesto Falcon</dc:creator>
865 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/fcc-forbearanc…
866 </item>
867 <item>
868 <title>One Database to Rule Them All: The Invisible Content Cartel t…
869 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/one-database-rule-them-a…
870 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
871 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Social media platforms have long struggled with the…
872 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-und…
873 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;During the coronavirus pandemic, social media compa…
874 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This problem has become more acute with the introdu…
875 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is exactly what the GIFCT initiative aims to d…
876 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Countless examples have proven that it is very diff…
877 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The GIFCT &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;content cartel&l…
878 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ever since the attacks on two Mosques in Christchur…
879 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;However, the Operating Board, where real power resi…
880 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;For example, governments participating in the IAC a…
881 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Where does this leave GIFCT and the millions of Int…
882
883
884 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
885 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
886 <guid isPermaLink="false">103634 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
887 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
888 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</…
889 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/corporate-speech-controls"…
890 <dc:creator>Svea Windwehr</dc:creator>
891 <dc:creator>Jillian C. York</dc:creator>
892 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/free-speech-ca…
893 </item>
894 <item>
895 <title>Voter Advocacy Orgs Sue Trump Administration for Executive Or…
896 <link>https://www.eff.org/press/releases/voter-advocacy-orgs-sue-tru…
897 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-pr-subhead …
898 &lt;p&gt;“Our clients want to make sure that voting information found …
899 &lt;p&gt;Trump signed the “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censor…
900 &lt;p&gt;In the lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for th…
901 &lt;p&gt;“Voters have a constitutional right to receive accurate infor…
902 &lt;p&gt;“We joined this cause to protect voters’ access to accurate…
903 &lt;p&gt;For the full complaint in Rock the Vote et al. v. Trump:&lt;br …
904
905
906 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
907
908
909 &lt;div class=&quot;&quot;&gt;
910 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-profile-first-name field…
911
912 &lt;/div&gt;
913
914 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field__item odd&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=…
915
916
917 &lt;div class=&quot;&quot;&gt;
918 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-profile-first-name field…
919
920 &lt;/div&gt;
921
922 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
923 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
924 <guid isPermaLink="false">103630 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
925 <dc:creator>Rebecca Jeschke</dc:creator>
926 </item>
927 <item>
928 <title>Our EU Policy Principles: User Controls</title>
929 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/our-eu-policy-principles…
930 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
931 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Chance to Reinvent Platform Regulation &lt;/b&gt;&…
932 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In a few months, the European Commission will intro…
933 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;EFF supports the Commission’s goal of promoting a…
934 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The DSA is a crucial chance to enshrine the importa…
935 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;EFF will work with EU institutions to fight for use…
936 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Principle 1: Give Users Control Over Content&lt;/b&gt…
937 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Many services like Facebook and Twitter originally …
938 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Platforms’ algorithmic tools leverage their intim…
939 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Users do not have to accept this. There are many th…
940 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Giving people—as opposed to platforms—more cont…
941 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Principle 2: Algorithmic Transparency&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h…
942 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Besides being given more control over the content w…
943 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Principle 3: Accountable Governance&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&…
944 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Online platforms govern their users through their t…
945 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Principle 4: Right to Anonymity Online&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/…
946 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There are countless reasons why individuals may not…
947 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;For many people, however—including members of the…
948
949 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
950 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
951 <guid isPermaLink="false">103627 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
952 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/eff-europe">European Union…
953 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/eu-policy">EU Policy</cate…
954 <dc:creator>Svea Windwehr</dc:creator>
955 <dc:creator>Christoph Schmon</dc:creator>
956 <dc:creator>Jillian C. York</dc:creator>
957 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/free-speech-ca…
958 </item>
959 <item>
960 <title>Throwing Out the FTC&#039;s Suit Against Qualcomm Moves Antit…
961 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/throwing-out-ftcs-suit-a…
962 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
963 &lt;p&gt;The relationship between antitrust and patent law is especially…
964 &lt;p&gt;Standards can enhance competition and consumer choice, but they…
965 &lt;p&gt;To minimize that risk, standard-setting organizations typically…
966 &lt;p&gt;Qualcomm is one of the most important and dominant companies in…
967 &lt;p&gt;Although Qualcomm promised to license its SEPs (including paten…
968 &lt;p&gt;In 2017, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission &lt;a href=&quot;htt…
969 &lt;p&gt;But this month, a panel of judges from the Court of Appeals for…
970 &lt;p&gt;According to the Ninth Circuit, patent owners don’t have a du…
971 &lt;p&gt;But even when Qualcomm restricted its licensing policies in cri…
972 &lt;p&gt;Patent exhaustion is a century-old doctrine that protects the r…
973 &lt;p&gt;It makes no sense that Qualcomm could contract around a fundame…
974 &lt;p&gt;We hope the FTC sticks to its guns and asks the Ninth Circuit t…
975
976 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
977 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
978 <guid isPermaLink="false">103624 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
979 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/72">Legal Analysis<…
980 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/competition">Competition</…
981 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/patents">Patents</category>
982 <dc:creator>Alex Moss</dc:creator>
983 </item>
984 <item>
985 <title>California: Tell Your Senators That Ill-Conceived “Immunity…
986 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/california-tell-your-sen…
987 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
988 &lt;p&gt;By claiming that blockchain technology is part of a unique solu…
989 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://act.eff.…
990 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action take-explainer&quot;&gt;Tell Your Senator:…
991 &lt;p&gt;While the latest version of A.B. 2004 steps back from &lt;a hre…
992 &lt;p class=&quot;pull-quote&quot;&gt;By claiming that blockchain techno…
993 &lt;p&gt;But the bill says nothing about how long a credential should be…
994 &lt;p&gt;And there are many problems with the underlying concept of immu…
995 &lt;p&gt;EFF also opposes the very purpose of these credentials which, a…
996 &lt;p&gt;Finally, by suggesting deploying credentials that rely on havin…
997 &lt;p&gt;The latest version of A.B. 2004 doesn’t take any of these con…
998 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;“A better approach would be [to] establish …
999 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1000 &lt;p&gt;A.B. 2004’s authors still aren’t listening. But you can tel…
1001 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://act.eff.…
1002 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action take-explainer&quot;&gt;Tell Your Senator:…
1003
1004 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1005 <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
1006 <guid isPermaLink="false">103620 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1007 <dc:creator>Hayley Tsukayama</dc:creator>
1008 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/California-bea…
1009 </item>
1010 <item>
1011 <title>If Privacy Dies in VR, It Dies in Real Life</title>
1012 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/if-privacy-dies-vr-it-di…
1013 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1014 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;It’s easy to be swept up in the excitement of a n…
1015 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Step Backwards: Requiring Facebook Login for Oculus…
1016 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is why Oculus’ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot…
1017 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;There’s good cause to be alarmed. Eliminating alt…
1018 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Logging into Facebook on an Oculus product &lt;/spa…
1019 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Facebook violating the trust of users in its acquir…
1020 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Defending Fundamental Human Rights in All Realities&l…
1021 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Strapping these devices to ourselves lets us enter …
1022 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Threats to our privacy don’t stop there. A VR/AR …
1023 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Companies like Oculus need to do more than &lt;/spa…
1024 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We all need to keep the pressure on state legislatu…
1025 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Antitrust enforcers should also take note of yet an…
1026 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The future of privacy in VR/AR will depend on swift…
1027 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Left unchecked, we fear VR/AR development will foll…
1028
1029 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1030 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 22:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
1031 <guid isPermaLink="false">103618 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1032 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
1033 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/biometrics">Biometrics</ca…
1034 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/video-games">Video Games</…
1035 <dc:creator>Rory Mir</dc:creator>
1036 <dc:creator>Katitza Rodriguez</dc:creator>
1037 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/facebook-face-…
1038 </item>
1039 <item>
1040 <title>Courts Shouldn’t Stifle Patent Troll Victims’ Speech</tit…
1041 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/courts-shouldnt-stifle-p…
1042 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1043 &lt;p&gt;Mycroft AI, a company with nine employees that makes open-sourc…
1044 &lt;p&gt;Voice Tech’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://patents.google.com/pate…
1045 &lt;p&gt;“Math isn’t patentable and software shouldn’t be either,�…
1046 &lt;p&gt;Montgomery also said that he’d “always wanted to be a troll…
1047 &lt;p&gt;That tough language got attention, and the story went viral on …
1048 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Court Steps In&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
1049 &lt;p&gt;According to Voice Tech, however, it led to harassment.  The c…
1050 &lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, Judge Ketchmark not only accepted Voice Tech’s…
1051 &lt;p&gt;To be clear, if the allegations are true, Voice Tech’s counse…
1052 &lt;p&gt;But the public has a right to know what is happening in this ca…
1053 &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patent Trolls and Speech Police &lt;/strong&gt;…
1054 &lt;p&gt;It gets worse. Apparently emboldened by its initial success, Vo…
1055 &lt;p&gt;In June, Mycroft &lt;a href=&quot;https://mycroft.ai/blog/mark-…
1056 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Voice Tech demands that Mycroft remove the link to th…
1057 &lt;p&gt;Mycroft has removed the link. Voice Tech has also sought to cen…
1058 &lt;p&gt;It’s bad enough when small companies like Mycroft AI are subj…
1059
1060 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1061 <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
1062 <guid isPermaLink="false">103611 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1063 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/bloggers">Bloggers&#039; Rights</…
1064 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</…
1065 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/patents">Patents</category>
1066 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/resources-patent-troll-vic…
1067 <dc:creator>Joe Mullin</dc:creator>
1068 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/patent-troll-w…
1069 </item>
1070 <item>
1071 <title>EFF Sues Texas A&amp;M University Once Again to End Censorshi…
1072 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/eff-sues-texas-am-univer…
1073 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1074 &lt;p&gt;In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas A&amp;amp;M held its s…
1075 &lt;p&gt;Where government entities such as Texas A&amp;amp;M open online…
1076 &lt;p&gt;Texas A&amp;amp;M knows this well, because this is not the firs…
1077 &lt;p&gt;We are disappointed that Texas A&amp;amp;M has continued to cen…
1078 &lt;p&gt;EFF is joined by co-counsel PETA Foundation and Rothfelder Fali…
1079
1080 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
1081 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
1082 <guid isPermaLink="false">103606 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1083 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/68">Announcement</c…
1084 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</…
1085 <dc:creator>Naomi Gilens</dc:creator>
1086 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/free-speech-ca…
1087 </item>
1088 <item>
1089 <title>Proctoring Apps Subject Students to Unnecessary Surveillance<…
1090 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/proctoring-apps-subject-…
1091 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1092 &lt;p class=&quot;pull-quote&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;No student…
1093 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Through a series of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;h…
1094 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Much of this technology is effectively indistinguis…
1095 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In addition to the invasive gathering of biometric …
1096 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The companies retain much of what they gather, too�…
1097 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The leveraging of student data for commercial purpo…
1098 &lt;p&gt;Aside from privacy concerns, these tools could easily penalize …
1099 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;No student should be forced to make the choice to e…
1100 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Technology has opened up unprecedented opportunitie…
1101 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Educational institutions will need to adapt fundame…
1102 &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you currently have or previously had a …
1103
1104 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1105 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
1106 <guid isPermaLink="false">103602 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1107 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
1108 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/student-privacy">Student P…
1109 <dc:creator>Jason Kelley</dc:creator>
1110 <dc:creator>Lindsay Oliver</dc:creator>
1111 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/student-privac…
1112 </item>
1113 <item>
1114 <title>EFF Calls on California Gov. Newsom To Mandate Data Privacy P…
1115 <link>https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-calls-california-gov-ne…
1116 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-pr-subhead …
1117
1118 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
1119
1120
1121 &lt;div class=&quot;&quot;&gt;
1122 &lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-field-profile-first-name field…
1123
1124 &lt;/div&gt;
1125
1126 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1127 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
1128 <guid isPermaLink="false">103601 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1129 <dc:creator>Karen Gullo</dc:creator>
1130 </item>
1131 <item>
1132 <title>California Must Recognize That Privacy is Vital to Public Hea…
1133 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/california-must-recogniz…
1134 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1135 &lt;p&gt;Being upfront and honest about what information contact tracing…
1136 &lt;p&gt;Our coalition asks for the following four, common-sense protect…
1137 &lt;ul&gt;
1138 &lt;li&gt;A data minimization rule that ensures that the information a p…
1139 &lt;li&gt;A guarantee that any private entity working on a contact traci…
1140 &lt;li&gt;A prohibition from discriminating against people based on thei…
1141 &lt;li&gt;A strong requirement to purge data from such programs when it …
1142 &lt;/ul&gt;
1143 &lt;p&gt;EFF also believes that the following additional guardrails are …
1144 &lt;ul&gt;
1145 &lt;li&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ban on location tracing&lt;/em&gt;&l…
1146 &lt;li&gt;A ​&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;prohibition against contact traci…
1147 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Effective enforcement&lt;/em&gt;&lt;…
1148 &lt;/ul&gt;
1149 &lt;p&gt;EFF, along with many other privacy groups, &lt;a href=&quot;htt…
1150 &lt;p&gt;Respecting privacy can help establish much-needed trust in thes…
1151
1152 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1153 <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
1154 <guid isPermaLink="false">103598 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1155 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
1156 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/covid-19">COVID-19 and Dig…
1157 <dc:creator>Hayley Tsukayama</dc:creator>
1158 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/california-pri…
1159 </item>
1160 <item>
1161 <title>California Governor Newsom&#039;s Broadband Plan Lays Importa…
1162 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/governor-newsoms-broadba…
1163 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1164 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;While the governor acknowledged that a 100 mbps dow…
1165 &lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Any Infrastructure Plan Pushing 100 mpbs To All Calif…
1166 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fiber is the universal medium of 21st-century broad…
1167 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;As the legislature and executive branch in Californ…
1168 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the Governor’s plan results in a systemic appr…
1169 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;To give an example, look no further than the story …
1170 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This type of enabling force makes fiber a critical …
1171
1172 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1173 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
1174 <guid isPermaLink="false">103591 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1175 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/73">Legislative Ana…
1176 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/competition">Competition</…
1177 <dc:creator>Ernesto Falcon</dc:creator>
1178 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/fcc-forbearanc…
1179 </item>
1180 <item>
1181 <title>Civil Rights and First Amendment Defenders Urge First Circuit…
1182 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/civil-rights-and-first-a…
1183 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1184 &lt;p&gt;Seven amicus briefs were filed in support of our position:&lt;/…
1185 &lt;ul&gt;
1186 &lt;li&gt;Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and law firm WilmerHale, …
1187 &lt;li&gt;The Constitutional Accountability Center filed an &lt;a href=&…
1188 &lt;li&gt;The Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic and law f…
1189 &lt;li&gt;The Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic, on behalf of the Harvard Immigrat…
1190 &lt;li&gt;The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, t…
1191 &lt;li&gt;The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed an …
1192 &lt;li&gt;Law firm Covington &amp;amp; Burling, on behalf of the Center …
1193 &lt;/ul&gt;
1194 &lt;p&gt;EFF, ACLU, and ACLU of Massachusetts originally filed this laws…
1195 &lt;p&gt;In November 2019, the district court &lt;a href=&quot;https://w…
1196 &lt;p&gt;We are proud to see a diverse array of organizations and indivi…
1197
1198 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
1199 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
1200 <guid isPermaLink="false">103587 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1201 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/72">Legal Analysis<…
1202 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/border-searches">Border Se…
1203 <dc:creator>Saira Hussain</dc:creator>
1204 <dc:creator>Adam Schwartz</dc:creator>
1205 <dc:creator>Sophia Cope</dc:creator>
1206 </item>
1207 <item>
1208 <title>Future Ada: Tech Organizing Through an Intersectional Lens</t…
1209 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/future-ada-tech-organizi…
1210 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1211 &lt;p&gt;Based in Spokane, WA, Future Ada was founded in 2017 to advance…
1212 &lt;p class=&quot;pull-quote&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;Just because you…
1213 &lt;p&gt;Since their launch, Future Ada has grown into the understanding…
1214 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;How did the …
1215 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Rebecca:&lt;br /&gt…
1216 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Throughout the week, we had to come up with project…
1217 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I was already running a user group called Spokane G…
1218 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I made some friends and they helped me develop our …
1219 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1220 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1221 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sp…
1222 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hearing other people, who are very successful, talk…
1223 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I try and speak about this stuff and be open with m…
1224 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In the last few years, I’ve been picking up the s…
1225 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;One of the other things that, thankfully, Emilie wa…
1226 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1227 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1228 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Emilie:&lt;br /&gt;…
1229 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1230 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1231 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sp…
1232 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I want our organization to help create future Ada L…
1233 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1234 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1235 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sp…
1236 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1237 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1238 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sp…
1239 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Challenges? I&#039;m not a marketing person, that&#…
1240 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We want to be really careful with what we do. We wa…
1241 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1242 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1243 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Emilie:&lt;br /&gt;…
1244 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Rebecca:&lt;…
1245 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Since moving online because of the pandemic, we&#03…
1246 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1247 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1248 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sp…
1249 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Emilie:&lt;b…
1250 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Rebecca:&lt;…
1251 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We have been trying to work with the &lt;a href=&qu…
1252 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Emilie:&lt;b…
1253 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I think switching to online has been wonderful for …
1254 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1255 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1256 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sp…
1257 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1258 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt…
1259 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sp…
1260 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Emilie:&lt;b…
1261 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1262 &lt;p&gt;Future Ada’s work to lift up and support Spokane women in STE…
1263 &lt;p&gt;If you are a member of a community or student-led group in your…
1264
1265 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1266 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
1267 <guid isPermaLink="false">103585 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1268 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/security-education">Securi…
1269 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/fight">Electronic Frontier Allian…
1270 <dc:creator>Nathan Sheard</dc:creator>
1271 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/future-ada-1.j…
1272 </item>
1273 <item>
1274 <title>Article 17: Germany Shows Creativity, but EFF Wants More</tit…
1275 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/article-17-germany-shows…
1276 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1277 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/dutch-la…
1278 &lt;p&gt;We have therefore recently submitted &lt;a href=&quot;https://w…
1279 &lt;div class=&quot;page&quot; title=&quot;Page 2&quot;&gt;
1280 &lt;div class=&quot;layoutArea&quot;&gt;
1281 &lt;div class=&quot;column&quot;&gt;
1282 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1283 &lt;/div&gt;
1284 &lt;/div&gt;
1285 &lt;/div&gt;
1286
1287 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1288 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
1289 <guid isPermaLink="false">103564 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1290 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/article-13">Article 13</ca…
1291 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/eu-policy">EU Policy</cate…
1292 <dc:creator>Christoph Schmon</dc:creator>
1293 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/og-copyrightbo…
1294 </item>
1295 <item>
1296 <title>An Open Letter to the Government of South Africa on the Need …
1297 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/open-letter-government-s…
1298 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1299 &lt;p&gt;From the U.S.A., South Africa imported the flexible idea of &lt…
1300 &lt;p&gt;Both systems are important for preserving core human rights, in…
1301 &lt;p&gt;Taken together, the two systems are even better: the European s…
1302 &lt;p&gt;But as important as these systems are, and as effective as they…
1303 &lt;p&gt;Last week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa alarmed huma…
1304 &lt;p&gt;President Ramaphosa has been misinformed. The copyright limitat…
1305 &lt;p&gt;Today, EFF sent an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/files/2…
1306 &lt;p&gt;In our letter, we set out the legal basis for the U.S. fair use…
1307 &lt;p&gt;This is an urgent matter. EFF is proud to partner with NGOs in …
1308
1309 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1310 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
1311 <guid isPermaLink="false">103584 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1312 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
1313 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/international">Internation…
1314 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/intellectual-property">Fai…
1315 <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator>
1316 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/copyright-oran…
1317 </item>
1318 <item>
1319 <title>No to Expanded HHS Surveillance of COVID-19 Patients</title>
1320 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/no-expanded-hhs-surveill…
1321 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1322 &lt;p&gt;The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) leads our nation’s…
1323 &lt;p&gt;HHS issued &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.federalregister.gov/doc…
1324 &lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, HHS Protect poses a grave threat to the data pri…
1325 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;New data collection&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/stro…
1326 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;New data sharing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&…
1327 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;New data use&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.…
1328 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;New data storing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&…
1329 &lt;p&gt;No doubt, the ongoing COVID-19 crisis requires a coordinated go…
1330 &lt;p&gt;Thus, EFF filed &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.or…
1331
1332 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1333 <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
1334 <guid isPermaLink="false">103578 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1335 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy">Privacy</category>
1336 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/covid-19">COVID-19 and Dig…
1337 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/medical-privacy">Medical P…
1338 <dc:creator>Adam Schwartz</dc:creator>
1339 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/medical-privac…
1340 </item>
1341 <item>
1342 <title>Personal Telco Project: A Case Study in Community Connectivit…
1343 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/personal-telco-project-c…
1344 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1345
1346 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lewis: Can you tell me how the group got started? What…
1347 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Russell Senior&lt;/strong&gt;: It sta…
1348 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In 2003 we became a 501c3 nonprofit and the network…
1349 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In the early days, our monthly meetings had several…
1350 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;…
1351 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We were deploying single board computers in a littl…
1352 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;LWG: Were there difficulties in finding hosts?&lt;/b&g…
1353 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RS&lt;/strong&gt;: It is difficult. I…
1354 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;At peak, we had around 140 networks, around 30 of w…
1355 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;…
1356 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;…
1357 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In the very early days, we didn’t understand the …
1358 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;…
1359 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We also offer a community vibe, that lets small bus…
1360 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In the earlier days, when we had local media focusi…
1361 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG:&lt;/strong&gt; Going forward, how d…
1362 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RS&lt;/strong&gt;:  I had always see…
1363 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Telecommunication has tremendous value. The problem…
1364 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The cost of building the infrastructure has present…
1365 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The underlying philosophy is that ISPs have too muc…
1366 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;So, some model with public ownership, or non-profit…
1367 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;…
1368 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;…
1369 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RS&lt;/strong&gt;: Cell phone data is…
1370 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;When LTE first appeared, everyone was excited by ho…
1371 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If anyone thinks that 5G can solve these issues, I …
1372 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG:&lt;/strong&gt; Can you tell me abou…
1373 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RS&lt;/strong&gt;: We started a 501c4…
1374 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This time around, Multnomah County has been recepti…
1375 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LWG: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;…
1376 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RS&lt;/strong&gt;:The school board is…
1377 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
1378 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Our thanks to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;Ru…
1379 &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;To find an Electronic Frontier Alliance a…
1380
1381
1382 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1383 <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2020 20:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
1384 <guid isPermaLink="false">103571 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1385 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/fight">Electronic Frontier Allian…
1386 <dc:creator>Lewis Gittens</dc:creator>
1387 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/efa-2.png" alt…
1388 </item>
1389 <item>
1390 <title>Victory! Court Orders CA Prisons to Release Race of Parole Ca…
1391 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/victory-court-orders-ca-…
1392 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1393 &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/cases/voss-v-cdcr&quot;…
1394 &lt;p&gt;Project Recon is a promising example of how AI might be used to…
1395 &lt;p&gt;In September 2018, Project Recon requested from CDCR race and e…
1396 &lt;p&gt;In June 2020, EFF filed a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/…
1397 &lt;p&gt;In its &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/document/government…
1398 &lt;p&gt;The court &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/document/order-b…
1399 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;[T]his case unquestionably involves a weighty…
1400 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1401 &lt;p&gt;Accordingly, the court ordered CDCR to produce the requested re…
1402 &lt;p&gt;Apart from being a win for transparency and open government, th…
1403 &lt;p&gt;Moreover, this case is a win for beneficial AI innovation. In a…
1404
1405 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;field field--nam…
1406 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
1407 <guid isPermaLink="false">103559 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1408 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/72">Legal Analysis<…
1409 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/ai">Artificial Intelligenc…
1410 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/transparency">Transparency…
1411 <dc:creator>Saira Hussain</dc:creator>
1412 <dc:creator>Cara Gagliano</dc:creator>
1413 <dc:creator>Adam Schwartz</dc:creator>
1414 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/artificial-int…
1415 </item>
1416 <item>
1417 <title>On the Road to Victory for Human Rights in Mexico!</title>
1418 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/road-victory-human-right…
1419 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1420 &lt;p&gt;Last month, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020…
1421 &lt;p&gt;As we explained in detail, the law has wide-ranging impacts on …
1422 &lt;p&gt;EFF was proud to stand with the many Mexican civil society orga…
1423 &lt;p&gt;We are greatly cheered to learn that the Commission has petitio…
1424 &lt;p&gt;However, this process of court review can take &lt;em&gt;years&…
1425 &lt;p&gt;Because of these real, ongoing harms, we call upon the Supreme …
1426 &lt;p&gt;(&lt;em&gt;Our thanks to Luis Fernando García Muñoz from R3D …
1427
1428 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1429 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
1430 <guid isPermaLink="false">103545 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1431 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/70">Commentary</cat…
1432 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/international">Internation…
1433 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/trade-agreements">Trade Ag…
1434 <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator>
1435 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/mexico-copyrig…
1436 </item>
1437 <item>
1438 <title>Guitar Villain? Ubisoft Patents Basic Teaching Techniques</ti…
1439 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/guitar-villain-ubisoft-p…
1440 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1441 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;These steps will sound familiar to anyone who has t…
1442 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;According to Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest …
1443 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ubisoft’s patent says the claimed invention offer…
1444 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The claims of Ubisoft’s patent don’t include an…
1445 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;This program sounds like most educational video gam…
1446 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;That question was raised in 2018 when Ubisoft sued …
1447 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Section 101 may be familiar to readers of our &lt;/…
1448 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;These limitations are powerful weapons against soft…
1449 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Ubisoft case shows how Section 101 can also pro…
1450 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;On August 9th of last year, the U.S. District Court…
1451 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Federal Circuit rejected Ubisoft’s attempt to…
1452 &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Cases like this are important in ensuring the U.S. …
1453
1454 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1455 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
1456 <guid isPermaLink="false">103552 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1457 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/stupid-patent-month">Stupi…
1458 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/patents">Patents</category>
1459 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/video-games">Video Games</…
1460 <dc:creator>Rory Mir</dc:creator>
1461 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/OG-stupid-pate…
1462 </item>
1463 <item>
1464 <title>Final Weekend for EFF&#039;s 30th Anniversary Challenge Coin<…
1465 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/final-weekend-get-eff-30…
1466 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1467 &lt;p&gt;To be eligible for an EFF anniversary challenge coin, &lt;a hre…
1468 &lt;p class=&quot;take-action&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://supporte…
1469 &lt;p class=&quot;take-explainer&quot;&gt;Start a Monthly or Annual Recu…
1470 &lt;h4&gt;For Current Recurring Donors&lt;/h4&gt;
1471 &lt;p&gt;Any existing monthly or annual recurring donor who increases th…
1472 &lt;p&gt;If you have a recurring donation via PayPal, you aren&#039;t ab…
1473 &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;caption caption-cen…
1474 &lt;p&gt;EFF&#039;s work is sustained by thousands of people from every …
1475
1476 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1477 <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2020 19:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
1478 <guid isPermaLink="false">103541 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1479 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/taxonomy/term/68">Announcement</c…
1480 <dc:creator>Aaron Jue</dc:creator>
1481 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/challenge-3f_1…
1482 </item>
1483 <item>
1484 <title>EFF Joins SPLC Letter to Georgia High School Expressing Conce…
1485 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/eff-joins-splc-letter-ge…
1486 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1487 &lt;p&gt;Consistent with this, we &lt;a href=&quot;https://splc.org/2020…
1488 &lt;p&gt;As the letter acknowledges, students have robust First Amendmen…
1489 &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;In its landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Co…
1490 &lt;p&gt;....&lt;/p&gt;
1491 &lt;p&gt;While we understand that emotions around school reopening decis…
1492 &lt;/blockquote&gt;
1493 &lt;p&gt; We acknowledge that in some situations, there may be counterv…
1494 &lt;p&gt;In this situation, however, the student&#039;s right to create …
1495
1496 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1497 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
1498 <guid isPermaLink="false">103538 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1499 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</…
1500 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/covid-19">COVID-19 and Dig…
1501 <dc:creator>David Greene</dc:creator>
1502 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/icon-2019-free…
1503 </item>
1504 <item>
1505 <title>Victory! EFF Defends Public’s Right to Access Court Records…
1506 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/victory-eff-defends-publ…
1507 <description>&lt;div class=&quot;field field--name-body field--type-…
1508 &lt;p&gt;Although this problem is pervasive, when we looked at a lawsuit…
1509 &lt;p&gt;When EFF saw how egregious the sealing of these court records w…
1510 &lt;p&gt;Instead of appealing that decision, Uniloc tried to modify its …
1511 &lt;p&gt;Last month, the Federal Circuit, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ca…
1512 &lt;p&gt;The Federal Circuit recognized that district courts need and sh…
1513 &lt;p&gt;However, one aspect of Judge Alsup’s decision was not affirme…
1514 &lt;p&gt;The Federal Circuit’s decision is a victory for the public, w…
1515
1516 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
1517 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 18:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
1518 <guid isPermaLink="false">103534 at https://www.eff.org</guid>
1519 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/patents">Patents</category>
1520 <dc:creator>Alex Moss</dc:creator>
1521 <enclosure url="https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/patent-troll-w…
1522 </item>
1523 </channel>
1524 </rss>
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