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The Senate just passed a bill that will let the federal and state governments investigate and sue websites that they claim cause kids mental distress. It’s a terrible idea to let politicians and bureaucrats decide what people should read and view online, but the Senate passed KOSA on a 91-3 vote. TAKE ACTION Don't let congress censor the internet Bill proponents have focused on some truly tragic stories of loss, and then tied these tragedies to the internet. But anxiety,...
The latest update of Privacy Badger opts users out of ad tracking through Google’s “Privacy Sandbox.” Despite being billed as a privacy feature, Privacy Sandbox protects Google’s bottom line at the expense of your privacy. Privacy Sandbox might be less invasive than third-party cookies, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for your privacy.
We haven’t seen the end of invasive geofence warrants just yet, despite Google’s big announcement late last year that it was fundamentally changing how it collects location data. Today, EFF is filing an amicus brief in the Minnesota Supreme Court in State v. Contreras-Sanchez , involving a warrant that directed Google to turn over an entire month of location data in response to a geofence warrant. Our brief argues that warrant violates the Fourth Amendment and Minnesota’s state constitution. Geofence...
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Surveillance Self-Defense
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Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
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Privacy Badger
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Privacy Badger is an install-and-forget browser add-on that stops advertisers and trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web.
