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Mashup Score: 0Federal Judge Makes History in Holding That Border Searches of Cell Phones Require a Warrant - 11 month(s) ago
With United States v. Smith (S.D.N.Y. May 11, 2023), a district court judge in New York made history by being the first court to rule that a warrant is required for a cell phone search at the border, “absent exigent circumstances” (although other district courts have wanted to do so).EFF is…
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Mashup Score: 0
In a free society, people should not have their private correspondence constantly examined. U.S. lawmakers, we would hope, understand that individuals have the right to a private conversation without the government looking over their shoulder. So it’s dismaying to see a group of U.S. Senators…
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Mashup Score: 0The FCC Broadband Maps: Meet the New Maps, Same as the Old Maps - 1 year(s) ago
When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released their new broadband map in November 2022, many hoped the chronic inaccuracies of past FCC maps would be resolved. Previous maps of high-speed broadband access in the United States painted inaccurate pictures partly because the definitions of…
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Mashup Score: 0India Requires Internet Services to Collect and Store Vast Amount of Customer Data, Building a Path to Mass Surveillance - 1 year(s) ago
Privacy and online free expression are once again under threat in India, thanks to vaguely worded cybersecurity directions—promulgated by India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) earlier this year—that impose draconian mass surveillance obligations on internet services, threatening…
Source: Electronic Frontier FoundationCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 4Let Data Breach Victims Sue Marriott - 1 year(s) ago
A company harvested your personal data, but failed to take basic steps to secure it. So thieves stole it. Now you’ve lost control of your data, and you’re at greater risk of identity theft. But when you sue the negligent company, they say you haven’t really been injured, so you don’t belong in…
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Mashup Score: 17Red Alert: The SFPD want the power to kill with robots - 1 year(s) ago
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote soon on a policy that would allow the San Francisco Police Department to use deadly force by arming its many robots. This is a spectacularly dangerous idea and EFF’s stance is clear: police should not arm robots. Police technology goes through…
Source: Electronic Frontier FoundationCategories: Future of Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 3Google Loses Appeal Against EU's Record Antitrust Fine, But Will Big Tech Ever Change? - 2 year(s) ago
The EU continues to crack down on big tech companies with its full arsenal of antitrust rules. This month, Google lost its appeal against a record fine, now slightly trimmed to €4.13 billion, for abusing its dominant position through the tactics it used to keep traffic on Android devices flowing…
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Mashup Score: 2EFF Urges FTC to Address Security and Privacy Problems in Daycare and Early Education Apps - 2 year(s) ago
SAN FRANCISCO—The Federal Trade Commission must review the lack of privacy and security protections among daycare and early education apps, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged Wednesday in a letter to Chair Lina Khan.Daycare and preschool applications frequently include notifications of…
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EFF has initial objections to the latest draft of the American Data Privacy Protection Act, or the ADPPA (H.R. 8152), passed this week. Before a floor vote, we urge the House to fix the bill and use this historic opportunity to strengthen—not diminish—the country’s privacy landscape now and for years to come.
Source: Electronic Frontier FoundationCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Facebook Says Apple is Too Powerful. They're Right. - 2 year(s) ago
In December, 2020, Apple did something insanely great. They changed how iOS, their mobile operating system, handled users’ privacy preferences, so that owners of iPhones and other iOS devices could indicate that they don’t want to be tracked by any of the apps on their devices. If they did, Apple…
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