The U.K. government is close to eroding encryption worldwide(eff.org)

555 points by pwmtr 3 years ago | 352 comments

EFF Deeplinks article arguing the U.K.'s Online Safety Bill could undermine end-to-end encryption for users worldwide.

Electronic Frontier Foundation(eff.org)

15 points by tomrod 1 year ago | 2 comments

EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California's AB 1709(eff.org)

65 points by mdp2021 1 month ago | 50 comments

Platforms Must Stop Unjustified Takedowns of Posts by and About Palestinians(eff.org)

18 points by gslin 2 years ago | 0 comments

The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702(eff.org)

321 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 123 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FBI's misuse of Section 702 surveillance powers shows it cannot be trusted with the authority ahead of reauthorization.

EFF’s concerns about the UN Cybercrime Convention(eff.org)

342 points by walterbell 2 years ago | 92 comments

EFF Deeplinks post by Katitza Rodriguez outlining the organization's concerns about the UN draft Cybercrime Convention.

UK Government Body Kept Files on People Criticizing Prevent Program(reclaimthenet.org)

43 points by latein 22 days ago | 10 comments

Reclaim The Net article reporting that a UK Home Office unit kept files on people who criticized the Prevent counter-extremism program, revealed after an appeal.

UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16(alecmuffett.com)

326 points by nvarsj 10 months ago | 323 comments

Alec Muffett blog post criticizing a UK House of Lords amendment that would prohibit providing VPN services to children under 16.

UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging(ft.com)

692 points by alwillis 3 years ago | 256 comments

Report that the UK government will not use Online Safety Bill powers to scan encrypted messaging apps until it is "technically feasible," backing down from a clash with tech firms.

Espionage Against the European Parliament(citizenlab.ca)

381 points by ledoge 3 months ago | 92 comments

Citizen Lab research report finding that a member of the European Parliament committee investigating spyware was hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus.

Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance(eff.org)

408 points by pseudolus 8 months ago | 122 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Matthew Guariglia arguing tech companies should not be pressured by government into conducting surveillance.

Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools(blog.mozilla.org)

737 points by WithinReason 5 months ago | 318 comments

Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy blog post urging UK regulators not to undermine VPNs, arguing they are essential privacy and security tools.