Utah Bill Aims to Make Officers Disclose AI-Written Police Reports(eff.org)

110 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 15 comments

ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data(eff.org)

1428 points by JKCalhoun 9 months ago | 941 comments

EFF Deeplinks article reporting that ICE is using a Palantir tool that draws on Medicaid data for immigration enforcement.

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

65 points by mdp2021 1 month ago | 50 comments

Reauthorizing Mass Surveillance Shouldn't Be Tied to Funding the Government(eff.org)

214 points by panarky 2 years ago | 45 comments

San Francisco: Don't Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing(eff.org)

91 points by hn_acker 2 months ago | 42 comments

Lawmakers want to ban VPNs(eff.org)

561 points by gslin 11 months ago | 320 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Rindala Alajaji criticizing lawmakers' proposals to ban or restrict VPNs as technically uninformed.

California enacts law enabling people to universally opt out of data sharing(therecord.media)

368 points by thm 1 year ago | 63 comments

The Record news article on a new California law requiring browsers to offer a universal opt-out signal so people can block sale and sharing of their personal data.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

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.

California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got data to study education(edsource.org)

356 points by nradov 3 years ago | 212 comments

EdSource article on California's effort to bar Stanford researchers who received state education data from giving legal testimony, which the ACLU says violates the First Amendment.

We can still stop California's 3D printer surveillance scheme(eff.org)

428 points by hn_acker 4 months ago | 152 comments

EFF Deeplinks article arguing that California's proposed 3D printer surveillance requirements can still be stopped and urging action against them.

CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com founded dozens of people-search firms(krebsonsecurity.com)

549 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 142 comments

KrebsOnSecurity investigation finding that the CEO of data-removal service Onerep.com, operating from Belarus and Cyprus, founded dozens of people-search sites.