During a visit to Silicon Valley earlier this month, President Obama described himself as “a strong believer in strong encryption.” Some have criticized the president for equivocating on the issue, but… Read more »
The latest high profile free speech fight isn’t over a book, a movie or even a video game. Instead, the court case is over a corporate report, and has led media companies to… Read more »
It’s been a lousy week so far for opponents of U.S. spy tactics: a federal judge shut down a long-running challenge to the NSA’s mass collection of customer internet data, while President Obama brushed off… Read more »
A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Marshals Service, demanding more information about a controversial surveillance tactic involving airplanes that fly over urban areas in order to sweep up… Read more »
Left Shark rose to internet super-stardom by doing his own thing — and now a man selling models of the Super Bowl shark is doing the same, bucking the Katy Perry lawyer who wants… Read more »
Warrant canaries die quietly so their passing can escape notice. But that’s less likely to happen now thanks to “Canary Watch,” a new website that tracks the health of warrant canaries used by tech firms and… Read more »
The FCC is on the cusp of proposing new rules for the internet, and it may have a chance to kill two birds with one stone: along with preserving so-called “net neutrality,” the… Read more »
The ongoing uproar over the ethically challenged Uber has brought about calls to delete the service. And to my surprise, some people are actually doing this: I’ve already seen a few… Read more »
The tool, distributed by human rights groups such as Amnesty and the EFF, is supposed to find evidence of spyware packages such as FinFisher, which is used by governments to monitor… Read more »
“Let’s Encrypt” is an initiative backed by Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, the EFF and others. The aim is to get more websites offering secure connections for their customers, with minimal hassle associated… Read more »