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Here Is EFF’s Master Plan For Ending Global Mass Surveillance
We have a problem when it comes to stopping mass surveillance. The entity that’s conducting the most extreme and far-reaching surveillance against most of the world’s communications — the National Security Agency — is bound by United States law.
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How To Encrypt Everything
A year ago, heavy duty encryption technology was something cybersecurity professionals, privacy nuts, and the odd investigative journalist cared about. Then the Snowden leaks happened. Suddenly, we were all acutely aware of how exposed our data is to the prying eyes of spies and hackers alike. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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Why The FCC Can’t Actually Save Net Neutrality
Network neutrality — the idea that internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all data that travels over their networks equally — is a principle that EFF strongly supports. However, the power to enforce equal treatment on the internet can easily become the power to control the internet in less beneficent ways.
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What The Google Street View Wi-Fi Decision Actually Means In The US
Is a Wi-Fi signal the equivalent of an FM radio station, blasting classic rock ballads through your car speakers? Not to the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which issued its long awaited decision in Joffe v Google this week, the case where Google was sued for allegedly violating the Wiretap Act when its Street…