Documents obtained by The Daily Beast have shed light on AT&T's massive data mining operation to assist in government surveillance. The program is called Project Hemisphere. It was mentioned in…
October 25, 2016 | 06:47 EDT
The Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF) has petitioned the FTC to introduce labeling rules which would require retailers to warn consumers if products sold on their platforms contain DRM. DRM can be…
August 9, 2016 | 04:07 EDT
The FBI has dropped its attempt to force Apple's assistance in the San Bernardino case, after the agency managed to break into the phone on its own. Apple is now requesting that the government…
March 31, 2016 | 02:46 EDT
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is claiming a victory after a California judge lifted the stay of discovery on a lawsuit against the NSA. The case was first filed by the EFF in 2008 on…
February 22, 2016 | 10:01 EST
Daniel Nazer, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation who mostly focuses on patent issues, had his twitter account shut down last week after posting a "harassing" tweet.The issue concerns a…
February 4, 2016 | 09:27 EST
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reports on a bill being considered by the state legislature of Maryland, which would protect the rights of consumers to post negative reviews of products…
February 3, 2016 | 08:38 EST
Digital rights activist organization Electronic Frontier Foundation has reported that Texas law enforcement agencies have just gotten a great offer from Vigilant Solutions, a large broker of vehicle…
January 28, 2016 | 10:30 EST
Back in December, Slate reported on T-Mobile's new Binge On service, and suggested that it may be in violation of the FCC's net neutrality regulations. While Binge On is active, which is…
January 4, 2016 | 09:47 EST
In response to an online petition asking Obama to publicly affirm support of strong encryption, White House officials issued a response that they would meet with the leaders of the petition to…
December 16, 2015 | 09:55 EST
In the case of Commonwealth v. Estabrook which was brought before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the court ruled that the Massachusetts state constitution requires a warrant for law…
September 28, 2015 | 11:25 EDT
The EFF filed a brief with a Michigan appeals court, defending the right of Twitter users to create parody accounts. The dispute began when Zach Felton created the Twitter account Todd Levitt 2.0.…
September 21, 2015 | 11:14 EDT
DMCA takedowns are a blight on the Internet. In theory, they are a positive, providing media hosting websites a way to avoid liability as long as they make an effort to remove infringing content when…
September 15, 2015 | 08:00 EDT
This week, the EFF filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in response to a California district court ruling that greatly expanded copyright on pre-1972 recordings. Flo & Eddie, a…
September 11, 2015 | 07:47 EDT
In a very small step toward government transparency, the EFF has obtained access to the US government's Vulnerabilities Equity Process. This document represents the official policy on how US…
September 4, 2015 | 09:37 EDT
A version of the Intellectual Property section of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, dated from May 11, was leaked to reporters earlier in the summer. However the full text was not available to viewed…
August 7, 2015 | 11:32 EDT
The European Court of Human Rights decided recently that web hosts are responsible for any defamatory comments left on their sites, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reported. The case, Delfi AS v.…
June 17, 2015 | 02:43 EDT
Last year the Wall Street Journal broke the story that the U.S. Marshals were using Stingrays to monitor thousands of mobile phones. Stingrays are planes equipped with devices that mimic cellphone…
February 10, 2015 | 09:03 EST
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently outlined an ambitious plan to tackle the issue of mass surveillance by governments throughout the world. To a large extent the plan focuses on fighting…
January 29, 2015 | 09:40 EST
As previously reported on TechRaptor, the Obama administration has gotten heavy criticism because HealthCare.gov shares personal medical information with third parties. It was seen as a betrayal by…
January 29, 2015 | 02:42 EST
The Associated Press recently reported that the U.S. government health care website, HealthCare.gov, shares personal information with third party vendors that are embedded in the site. Companies like…
January 21, 2015 | 04:58 EST