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• in Technology
  Senate Sends Patent Reform Bill to Obama
  Legislation Will Overhaul System for Granting U.S. Patents to Investors
  by johnjegan / on Sep 8, 2011
• in Technology
  Gag Orders For Patients—Silencing Online Patient Reviews.
  Medical Justice Gag Orders stifle patients' reviews of doctors.
  by conradsaam / on May 9, 2011
• in Technology
  Sony May Track IP Addresses of Hacker's Visitors, Judge Says
  Is there cause for concern as gaming giant obtains permission to gather data from Bluehost, Twitter, YouTube and Blogger?
  by spiffingdesign / on Mar 7, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “electronic frontier foundation”

 

• Secret Surveillance Court May Reveal Some Secrets

  
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  The Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court, in a rare ruling, said its opinion could be subject to a Freedom of Information Act request by the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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• Bits Blog: Secret Surveillance Court May Reveal Some Secrets

  
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  The Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court, in a rare ruling, said its opinion could be subject to a Freedom of Information Act request by the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation.        
  6 days ago

• PRISM Break: How to Opt Out of the NSA’s Surveillance Online

  
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  Are you concerned about  NSA ‘s  PRISM surveillance system ? Here’s a way to  opt out of government monitoring  online. It’s easy! Just use the  PRISM Break guide  and convert to alternative browsers, operating systems and programs in lieu of the many proprietary applications many of us have become so ...
  1 week ago

• Invasion of privacy lawsuits usually a long-shot

  
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  Before there was Edward Snowden and the leak of explosive documents showing widespread government surveillance, there was Mark Klein — a telecommunications technician who alleged that AT&T was allowing U.S. spies to siphon vast amounts of customer data without warrants. Klein’s allegations and the news reports ...
  1 week ago

• Hackers vs. suits: Why nerds become leakers

  
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  When The Guardian unveiled its profile of Edward Snowden, it included a picture of the 29-year-old contractor with his laptop. On its back were stickers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties group, and Tor, software that allows people to browse the Internet anonymously. Read full ...
  1 week ago

• Mozilla Helps Launch Coalition To Stop NSA Spy Dragnet

  
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  Mozilla was out front and center for the launch of Stop Watching Us, a coalition of more than 80 civil liberties and privacy organizations calling for an end to what they call spying by the National Security Agency. "Privacy and security on the Internet is not an option," said Alex Fowler, chief privacy officer for ...
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• New Petition Website Calls For Congressional Investigation Of NSA Surveillance Program

  
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  The U.S. National Security Agency’s headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons) A coalition of 85 technology companies, organizations and privacy advocates — including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation — is launching a website Tuesday calling for a ...
  1 week ago

• The Stickers on Edward Snowden’s Laptop

  
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  Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the scope of American government surveillance, adorned his laptop with stickers showing support for two digital privacy groups.
  1 week ago

• The Lede: The Stickers on Edward Snowden’s Laptop

  
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  Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about the scope of American government surveillance, adorned his laptop with stickers showing support for two digital privacy groups.
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• Section 215 of Patriot Act again under scrutiny

  
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  Public revelation of a top secret order directing a Verizon unit to turn over to the federal government records pertaining to domestic and international phone calls has thrown new scrutiny over federal interpretation of the Patriot Act allowing the government to obtain "any tangible things" relevant to a terrorism ...
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• Us NAZI Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret

  
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  US NAZI Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret The seal of the U.S. National Security Agency. The first use was in September 1966, replacing an older seal which was used briefly. For more information, see here and here. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In a rare ...
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• Justice Department Fights Release of Secret Court Opinion Finding Unconstitutional Surveillance

  
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  In the midst of revelations that the government has conducted extensive top-secret surveillance operations to collect domestic phone records and internet communications, the Justice Department was due to file a court motion Friday in its effort to keep secret an 86-page court opinion that determined that the ...
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• Passengers can challenge gov’t GPS tracking, court finds

  
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  Thanks to the United States v. Jones Supreme Court decision from January 2012, we now know that law enforcement cannot place a GPS tracking device on someone’s car without a warrant. But what if you’re merely a passenger in the car—not the owner—and efforts to track the presumed target also track you ? ...
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• New Reports of Government Surveillance Escalate Privacy Debate

  
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  Microsoft might want to rethink running those ads that boast, "Your privacy is our priority." A stunning report in the Washington Post that says that the government, under the auspices of the National Security Agency, tapped into the servers of Microsoft and eight other Internet companies, has vaulted the ...
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• Colorado’s Mesa County a National Leader in Domestic Drone Use

  
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  A county in western Colorado has embraced domestic police drones in an era when states are increasingly limiting use of the technology. Mesa County Cpl. Danny Norris launches a fixed-wing drone. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Department is one of the few departments in the U.S. authorized to maneuver unmanned ...
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• Privacy quote of the day

  
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  Today, the Guardian newspaper confirmed what EFF (and many others) have long claimed: the NSA is conducting widespread, untargeted, domestic surveillance on millions of Americans. This revelation should end, once and for all, the government’s long-discredited secrecy claims about its … Continue reading →
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• NSA Snooping: Nothing New Under the Sun… Yet Still Just as Concerning

  
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  http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/06/us-usa-wiretaps-verizon-idUSBRE95502920130606 My, how easily we forget history. Even recent history. 2006 wasn’t that long ago, when an AT&T technician outed the National Security Agency’s program to install Narus data siphoning devices in the AT&T central ...
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• How Extensive is the NSA Domestic Surveillance of U.S. Media? Is it legal?…

  
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  By Marinka Peschmann Tuesday, June 4, 2013 When the Obama administration started to pursue whistleblowers they took it to a whole new level than previous administrations by going aggressively after the journalists—the government watchdogs, and their whistleblowing sources by misusing government agencies.   We saw ...
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• Internet freedom group blasts proposed HTML5 standards

  
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  The Electronic Frontier Foundation has issued an angry formal response to a proposed set of HTML5 standards from the World Wide Web Consortium. The group says that stringent digital rights management technology will be harmful to online freedom and prevent many users from getting access to important content. The EFF ...
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• Judge: Google must give user info to FBI

  
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  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google must comply with the FBI’s demand for data on certain customers as part of a national security investigation, according to a ruling by a federal judge who earlier this year determined such government requests are unconstitutional. The decision involves “National Security Letters,” ...
  2 weeks ago

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