As William Gibson once wrote, "If they think you're crude, go technical. If they think you're technical, go crude." Combat voice deepfake scams with a family password. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/worried-about-ai-voice-clone-scams-create-family-password

We are #thankful for open source projects decentralizing the social web.

Privacy Badger is causing a storm in the cloud. It's meaner than ever. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/privacy-badger-learns-block-ever-more-trackers

This week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made clear that linking does not constitute infringement, and kept in place an important test to determine under what circumstances entities can be held liable for displaying copyrighted content online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/victory-embedded-links-photos-instagram-dont-infringe-photographers-copyrights

On @LastWeekTonight, host @iamjohnoliver dug into the problems with data brokers, with a detailed explainer about how they work, how they collect and sell personal information, and how easy it was for him to potentially target and track politicians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqn3gR1WTcA

State lawmakers across the country are hearing more from farmers, mechanics, independent repair shops, and everyday people: copyright restrictions shouldn’t stand in the way of the right to repair. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/copyright-shouldnt-stand-way-your-right-repair

The federal infrastructure law makes it possible for every state to push fiber into every community. But states have to embrace new models, local options, and avoid the mistakes of the past. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/every-state-has-chance-deliver-fiber-all-broadband-future-2021-review