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How Dangerous Is Anthropic’s Mythos AI?
Last month, Anthropic made a remarkable announcement about its new model, Claude Mythos Preview: it was so good at...
Help EFF Solve an Issue That's Bigger than Creepy Ads
Millions of people around the world use EFF's Privacy Badger. This browser extension blocks the hidden trackers that...
The Science is Not Settled: How Weak Evidence is Fueling a National Push to Ban Social Media for Youth
As statehouses ramp up for 2026, we’re seeing a familiar and concerning trend of lawmakers rushing to regulate the...
OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 is as Good as Mythos at Finding Security Vulnerabilities
The UK’s AI Security Institute evaluated GPT-5.5’s ability to find security vulnerabilities, and found that...
Broken Promises: RIP Instagram’s End-to-End Encrypted DMs
Last week, Instagram ended its opt-in, and therefore rarely used, end-to-end encryption feature. Years after publicly...
Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS Comes to Apple and Android Chats
This week, Apple released iOS 26.5, an update that supports end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services...
EFF Launches New Offline Campaign for Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid
Osama Khalid was just twelve years old when he began contributing to Wikipedia Arabic. In the height of the blogging...
EU lägger förslag om åldersgränser online i sommar
EU-kommissionens ordförande Ursula von der Leyen säger att man tänker lägga fram ett förslag om åldersgränser...
A Hackers Guide to Circumventing Internet Shutdowns
Internet shutdowns are devastating for human rights. When people are disconnected from the internet and digital...
Copy.Fail Linux Vulnerability
This is the worst Linux vulnerability in years. TL;DR copy.fail is a Linux kernel local privilege escalation, not a...
Canada’s Bill C-22 Is a Repackaged Version of Last Year’s Surveillance Nightmare
Last year, the Canadian government pushed Bill C-2, which would erode Canadian digital rights in the name of “border...
EFF to Fourth Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant
EFF, along with the national ACLU, the ACLU affiliates in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and...
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