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👎 California's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Social Media Ban | EFFector 38.9

We'd all like the internet to be a better place—for kids and adults alike. But in the name of online safety,...

The SECURE Data Act is Not a Serious Piece of Privacy Legislation

The federal SECURE Data Act is not a serious consumer privacy bill, and its provisions—if enacted—would be a...

Rowhammer Attack Against NVIDIA Chips

A new rowhammer attack gives complete control of NVIDIA CPUs. On Thursday, two research teams, working independently of...

Flopp för Australiens åldersgräns för sociala medier

Australien har infört en 16-årsgräns för sociala medier. 73% av de unga fortsätter använda dem ändå. För...

From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models

DarkSword Malware

DarkSword is a sophisticated piece of malware—probably government designed—that targets iOS. Google Threat...

EFF and 18 Organizations Urge UK Policymakers to Prioritize Addressing the Roots of Online Harm

EFF joins 18 organizations in writing a letter to UK policymakers urging them to address the root causes of online...

Shut Down Turnkey Totalitarianism

William Binney, the NSA surveillance architect-turned-whistleblower, called it the "turnkey totalitarian state."...

LinkedIn locks your GDPR rights behind a paywall

Data Subject Rights LinkedIn tracks the visits to profile pages. However, if you want to see who has visited your own...

EFF Submission to UK Consultation on Digital ID

Last September, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to introduce a new digital ID scheme...

Kommer EU att förbjuda VPN-tjänster?

EU svävar på målet om VPN i relation till ålderskontroller online. Därför kan det vara en god idé att skaffa en...

Getting Digital Fairness Right: EFF's Recommendations for the EU's Digital Fairness Act

Digital Fairness in the EU The next few years will be decisive for EU digital policymaking. With major laws like the...