Electronic Frontier Foundation

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mark Klein. In 2006, Mark showed up at EFF’s front door with a simple question: “Do you folks care about privacy?” We did. And what Mark told us changed everything. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memoriam-mark-klein-att-whistleblower-about-nsa-mass-spying

Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our new tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

Federal law says DOGE has no authority to send data requests to companies like Meta, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @verge. "It would have to have the assistance of a law enforcement agency like the FBI.” But end-to-end-encryption is still the best protection. https://www.theverge.com/news/610951/federal-workers-privacy-surveillance-signal-facebook-messenger

BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-sues-doge-and-office-personnel-management-halt-ransacking-federal-data

Apple must resist the U.K. government’s attempts to create backdoors in its encryption. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/uks-demands-apple-break-encryption-emergency-us-all

The reality is that VPNs are mainly useful for one thing: routing your network connection through a different network. https://ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you

Examining government actions around content moderation is a good idea. But this week’s executive order on free speech lacks what is needed for an inquiry that would be in the public interest. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/protecting-free-speech-cant-just-be-about-targeting-political-opponents

Trying to explain internet freedom issues to family and friends this holiday season? Check out EFF's page of one-pager handouts to share! https://eff.org/onepagers

Supercharge online privacy and free expression for #GivingTuesday. Your contribution gets a 2X match during EFF's Power Up Your Donation Week! https://eff.org/power-up

As more people online have expressed their desire for social media platforms that respect their autonomy and that make them feel empowered, decentralization has become a hot topic. We’ve had a lot to say about it 🧵 (1/4)