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2024 Year in Review

Dec 23, 2024 | eff.org | Cindy Cohn

Skip to main content Email updates on news, actions, and events in your area. Share It Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Copy link It is our end-of-year tradition at EFF to look back at the last 12 months of digital rights. This year, the number and diversity of our reflections attest that 2024 was a big year.
The 2024 U.S. Election is Over. EFF is Ready for What's Next.

Nov 6, 2024 | eff.org | Cindy Cohn

The dust of the U.S. election is settling, and we want you to know that EFF is ready for whatever’s next. Our mission to ensure that technology serves you—rather than silencing, tracking, or oppressing you—does not change. Some of what’s to come will be in uncharted territory. But we have been preparing for whatever this future brings for a long time. EFF is at its best when the stakes are high. No matter what, EFF will take every opportunity to stand with users.
Las elecciones estadounidenses de 2024 han terminado. La EFF está preparada para lo que viene.

Nov 6, 2024 | eff.org | Cindy Cohn

El polvo de las elecciones estadounidenses se está asentando, y queremos que sepas que la EFF está preparada para lo que venga después. Nuestra misión de garantizar que la tecnología esté a tu servicio -en lugar de silenciarte, rastrearte u oprimirte- no ha cambiado. Parte de lo que está por venir será territorio desconocido. Pero llevamos mucho tiempo preparándonos para lo que nos depare el futuro. La EFF está a la altura cuanto más hay en juego.
Freedoms Phoenix

Oct 23, 2024 | freedomsphoenix.com | Matthew Guariglia |Robert J. Lee |Brendan Gilligan |Cindy Cohn

Contents Pages by Subject 10-23-2024 • https://activistpost.com, By Matthew Guariglia EFF has joined with 23 other organizations including the ACLU, Restore the Fourth, the Brennan Center for Justice, Access Now, and the Freedom of the Press Foundation to demand that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) furnish t 05-11-2024 • By Matthew Guariglia, Brendan Gilligan, Cindy Cohn A bombshell report from WIRED reveals that two days after the U.S. Congress renewed and expanded...
Cybersecurity, phishing, SaltTyphoon, encryption, backdoor, China

Oct 14, 2024 | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Joe Mullin |Cindy Cohn

CYBERSECURITYSalt Typhoon Hack Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only for The "Good Guys"Published 14 October 2024If U.S. policymakers care about China and other foreign countries engaging in espionage on U.S. citizens, it’s time to speak up in favor of encryption by default. If these policymakers don’t want to see bad actors take advantage of their constituents, domestic companies, or security agencies, again—they should speak up for encryption by default.
Election integrity, election security

Oct 10, 2024 | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Cindy Cohn

ELECTION INTEGRITYElection Security: When to Worry, When to NotPublished 10 October 2024Everyone wants an election that is secure and reliable and that will ensure that the voters’ actual choices are reflected in the results. At the same time, not every problem in voting technology or systems is worth pulling the fire alarm —we have to look at the bigger story and context. And we have to stand down when our worst fears turn out to be unfounded.
Election Security: When to Worry, When to Not

Oct 9, 2024 | eff.org | Cindy Cohn

This post was written by EFF intern Nazli Ungan as an update to a 2020 Deeplinks post by Cindy Cohn. Everyone wants an election that is secure and reliable and that will ensure that the voters’ actual choices are reflected in the results. That’s as true as we head into the 2024 U.S. general elections as it always has been. At the same time, not every problem in voting technology or systems is worth pulling the fire alarm—we have to look at the bigger story and context.
Salt Typhoon Hack Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only For The "Good Guys"

Oct 9, 2024 | eff.org | Joe Mullin |Cindy Cohn

At EFF we’ve long noted that you cannot build a backdoor that only lets in good guys and not bad guys. Over the weekend, we saw another example of this: The Wall Street Journal reported on a major breach of U.S. telecom systems attributed to a sophisticated Chinese-government backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon.
Human Rights Claims Against Cisco Can Move Forward (Again)

Sep 18, 2024 | eff.org | Cindy Cohn

Google and Amazon – You Should Take Note of Your Own Aiding and Abetting RiskEFF has long pushed companies that provide powerful surveillance tools to governments to take affirmative steps to avoid aiding and abetting human rights abuses. We have also worked to ensure they face consequences when they do not.
34 Years Supporting the Wild and Weird World Online

Jul 10, 2024 | eff.org | Cindy Cohn

Oh the stories I could tell you about EFF's adventures anchoring the digital rights movement. Clandestine whistleblowers. Secret rooms. Encryption cracking. Airships over mass spying facilities. Even appearances from a badger, a purple dinosaur, and an adorable toddler dancing to Prince. EFF emerged as a proud friend to creators and users alike in this wild and weird world online—and we’re still at it.