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  • Karikatuur van een partijdige rechter (Un juge impartial), by Honoré Daumier, printed by Jean François Benard, published by Aubert & Cie., (1832 - 1850) Public Domain
    Business US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls" Ellsworth Toohey
  • privacy Privacy concerns rise as states demand ID for everyday purchases Ellsworth Toohey
  • Rayhunter device lets anyone detect police phone surveillance (EFF)
    Technology EFF creates a $20 device to detect cellular spying: Rayhunter Ellsworth Toohey
  • 1994, internet
    computers Read the Electronic Frontier Foundation's guide to using the Internet in 1994 Rob Beschizza
  • law EFF's roadmap for a 21st Century antitrust doctrine Cory Doctorow
  • News New privacy hires at WhatsApp: Nate Cardozo (EFF), Robyn Greene (Open Technology Institute) Xeni Jardin
  • Illustration: Séamus Bellamy
    Car feature subscriptions make it easy for the government to track you Séamus Bellamy
  • By Mark Klein - https://sites.google.com/site/markklein2009/Home, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
    Technology RIP Mark Klein. He exposed NSA's secret surveillance program in notorious Room 641A Ellsworth Toohey
  • Elon Musk, South African entrepreneur (cristiano barni / Shutterstock.com)
    eff EFF sues Musk: Keep your grubby mitts off our government worker data Ellsworth Toohey
  • Image: BreizhAtao / shutterstock.com
    crime California cops got caught being naughty with their database privileges 7,000+ times in one year Ellsworth Toohey
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    cybersecurity 23andMe's meltdown: How to protect your DNA from falling into wrong hands Ellsworth Toohey
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    google Google "purges" uBlock Origin from Chrome Web Store Rob Beschizza
  • blatant misuse of power LAPD wants to remotely access 10,000 public and private security cameras Natalie Dressed
  • Omegle The tragic downfall of a website meant to connect us Natalie Dressed
  • websites Anonymous chat site Omegle closes down Rob Beschizza
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation to present awards to Sci-Hub founder Alexandra Elbakyan, Signal and the Library Freedom Project Rob Beschizza
  • apple Good news: FBI says Apple's end-to-end encryption is "deeply concerning" Mark Frauenfelder
  • eff Donate to the EFF, get a warm fuzzy feeling and the satisfaction of helping smash stupid patents, legislation and lawsuits Rob Beschizza
  • surveillance Exposé on local police's use of Fog Reveal, a platform for mass-surveillance of small-town America Rob Beschizza
  • panopticon Arizona police department used federal Covid funds to buy high tech surveillance equipment Mark Frauenfelder

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