There’s a new boogeyman in the battles over AI: so-called “stealth crawlers.” We’ll admit it—the term “stealth crawlers” sound quite nefarious. In reality, they’re anything but.“Stealth crawlers” are ...

Reversing course, Flock Safety—the surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated license plate readers—has announced that it will end a pilot for its acoustic ...

The California legislature has stepped back from a plan that would have expanded its age-gating law, removing language that ...

When Ubisoft's Watch Dogs 2 was released in 2016, it was a headtrip for those of us working on digital-rights issues in the ...

Last week, the House voted on the KIDS Act, a disjointed package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing ...

One of the best bulwarks against monopoly is interoperability—that is making a new product or service work with an existing ...

Users are always seeking more control over their social networking experience to make it better, whether to improve privacy or enhance flexibility. Interoperability between social networking platforms ...

Google owes its existence to the open web, but today, its technological “innovations” have much to do with locking users into a “walled garden.” The latest of these is “reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification,” ...

Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion.

Black Girl Nerds (not EFF) will host this event. Find EFF Director of Investigations Dave Maass and EFF Social Media and Video Manager Kenyatta Thomas at the event! You can also find all EFF panels ...

This year the state of New York had the dubious honor of being the first to pass a controversial provision to mandate all 3D printers come with surveillance and censorship. That means not only is ...

When a car passes an automated license plate reader (ALPR), its plate is captured and instantly compared against a list of vehicles that police are actively looking for or that police have identified ...