Automakers Say You Don’t Really Own Your Car

John Deere even argued that letting people modify car computer systems will result in them pirating music through the on-board entertainment system.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
By Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF is fighting for vehicle owners’ rights to inspect the code that runs their vehicles and to repair and modify their vehicles, or have a mechanic of their choice do the work. At the moment, the anti-circumvention prohibition in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act arguably restricts vehicle inspection, repair, and modification. If EFF is

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The Government Spent A Lot Of Time In Court Defending NSA Spying Last Year: 2014 In Review

2014 was awfully merry: litigation challenging NSA surveillance moved forward in multiple cases, giving the government plenty of time to demonstrate exactly how outrageous its arguments in defense of mass spying are.

Nadia Kayyali for Electronic Frontier Foundation
By Nadia Kayyali for Electronic Frontier Foundation

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, right, and CIA Director John Brennan, left, sit in the front row before President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. EFF was suing the NSA before it was cool. We filed our first lawsuit against

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Federal Government Knowingly Destroyed Evidence Of Electronic Spying

A digital rights group alleges that the federal government flouted a court order in place to protect evidence of the NSA’s electronic surveillance relevant to ongoing litigation.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
James Clapper

The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a brief on Friday telling a federal judge that there is no doubt that the federal government knowingly destroyed years of evidence of electronic surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency -- despite a court injunction being in place to order the evidence’s protection. The brief came in

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Journalists On Trial: Why Barrett Brown’s Case Matters

The outcome of the trial of journalist Barrett Brown could mean either a further decline of U.S. press freedoms or legislation ensuring protection for journalists.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke
Barrett Brown

On April 28, the U.S. government’s trial against journalist Barrett Brown will open in Texas. The outcome of the trial could not only impact the freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom of association in the United States, but also a journalist’s ability to disclose information that is illegally obtained, such as the information National

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Barrett Brown And The Erosion Of Press Freedom

When the threat of criminal charges leaves journalists too afraid to do their jobs, who will be left to serve as a watchdog for the U.S. government?

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke
Picture_of_Barrett_Brown_2

Like former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, journalist Barrett Brown wasn’t really a household name, even though his work had appeared in major outlets such as the Guardian, Vanity Fair, Huffington Post, MSNBC and the Onion, among others, until that is, he shared controversial information the U.S. government would have preferred remain a

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Charges Dismissed Against Journalist Barrett Brown

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas today filed a motion to dismiss 11 charges against Barrett Brown in a criminal prosecution that would have had massive implications for journalism and the right of ordinary people to share links. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has written extensively about the case and had planned to […]

Electronic Frontier Foundation
By Electronic Frontier Foundation

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas today filed a motion to dismiss 11 charges against Barrett Brown in a criminal prosecution that would have had massive implications for journalism and the right of ordinary people to share links. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has written extensively about the case and had planned to

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