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Victory! Transparency and communication improves relationships between police and the communities they serve. S.B. 978 is now law, requiring public access to information on police training and procedure starting in January 2020.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/victory-new-california-law-requires-police-policy-transparency …

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Like many security exploits, this attack on 50 million Facebook users took advantage of the interaction of several parts of Facebook’s code, including Single Sign-On, video uploading, and the "View As" feature.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/facebook-data-breach-affects-least-50-million-users …

With a new witness and new experts, we are taking on the NSA's latest attempt to derail our lawsuit over unconstitutional surveillance of millions of Americans.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/new-witness-and-new-experts-bolster-our-jewel-case-we-fight-governments-latest-0 …

Another California victory! @JerryBrownGov has signed a bill opening up the Internet for juveniles in detention and foster carehttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/victory-gov-brown-expands-access-internet-youth-juvenile-detention-and-foster-care …

DNA can reveal a lot of information about a person. This new law makes sure California's kids have an adult present to explain their rights and the implications of giving DNA samples to law enforcement.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/victory-gov-brown-signs-bill-adding-sensible-requirements-dna-collection-minors …

Until Facebook and other companies do better, users who need privacy and security most will be forced into a corner.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/you-gave-facebook-your-number-security-they-used-it-ads …

The Electronic Frontier Alliance includes @OaklandPrivacy, whose member @b_haddy notes that "we’re in this indiscriminate, frankly ridiculous trend towards mass surveillance, and we need to work hard before it’s too late, before we can’t oppose it at all.”https://www.thenation.com/article/mass-surveillance-begins-at-the-local-level-so-does-the-resistance-to-it/ …

None of the proposed changes to the CASE Act changes the fact that it aims to treat copyright and speech like traffic tickets.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/copyright-and-speech-should-not-be-treated-traffic-tickets …

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The problem here is not two-factor authentication. The problem is how Facebook handled users’ information and violated their reasonable security and privacy expectations.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/you-gave-facebook-your-number-security-they-used-it-ads …

ICYMI Facebook has changed its law enforcement guidelines to clearly prohibit investigators from using fake profiles. But will that be enough to stop cops spying on activists?https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/facebook-warns-memphis-police-no-more-fake-bob-smith-accounts …

Investigations into the 2016 election show that foreign governments and malicious online actors are probing many vulnerabilities within the tech used in US elections. It's time to secure election infrastructure.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/election-security-remains-just-vulnerable-2016 …

People trying to figure out how to moderate content online should look at the history, especially the failures, of doing the same thing with copyright.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/platform-censorship-lessons-copyright-wars …

Harassment, intrusion, censorship, DDoS attacks… Read more about the challenges for human rights activists in Nicaragua by @AsuntosDelSur:http://asuntosdelsur.org/doc/construyendo-resiliencia-digital-con-activistas-en-nicaragua …