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EFF at HOPE 26
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (457+ words) August 14, 2026 - 6:00am PDT to August 16, 2026 - 3:00pm PDTAugust 14, 2026 - 9:00am EDT to August 16, 2026 - 6:00pm EDTThe New Yorker Hotel | New York, NYThe HOPE conference is not only back for another year, but also back in Manhattan for the first time since 2018! EFF is thrilled to be there…...
Print Blocking Won't Work - Permission to Print Part 2
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (682+ words) This is the second post in a series on 3D print blocking, for the first entry check out: Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1 Legislators across the U.S. are proposing laws to force "print blockers" on 3D printers sold in their…...
Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (542+ words) This is the first post in a series on 3D print blocking, for the next entry check out'Print Blocking Won't Work - Permission to Print Part 2 When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it's a disaster for everyone. This…...
The Daily Show Site Banner
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (14+ words) The Daily Show Site Banner Check out our 4-star rating on Charity Navigator....
Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (665+ words) A new report from 404 Media sheds light on how automated license plate readers (ALPRs)could be used beyond the press releases and glossy marketing materials put out by law enforcement agencies and ALPR vendors. In December 2025, Georgia State Patrol ticketed…...
👓 Who's Really Watching What Smartglasses See? | EFFector 38.6
1+ week, 1+ day ago (174+ words) After years of tech industry experiments, smartglasses with embedded cameras and microphones have finally gone mainstream. And, disturbingly, sometimes it's not just their owners who are watching what these devices record. In this week's EFFector newsletter, we're taking a closer…...
EFFecting Change Site Banner 3.19.26
2+ week, 2+ day ago (15+ words) EFFecting Change Site Banner 3.19.26 Check out our 4-star rating on Charity Navigator....
Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans
3+ week, 2+ day ago (683+ words) Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make "smart glasses'tech-infused glasses with cameras, AI, maps, displays, and morea thing. But over the past year, products like Meta's Ray-Ban Display Glasses and Oakley's…...
Privacy's Defender: Launch Party in Berkeley
3+ week, 3+ day ago (320+ words) $20 General Admission for 1$30 Discounted tickets for 2$12.50 Student TicketAll proceeds benefit EFF's mission. Want your own copy of Privacy's Defender?Save $10 when you preorder the book with your ticket purchase WHEN:Thursday, March 12th, 20266:30 pm to 9:30 pm WHERE:Ciel Creative SpaceEntrance located…...
Encrypted Resistance: Youth Revolt in Memes, Art & Metadata
4+ week, 2+ day ago (595+ words) March 18, 2026 - 11:30am to 12:30pm CDTMarch 18, 2026 - 9:30am to 10:30am PDTAustin, TX SXSW (not EFF)will host this event.EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin will be speaking. From the Organizers: As authoritarian regimes globally expand digital control through AI-powered surveillance, censorship algorithms, and language policing,…...