3+ hour, 37+ min ago  (48+ words) Owning something should mean more than just bragging rights and a receipt. Corporations are making it harder for you to repair the devices and products you already own, and forcing you to pay them again for repairs and replacements you…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (579+ words) August 7, 2026 - 9: 00am PDT to August 9, 2026 - 6: 00pm PDTJune 3, 2026 - 9: 30am PDTLas Vegas Convention Center | Las Vegas, NVEFF's excited to be back for another DEF CON with a membership booth in the Vendor area, two contests, and a bunch of talks. Be sure to catch us…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (610+ words) After public outrage, California lawmakers are moving closer to exempting open source operating systems from the sweeping age-bracketing regime mandated by last year's Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043). Nonetheless, the current bill still jeopardizes internet users' speech, privacy, and security....

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (280+ words) November 3, 2026 (All day) to November 5, 2026 (All day)May 26, 2026 - 2: 15pm PDTBarcelona - Gran Via Venue | Hall 2 EFF is excited to support this year's Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress! This year's event features a full Congress to learn about cybersecurity and risk prevention strategies; an exhibition…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (201+ words) Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF Co-Presents "The Ear" with the Roxie Theater Banned for decades for its unvarnished depiction of state surveillance, The Ear unfolds over one sleepless night when a couple discovers that "the ear" of the Communist regime is…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (508+ words) Right now, broadcasting your message across social platforms can be a funky experience at best, deliberately broken up by oligopolists. The idea of the open web was baked into the internet via protocols like HTML and RSS that made it…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (858+ words) Ben Mac Askill: Section 230 allows us to run our business. We are a small, family run business. We don't have the resources to police every single upload, every single comment, or every single engagement that happens on the site." It…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (182+ words) EFF is excited to be back at Open Sauce in San Mateo, CA! If you're attending the event, be sure to stop by EFF's table where we'll be spreading the word about our efforts to protect digital privacy and free…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (604+ words) Part C Subpart A of the budget includes two particularly concerning provisions: "2. 10 and 2. 11. These threaten Class E felony charges for distributing or possessing 3 D-printer files that would produce firearm parts with a 3 D printer or CNC machine." Under these provisions…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (537+ words) This bill is a gift for the biggest 3 D printer manufacturers looking to adopt HP's approach to 2 D printing: criminalize altering your printer's code, lock users into your own ecosystem, and let enshittification run its course. Even worse, algorithmic print…...