Under pressure from residents, the town council is reconsidering the Apex Police Department’s contract with Flock.

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People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...

Experts warn that, while such measures may be intended to protect children, they can ultimately wind up burdening adults, posing data privacy concerns, and restricting access to First Amendment-protec...

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Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...

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Your movements are your business. Show your opposition to invasive surveillance with this bold EFF sticker. Featuring a striking black, white, and red design, it’s a reminder that our movements should...

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Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...

Americans’ First Amendment right to equal access to official government statements is violated by the Trump administration’s use of Truth Social’s preferential treatment scheme, which blocks people wh...

Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...

Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus.

Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."

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On your path to improving your digital security, you may encounter bad actors who attempt to undermine your security goals. We call these bad actors adversaries. When an adversary sends an email (or text message or message in an app) or link that looks innocent, but is actually malicious it’s...

Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...

Humboldt County inmates will soon be unable to receive physical mail as authorities crack down on contraband. Critics say the policy could have unintended consequences.

Devices that can listen and record us are becoming more popular, raising privacy concerns.

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Teenage users have options, but some appear safer than others. We pick the best options.

Critics see a surveillance network. Police see a crime-fighting tool.

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Mayor Matt Mahan is pushing for more real-time supervision of license-plate reader data and the closure of a legislative loophole to make unauthorized access expressly illegal.

The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will make internet access contingent on age, expand the use of

EFF joined an amicus brief with ACLU, ACLU of D.C., National Press Photographers Association, and Professional Photographers of America to urge the D.C. Circuit to vacate an FAA drone flight restricti...

Password breaches are a common occurrence, and if you use the same password on every site, that may grant access to bad actors who try out that password elsewhere to get into your accounts. The best way to protect yourself is to use a unique password everywhere (and two-factor authentication,...

President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he is creating an “AI Force” without offering many details about its purpose.

The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will make internet access contingent on age, expand the use of

Your movements are your business. Show your opposition to invasive surveillance with this bold EFF sticker. Featuring a striking black, white, and red design, it’s a reminder that our movements should...

The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.

OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ord...

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From Gaza to the digital age, visibility has become one of the central political struggles of modern conflicts.

Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.

The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will make internet access contingent on age, expand the use of

Apple’s new operating system is here, and along with it comes a new version of Siri, dubbed with two very familiar letters: AI. As the name suggests, this Siri power-up resembles an AI chatbot more

Apple’s new operating system is here, and along with it comes a new version of Siri, dubbed with two very familiar letters: AI. As the name suggests, this Siri power-up resembles an AI chatbot more

Secure messaging platforms, like Signal, WhatsApp, and recently, encrypted RCS, operate on a straightforward assumption: the content at each end of a conversation is private to the participants in