Even when the Patent Office agrees to hear a patent challenge, the current director can reverse that decision months later. That’s not a fair way to run a patent review system. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/why-fewer-people-are-challenging-bad-patents

Apple’s Siri Recap feature lets users secretly document every conversation they have, EFF”s Mario Trujillo told @BloombergLaw. “If we’re conscious that our words or actions are being recorded, it really could change how we interact with each other in ways that I’m not sure we want.” https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/apple-watchs-new-siri-recap-feature-challenges-privacy-norms

Age-gating the internet isn’t the answer. Many of the best ways to protect the privacy of young people are identical to the steps adults should take, but it ultimately starts with a security plan. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/introducing-our-new-surveillance-self-defense-guide-online-privacy-parents-and

Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

Much of the advocacy around age verification discusses the privacy harms of age verification. Yet these measures also threaten something more fundamental: equal access to information and the ability to exercise free expression. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/when-no-id-means-no-internet-age-verification-and-right-access-information

The American Copyright Protection Act would let copyright owners seek court orders forcing ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block Americans’ from accessing to entire websites. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/congress-has-another-site-blocking-bill-and-one-targets-vpns

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about removing access to an infringing work–that already exists via the DMCA. It is about making an entire website inaccessible for everyone trying to visit it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/site-blocking-will-not-defend-ip-no-matter-bills-name

Ready to free yourself from Big Tech tools? Opt Out October is the time to do it. Once you manage to make some changes, give yourself one of these merit badges and share your accomplishments! https://www.eff.org/pages/welcome-opt-out-october-lets-take-control-our-data-and-our-devices

You and your friends can say no to the search of your devices with a three-pack of our stickers. https://shop.eff.org/products/i-do-not-consent-to-the-search-of-this-device-sticker-3-pack

iOS 27 gives us Siri AI, which can dig deep into your device to find information, but introduces some new privacy problems to consider. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/how-limit-what-apples-new-siri-ai-can-access-ios-27

3/3 With no warrant requirements, limited guardrails, and deficient audit processes, ALPR databases have fostered a culture of unrestricted access to everyone’s location information. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/high-crime-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-joke

2/3 EFF’s analysis of Flock Safety’s ALPR search data obtained through public records requests has uncovered a disturbing trend. In the absence of judicial oversight, officers are inputting ridiculously unserious terms to justify their searches. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/high-crime-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-joke

1/3 Here's a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, representing data from 82,413 cameras, on May 7, 2025? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/high-crime-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-mass-surveillance-joke

“Our right to conversational privacy must include freedom from other people, without our clear opt-in consent, using technology to document what we are saying,” EFF's @Adam_D_Schwartz told PC World. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3232402/will-siri-recap-make-the-apple-watch-creepy-privacy-experts-weigh-in.html

Privacy harm is harm. When a corporation violates a privacy statute, we should get to have our day in court now, and not be forced wait for additional harm, like physical injury or monetary loss. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/privacy-harm-harm

EFF is proud to join ACLU California’s amicus letter asking the California Supreme Court to recognize the harm of ALPR surveillance. https://www.aclunorcal.org/news/aclu-and-eff-ask-california-supreme-court-to-recognize-the-harm-of-license-plate-surveillance/

@accessnow wins for “Fostering Change in Human Rights and Technology.” For years, they’ve worked hard to be the team companies and lawmakers can't ignore when tech policy and human rights collide. https://www.accessnow.org/ (2/6)

The 2026 EFF Awards go to @accessnow, @7amleh, DeFlock, and New Media Rights. Four EFF allies, four fights, one goal: tech that serves freedom and justice for everyone. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/2026-eff-award-winners-access-now-7amleh-arab-center-advancement-social-media (1/6)

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Training AI models on copyrighted works is "squarely what transformative use is," EFF’s Tori Noble told Reason - these are "general purpose tools" and "exactly the kind of creation that copyright is designed to foster.” https://reason.com/2026/09/04/doj-says-barring-ai-training-on-copyrighted-material-could-severely-hamper-tech-progress/