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Electronic Frontier FoundationAutomated license plate readers at the US-Mexico border come in a variety of shapes, sizes and disguises. Here's our guide to identifying them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-identify-automated-license-plate-readers-us-mexico-border
Electronic Frontier FoundationEverything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-manage-your-digital-footprint
Electronic Frontier FoundationSan Jose data privacy officer Albert Gehami told KQED in 2024 that keeping automated license plate reader data not related to an investigation for a year is “excessive” and out of line with what many other police departments do.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12064587/civil-liberties-groups-sue-san-jose-over-license-plate-reader-use
Electronic Frontier FoundationEFF obtained datasets representing more than 12 million searches logged by more than 3,900 agencies between 2024 and 2025. The data shows that agencies logged hundreds of searches related to the 50501, Hands Off, and No Kings protests, among other protests in between. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-surveil-protesters-and-activists
Electronic Frontier FoundationWe are thankful for the Localization Lab for its work translating Surveillance Self-Defense guides into Changana, Mozambican Portuguese, and other languages. https://ssd.eff.org/pages/other-translations
Electronic Frontier FoundationWe are thankful to students and faculty at the Reynolds School of Journalism who have helped us build https://www.atlasofsurveillance.org/, the biggest database of police surveillance in the United States.
Electronic Frontier FoundationWe are thankful to https://DeFlock.me for mapping automated license plate readers nationwide and standing up to bullying by surveillance vendor Flock Safety. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/anti-surveillance-mapmaker-refuses-flock-safetys-cease-and-desist-demand
Electronic Frontier FoundationWe've been committed to defending privacy and free speech online for over 35 years. You can help us continue the fight to take back control of our rights when you donate today: https://supporters.eff.org/donate/tbc
Electronic Frontier FoundationPatent trolls couldn’t kill patent challenges in Congress. They couldn’t kill them in court. Now the Patent Office is trying to do it for them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/patent-office-about-make-bad-patents-untouchable
Electronic Frontier FoundationTunisian media collective Nawaat is under threat. EFF stands with Nawaat: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/eff-stands-tunisian-media-collective-nawaat