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Electronic Frontier FoundationCell-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
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 Foundation“This is probably the worst thing in my view that has ever happened to our rights online,” EFF’s @jgkelley@mastodon.world tells David Ruiz on Malwarebytes’ Lock and Code podcast, discussing the security and privacy risks of online age verification. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/podcast/2025/08/the-worst-thing-for-online-rights-an-age-restricted-grey-web-lock-and-code-s06e16
Electronic Frontier FoundationUsing genAI instead of paying creatives? Beware: "It's pretty clear that if you create something that's substantially similar to a copyrighted work that an infringement has occurred, unless it's for a fair use purpose," EFF’s @prilkit@mastodon.mit.edu told The Register. https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/genai_lawsuit/
Electronic Frontier FoundationRemember Robocop? "The entire concept of policing is now just Axon machinery with a little bit of police officer flesh in there,” EFF’s Dave Maass told Denver Westword: cameras, TASERs, automated license plate readers, drones, report-writing AI, and more. https://www.westword.com/news/denver-police-adopting-ai-tech-to-create-reports-25227693
Electronic Frontier FoundationYes, VPNs can help you get around certain types of geographic restrictions, but it’s very important you do your due diligence before downloading one. https://ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you
Electronic Frontier Foundation“No one should profit from our personal data, especially without our consent,” EFF’s Lena Cohen told KATU News. “The data broker industry is extremely opaque, and the lack of transparency makes it hard to know when our privacy rights are being violated.”
https://katu.com/news/investigations/oregon-dmv-brings-in-millions-selling-your-information-heres-why
Electronic Frontier Foundation“It is absolutely in the public interest to do this kind of journalism and the fact that the [Flock] CEO wants to write this off as clickbait shows he wants to disregard legitimate criticism,” EFF’s Dave Maass told Unraveled Press. https://unraveledpress.com/a-dea-agent-used-an-illinois-police-officers-flock-license-plate-reader-password-for-unauthorized-immigration-enforcement-searches/
Electronic Frontier FoundationLogging into a public website with valid credentials, even if you scrape the data once you’re logged in, is not computer hacking. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/ryanairs-cfaa-claim-against-bookingcom-has-nothing-do-actual-hacking
Electronic Frontier FoundationTell companies to stop tracking you by installing Privacy Badger today! https://privacybadger.org/