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Electronic Frontier FoundationAmazon’s Ring doorbell camera system won the “Worst in Show” for privacy at #CES2026 for “doubling down on privacy invasion and supporting the misconception that more surveillance always makes us safer,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com. https://apnews.com/article/ces-worst-show-ai-0ce7fbc5aff68e8ff6d7b8e6fb7b007d
Electronic Frontier FoundationThanks @bennjordan@mastodon.social for highlighting our tool, Rayhunter, in your latest video! Rayhunter, and everyone who contributes to the project, is helping expand our understanding of how cell-site simulators are being deployed in the U.S. or globally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_F4rEaRduk
Electronic Frontier FoundationWant to track homeland security contracting? We've expanded our dataset of companies that sell tech to DHS and published a step-by-step guide to leveraging government procurement databases to investigate border and immigration enforcement. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/homeland-security-spending-trail-how-follow-money-through-us-government-databases
Electronic Frontier FoundationUtah and California are the first states to step up to regulate how police use AI to write their reports. Who will be next? https://eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/ai-police-reports-year-review
Electronic Frontier FoundationThe flying cameras on drones are bad enough, but they’re becoming even more powerful surveillance tools. Communities should work to enforce standards around their adoption and use. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/drone-first-responder-programs-2025-review
Electronic Frontier FoundationReal-time bidding, which powers nearly every ad you see online, might be the most privacy-invasive surveillance system that you’ve never heard of. Learn how it works and how to protect yourself. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/online-behavioral-ads-fuel-surveillance-industry-heres-how
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Electronic Frontier Foundation“Flock's ambitions go far beyond license-plate surveillance,” EFF’s @cooperq@masto.hackers.town told @404mediaco@mastodon.social. “Flock's goal isn't to catch stolen cars, their goal is to have total surveillance of everyone all the time." https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/
Electronic Frontier FoundationLaw enforcement have a lot of tools when it comes to accessing your personal information, which is why the sites and apps you use need to know the law– and when to push back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/how-cops-can-get-your-private-online-data
Electronic Frontier FoundationIt’s clear that trans people face unique, advanced, and persistent threats—online and off. Here are some strategies for resisting the tech-enabled violence that trans people face. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/strategies-resisting-tech-enabled-violence-facing-transgender-people