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EFF at Black Hat USA
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (367+ words) August 5, 2026 - 8: 00am PDT to August 6, 2026 - 6: 00pm PDTMandalay Bay | Las Vegas, NVEFF will be back in Las Vegas, NV for Black Hat USA! We're excited to be in the Business Hall, where you can come say hi and learn more about the work…...
The Science is Not Settled: How Weak Evidence is Fueling a National Push to Ban Social Media for Youth
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1647+ words) As statehouses ramp up for 2026, we're seeing a familiar and concerning trend of lawmakers rushing to regulate the internet based on shockingly shaky science. From the California State Assembly to the Massachusetts and Minnesota legislatures, a wave of bills is…...
Broken Promises: RIP Instagram's End-to-End Encrypted DMs
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (228+ words) Last week, Instagram ended its opt-in, and therefore rarely used, end-to-end encryption feature. Years after publicly promising to provide the privacy protections of end-to-end encryption across its platforms by default, it instead gave up on that technical challenge. Now, we've…...
Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS Comes to Apple and Android Chats
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (349+ words) With the support of end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, Apple and Google have taken the steps to Encrypt it Already! Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS Comes to Apple and Android Chats This week, Apple released i OS 26. 5, an update that supports…...
EFF Launches New Offline Campaign for Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (968+ words) Osama Khalid was just twelve years old when he began contributing to Wikipedia Arabic. In the height of the blogging era, he became a prolific blogger, publishing writings on his home country of Saudi Arabia, meetups he attended, and his…...
A Hackers Guide to Circumventing Internet Shutdowns
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (288+ words) One way to limit the impact of such shutdowns is to prepare in advance by setting up systems and structure for circumvention and resiliency." A similar effort called bitchat has recently gained some attention. Bitchat is a peer-to-peer chat system…...
EFF to Fourth Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1705+ words) EFF, along with the national ACLU, the ACLU affiliates in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) filed an amicus brief in the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit urging…...
Offline: Osama Khalid
1+ week, 2+ day ago (351+ words) Doctor, Wikipedian and digital rights activist, Saudi Arabia Arrested: July 2020, Riyadh" Currently serving a 14-year sentence Osama Khalid is a prominent Wikipedian and digital rights activist in Saudi Arabia. A medical doctor by profession, he worked as a volunteer administrator…...
Free Signal Guide
1+ week, 2+ day ago (180+ words) EFF friend Guy Kawasaki has written a book: Everybody Has Something to Hide: Why and How to Use Signal to Preserve Your Privacy, Security, and Well-Being. This guide is now available in Spanish and English as an ebook in the…...
Milestone 1. 0. 0 Release of APK Downloader `apkeep` Powers Research on Android Apps
1+ week, 4+ day ago (121+ words) Last week, we released apkeep version 1. 0. 0, the latest edition of our command-line Android package downloading software. Rather than indicating major changes for the project, this milestone instead signifies arriving at a relatively stable and mature place after gradual iteration on…...