5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (50+ words) When it comes to keeping our texts, chats, and other digital messages safe from prying eyes, we have a powerful tool: end-to-end encryption. Used correctly, end-to-end encryption turns our conversations online into secret messages that can only be decoded by…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (206+ words) We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns. -Meta Internal Document on face recognition software for smart glasses, 2025 It's unsurprising…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (45+ words) LGBTQ+ communities are facing an escalating wave of censorship and targeted surveillance, but we can push back through mutual solidarity. Join us live to learn how safer virtual spaces get built, how platform policies and government pressure are reshaping the…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (687+ words) We want to know how we're doing with our advocacy: which campaigns get your attention and which do not, which topics you are very interested in, which less so, and which not at all. It helps us to do our…...

1+ week, 3+ day 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...