A grown man, a billionaire, and the president, using his massive platform to sick a digital mob on literal 5 year olds. It’s not just pathetic; it's predatory, cowardly, and deeply broken behavior.

Grindr has been caught sharing users' HIV status and precise location with advertisers without obtaining valid consent. They must immediately stop prioritizing profits over users’ safety, and make privacy the default across its platform. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless.

If you use Gmail, you need to read this. Google’s AI, Gemini, can read your emails, attachments, bank statements, etc. For many, this feature was switched on without consent. Here's how to turn it off 🧵 1/

Four years ago, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade. In that time, EFF has seen digital rights and reproductive rights become more and more intertwined. This includes the fight to protect free speech online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Do you need 2FA? Of course you do, you're on the internet, it's full of people trying to get into your accounts. You can either put your TOTP codes inside Proton Pass OR download our dedicated Authenticator app. (One of these is better, but we respect your ability to choose)

Tell Congress: Don't turn the internet into an age checkpoint. Whether websites start using age verification, estimation, or just broad restrictions on users they can’t classify, the result will be the same—less privacy and less access to knowledge online. act.eff.org/action/tell...

Before you strap a dashcam to your face and sprint out into the world filming everything and everyone in your life, there are some civil liberties and privacy concerns to consider. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

1. To put it mildly, the Democrats have had a complicated relationship with the white working class at least since passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But things are going to be simple in the run up to November's midterm elections.

Retailers increasingly see themselves not just as sellers of goods but as media companies, using the data generated by millions of shoppers to help brands reach consumers and influence buying decisions.

The search you're used to. But private.

Reminder: the internet can function just fine without collecting your personal data and without AI.

We are pleased to announce that Proton VPN has passed its 5th annual 3rd-party audit, confirming our strict no-logs policy. Read it in full via our blog: https://protonvpn.com/blog/no-logs-audit

IMO, hosting this MMA event at the WH is part of a larger project to rebrand the GOP as a populist party, shedding the Alex P Keaton stereotype it once carried. And in doing so, make them seem like the right party for working class people, even as they cut taxes for the rich & slash social services

I’m a huge fan of @startpage.com for private search. My favorite + feature is anonymous view. Use it all the time. Do wish it was a bit more reliable with YouTube though.

Some really crazy cases in here - cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times - cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason - cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...

Again the Cops and now DHS/ICE are both the democrat existential threats Ben Franklin warned us about 👇

‘Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune from their main crypto ventures, while the investors they've wooed have taken a $2.3 billion hit, a Reuters examination found.’ www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Last week, researchers identified code in Meta AI's smart glasses app that could convert faces into unique biometric signatures to identify strangers in public. Just as quietly as they embedded this code, the app’s 6/5 update appears to have quietly removed them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

An EFF analysis reveals a troubling pattern of mission creep with ALPRs. Without a warrant requirement, law enforcement agencies are shifting from using the technology for specific criminal investigations to using these surveillance networks for minor personal whims. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Laws restricting social media access based on age are spreading across the globe—from Australia and the UK to Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, and the EU. These policies create serious risks for privacy, free expression, and access to information. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

With AB 1856, California lawmakers could have dramatically narrowed the harmful age-bracketing regime set to go into effect next year. Instead, the bill extends those requirements to browsers and websites. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Scott Pelley has provided @status.news a statement blasting current CBS News management and even accusing them of having tried (and failed) to "inject falsehoods and bias" into his stories. www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

Organizations can enhance privacy and security on their devices by installing Privacy Badger, EFF’s free, open source browser extension that automatically blocks trackers. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."

If you understand this meme, congrats; your main email is protected by an army of aliases 😉

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

A period tracking app secretly shared users' reproductive health data with Meta to build and profit from ad profiles. Big tech isn't the only one doing this. Your carrier knows where you sleep, who you call, and where you go. Learn more: https://bit.ly/42kWCWg 🔗 Full Story: https://bit.ly/4tra6e7

Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.

That the government wants all EZ Lynk users' information “raises questions about why they want this data and what they're going to use it for beyond the prosecution of this case,” EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social told @forbes.com. www.forbes.com/sites/thoma...

Your Gmail isn't free. You’re worth between $30 and $180,000, it just depends how valuable advertisers think you are. Read more, based on our analysis featured in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/28/price-of-free-gmail-how-much-your-google-account-is-worth/

California quiere prohibirte usar redes sociales si tienes menos de 16 años y obligarte a verificar tu identidad con datos biométricos o documentos de gobierno, sin importar tu edad. Esto no es seguridad: es censura disfrazada. El tiempo para actuar es ahora. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Guess I gotta repost this.

Age verification sounds reasonable until you realize it means every adult hands over their ID just to go online. We wrote about why this is a terrible idea and what should happen instead. https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

We are grateful to the @proton.me community for supporting us with a donation. Donations to Tor and many other digital rights organizations are the result of Proton's Lifetime Charity Fundraiser organized by the Proton Foundation. Everyone deserves privacy online. proton.me/blog/2025-li...

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

Family includes everyone! ❤️

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”

The “ICE Out of Our Faces Act” would ban ICE and CBP agents, and some local police working with them, from acquiring or using biometric surveillance systems, including face recognition technology, or information derived from such systems. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

Those last names, sigh. Proximity to power will not protect people of color from the violence of White nationalism/supremacy.

Today is #DataPrivacyDay: a reminder that protecting the right of privacy, and our data, is a shared responsibility. By teaming up with privacy-first services like @proton.me, we promote new ways to take back control of our digital lives safely. Tips for your privacy: www.punkt.ch/blogs/editor...

ICE and CBP are out of control. ​Join us Thursday at 10 am PT for a livestream​ to discuss ways to protect and exercise your digital rights in the face of immigration enforcement's brutality. eff.org/livestream-ice

Headed to protest ICE and the countless civil liberties violations we're seeing across the U.S.? Be sure to brush up on your defense strategy with "How to Protest with Privacy in Mind" eff.org/protestprivacy

Dangerously unchecked surveillance and rights violations have been a throughline of DHS since the agency’s creation in the wake of the September 11th attacks. In particular, ICE and CBP have been responsible for countless civil liberties and digital rights violations. (1/3)www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Another ICE shooting, another round of Republican buts and prayers