Tagged: Electronic Frontier Foundation & News
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EFF warns of Big Brother biometrics time bomb News
09.03.2012 The passing of a new law in France paving the way for a biometric database and requiring all citizens to carry a biometric ID card is a time bomb for civil liberties, the... -
Forget SOPA, Europe is about to ratify its bigger brother ACTA News
23.01.2012 Just as the SOPA and PIPA debate winds down in the US, the European Union is later this week set to work on ratifying a global intellectual property enforcement treaty: the... -
EFF calls for creation of federated social networks News
23.03.2011 The Electronic Frontier Foundation has called for the creation of federated social networks that enable individuals to have better control over their personal data without it... -
EFF victorious as internet censorship bill delayed News
30.09.2010 The Electronic Frontier Foundation has declared a victory over moves to censor the internet after a controversial IP infringement was postponed earlier today. -
Facebook calls crisis meeting to tackle backlash News
13.05.2010 Following last week’s security hole and a series of updates leaving users confused about security and privacy settings, Facebook is today holding an emergency meeting on its... -
Internet giants call for new privacy rules for digital age News
31.03.2010 A consortium of the who’s who in cyberspace – including Google, Microsoft and eBay – are calling for new privacy protections for the digital age and in particular want the US... -
EFF – keep on searching in the free world News
01.07.2009 The ability of search engine Ixquick to allow a user in China to search for ‘Tiananmen Square’ without fear of reprisal has been praised by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.Categories: New Media -
Apple sued by Electronic Frontier Foundation in wiki war News
28.04.2009 Online civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation has taken a case against Apple over the tech firm’s demands against a non-profit organisation to remove content...Categories: New Media -
Sleeping laptops open to attack News
22.02.2008 The hard drives of computers, particularly laptops, that use disk encryption to safeguard sensitive information are not as secure as was previously thought and can be easily...Categories: CIO