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The latest update of Privacy Badger opts users out of ad tracking through Google’s “Privacy Sandbox.” Despite being billed as a privacy feature, Privacy Sandbox protects Google’s bottom line at the expense of your privacy. Privacy Sandbox might be less invasive than third-party cookies, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for your privacy.
The U.S. patent system is broken , particularly when it comes to software patents. At EFF, we’ve been fighting hard for changes that make the system more sensible. Last month, we got a big victory when we defeated a set of rules that would have mangled one of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)’s most effective systems for kicking out bad patents. In 2012, recognizing the entrenched problem of a patent office that spewed out tens of thousands of...
We haven’t seen the end of invasive geofence warrants just yet, despite Google’s big announcement late last year that it was fundamentally changing how it collects location data. Today, EFF is filing an amicus brief in the Minnesota Supreme Court in State v. Contreras-Sanchez , involving a warrant that directed Google to turn over an entire month of location data in response to a geofence warrant. Our brief argues that warrant violates the Fourth Amendment and Minnesota’s state constitution. Geofence...
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Surveillance Self-Defense
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Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
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Privacy Badger
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Privacy Badger is an install-and-forget browser add-on that stops advertisers and trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web.
