Little Is Known About AI That Could Affect Millions of Seniors' Care SAN FRANCISCO â The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking records about a multi-state program that is using AI to evaluate requests for medical care. “Tasking […]
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After years of tech industry experiments, smartglasses with embedded cameras and microphones have finally gone mainstream. And, disturbingly, sometimes it’s not just their owners who are watching what these devices record. In this week’s EFFector newsletter, we’re taking a closer look at the privacy implications of Meta Ray-Bans, and sharing all the latest in the fight for privacy […]
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Digital Dragnets Violate Fourth Amendment, Brief Argues WASHINGTON, D.C. â The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Virginia, and the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law filed a brief Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that invasive geofence warrants are unconstitutional. The brief argues that geofence […]
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SAN FRANCISCO â The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that tech companies remove apps that document immigration enforcement activities in communities throughout the country. Tech platforms took down several such apps (including ICE Block, Red Dot, and DeICER) and webpages (including ICE Sighting-Chicagoland) following communications […]
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NEW YORKâThe United Automobile Workers (UAW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a lawsuit today against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of protected expression online. The complaint asks a federal court to stop this unconstitutional surveillance program, which has silenced and […]
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Simply using extra electricity to power some Christmas lights or a big fish tank shouldnât bring the police to your door. In fact, in California, the law explicitly protects the privacy of power customers, prohibiting public utilities from disclosing precise âsmartâ meter data in most cases. Despite this, Sacramentoâs power company and law enforcement agencies […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C.âThe Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, and TechFreedom urged the Supreme Court today to strike down HB 1181, a Texas law that unconstitutionally restricts adultsâ access to sexual content online by requiring them to verify their age. Under HB 1181, signed into law last year, any website that Texas decides is […]
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