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August Patch Tuesday includes blasts from the (recent) past
Microsoft haul this month covers 109 CVEs… more or less
Digital Rights Are Everyone’s Business, and Yours Can Join the Fight!
Companies large and small are doubling down on digital rights, and we’re excited to see more and more of them join EFF. We’re first and always an organization who fights for users, so you might be asking: Why does EFF work with corporate donors, and wh…
Podcast Episode: Finding the Joy in Digital SecurityPodcast Episode: Finding the Joy in Digital Security
Podcast Episode: Finding the Joy in Digital Security
Many people approach digital security training with furrowed brows, as an obstacle to overcome. But what if learning to keep your tech safe and secure was consistently playful and fun? People react better to learning, and retain more knowledge, when th…
Podcast Episode: Cryptography Makes a Post-Quantum LeapPodcast Episode: Cryptography Makes a Post-Quantum Leap
Podcast Episode: Cryptography Makes a Post-Quantum Leap
The cryptography that protects our privacy and security online relies on the fact that even the strongest computers will take essentially forever to do certain tasks, like factoring prime numbers and finding discrete logarithms which are important for …
Apple CEO Tim Cook sticks to his guns: “No encryption backdoors”
Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared on CBS’s 60 Minutes TV show last night. As you can probably imagine, the topic of encryption came up, …
Surveillance powers will help to unmask online bullies
Police are to use sweeping new surveillance powers to unmask anonymous internet bullies and bring them to justice. A new power that forces internet …
The dark side of the coming chatbot revolution
Artificial intelligence is coming to a messaging app near you. Google has been working on a messaging-based chat bot for a year, according to …
Welcome to HTTP error code 451: Unavailable for legal reasons
There’s a new addition to the 400 family of error codes: give a hearty welcome to newcomer 451, the HTTP code that lets you …
WhatsApp blocked in Brazil after it refuses to hand over user data
On Thursday, a Brazilian judge overturned a 48-hour block of WhatsApp that a lower court had imposed when the company refused to hand over …
Armed gang using gay dating app Grindr to target and rob men in London
Police in London have warned that an armed gang is using Grindr – the gay dating app – to lure in unsuspecting men before …
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