Electronic Frontier Foundation
Technology is changing so rapidly in the last year – In case you’re intimidated… don’t be. People should try to do the best they can.
One of the resources I use and “try” to follow religiously is the EFF. The EFF is an excellent example of a non-profit that promotes transparency, explores difficult information pertaining to the internet and really fight for consumer’s (you and me) right’s as far as internet technologies.
@EFF #Supports #HumanRights Case Against @CiscoSecurity for becoming “#repression’s little #helper.”
About EFF
From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990—well before the Internet was on most people’s radar—and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.
Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and technologists, EFF achieves significant victories on behalf of consumers and the general public. EFF fights for freedom primarily in the courts, bringing and defending lawsuits even when that means taking on the US government or large corporations. By mobilizing more than 140,000 concerned citizens through our Action Center, EFF beats back bad legislation. In addition to advising policymakers, EFF educates the press and public.
EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit and depends on your support to continue successfully defending your digital rights. Litigation is particularly expensive; because two-thirds of our budget comes from individual donors, every contribution is critical to helping EFF fight—and win—more cases.
Key Takeaways From the Washington Post Report Detailing Thousands of Privacy Violations by the NSA
NSA’s authoritative
The NSA’s authoritative definition of data includes those call records. “Signals Intelligence Management Directive 421,” which is quoted in secret oversight and auditing guidelines, states that “raw SIGINT data . . . includes, but is not limited to, unevaluated and/or unminimized transcripts, gists, facsimiles, telex, voice, and some forms of computer-generated data, such as call event records and other Digital Network Intelligence (DNI) metadata as well as DNI message text.” Go here to demand Congress authorize a full, independent investigation into the NSA’s domestic surveillance powers.