U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay sentenced Barrett Brown this morning to 63 months in federal prison, minus the 31…
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We’re usually very happy to see the government release documents shed light on unconstitutional surveillance. We’re less happy when the…
DNA can reveal an extraordinary amount of private information about you, including familial relationships, medical history, predisposition for disease, and possibly…
Last year, EFF took a huge step toward eliminating a highly problematic government surveillance tool—national security letters (NSLs). EFF clients…
Oversight boards and congressional subcommittees can occasionally be effective, but nothing keeps the government in check like investigative reporting. Here…
At the end of each year, EFF puts together a list of some of the interesting and noteworthy books that…
The claim that insurgency in Nigeria is being fuelled by some faceless persons and groups within and outside Africa became…
A court filing unsealed late Wednesday shows that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) made a highly misleading argument to…
The Patriot Act continues to wreak its havoc on civil liberties. Section 213 was included in the Patriot Act over…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to come clean on the circumstances surrounding the $9.3 million…
The Federal Government yesterday opened diplomatic discussions with South African authorities on the seizure of $9.3m cash found on two…
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is the government-run online system used by lawyers, the press, and the public…
The Consular General of the United States of America in Nigeria, Jeffrey Hawkins, has commended the strides being made by…
Ever since the Snowden revelations, honest (and some dishonest) efforts have been made in Congress to try to scale back…
Earlier today, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced a revised version of his USA FREEDOM legislation, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014,…
Just as you take steps to protect your personal safety and health while engaging in real-life encounters, a sex worker…
Just as you take steps to protect your personal safety and health while engaging in real-life encounters, a sex worker…
Last week, an online community for sex workers disappeared from the Internet. Visit SFRedbook.com, MyPinkBook.com, or MyRedBook.com right now, and…
Updated: July 1st at 6:30PM to add information about traffic correlation attacks. We posted last week about the Tor Challenge and…
By David Parkinson, strategic development manager, UK & Ireland, for Wick HillIt’s not often that news from the information security…