Yes, Section 215 Expired. Now What?
By India McKinney and Andrew Crocker On March 15, 2020, Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act—a surveillance law with a rich history of government overreach…
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Governments Haven’t Shown Location Surveillance Would Help Contain COVID-19
By Adam Schwartz and Andrew Crocker Governments around the world are demanding new dragnet location surveillance powers to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. But before the…
EFF Report Shows FBI Is Failing to Address First Amendment Harms Caused By National Security Letters
By Andrew Crocker and Aaron Mackey EFF has long fought to end the FBI’s ability to impose gag orders via National Security Letters (NSLs). They…
Victory: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Police Can’t Force You to Tell Them Your Password
By Andrew Crocker The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a forceful opinion today holding that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects individuals from being…
The Open Letter from the Governments of US, UK, and Australia to Facebook is An All-Out Attack on Encryption
By Andrew Crocker and Joe Mullin Top law enforcement officials in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia told Facebook today that they want backdoor…
DOJ and FBI Show No Signs of Correcting Past Untruths in Their New Attacks on Encryption
By Andrew Crocker Last week, Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray chose to spend some of their time giving speeches demonizing encryption…
Don’t Let Encrypted Messaging Become a Hollow Promise
By Andrew Crocker and Gennie Gebhart Why do we care about encryption? Why was it a big deal, at least in theory, when Mark Zuckerberg…
Victory! EFF Wins National Security Letter Transparency Lawsuit
By Andrew Crocker and Aaron Mackey A federal district court in San Francisco has ruled strongly in favor of our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit…
Victory! Supreme Court Says Fourth Amendment Applies to Cell Phone Tracking
By Andrew Crocker and Jennifer Lynch The Supreme Court handed down a landmark opinion today in Carpenter v. United States, ruling 5-4 that the Fourth…