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Reversing course, Flock Safety--the surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated license plate readers--has announced that it will end a pilot for its acoustic gunshot detection devices to identify signs of "human ...

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When Ubisoft's Watch Dogs 2 was released in 2016, it was a headtrip for those of us working on digital-rights issues in the Bay Area. During the day, I'd fight tech-authoritarianism from EFF's San Francisco offices and then, at night, I'd fight tech ...

EFF and ARTICLE 19 have submitted joint comments to the European Commission on draft guidelines for the Digital Services Act's trusted flagger mechanism. Having long advocated for a DSA that protects freedom of expression while preserving ...

The California legislature has stepped back from a plan that would have expanded its age-gating law, removing language that could have compounded serious threats to users' speech, privacy and security just to browse the internet. A.B. 1856, authored ...

Oura Rings, Garmin GPS fitness watches, Apple Watches, Whoop bands--every year, more and more tech devices are promising to monitor our health and fitness, guide us toward healthier living, and provide useful health metrics to take to our doctors. .. ...

The effort to age gate the internet is back in Washington--and now it has a new name. Recently passed by the House of Representatives, the KIDS Act is a sprawling package of proposals to control what we can see and say online. Supporters claim the .. ...

One of the best bulwarks against monopoly is interoperability--that is making a new product or service work with an existing product or service. Interoperability allows users, and not the manufacturers of their devices or largest player in a market, ...

This year the state of New York had the dubious honor of being the first to pass a controversial provision to mandate all 3D printers come with surveillance and censorship. That means not only is there a ticking clock to protect every artist, ...

Playstation's decision to kill physical game discs is the latest attack on our diminishing rights to access and engage with culture digitally. Rent-seeking corporations and negligent lawmakers share the blame-and they can do better. Gamers are right ...