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Electronic Frontier Foundation

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    L.A. Sheriff's Creepy New Facial-Recognition Software Matches Surveillance Video With Mug Shot Database

    The Lancaster station of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department got a little help from Big Brother in cracking its latest robbery spree: Of three armed robberies in Lancaster over eight days, one of the incidents was caught on surveillance tape. So Sheriff's investigators entered "a clear image of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Top 10 Food-Related Lawsuits of 2011

    Taco BellTaco Bell gives thanks for being sued over the contents of its meat​A look at this year through the lens of the food-related lawsuits is like watching the first season of The Killing: an exercise in frustration, bewilderment, and, occasionally, excitement. From the mother who sued N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    [Updated, Again]: Dervaes Family Trademarks "Urban Homestead" Term: Legal Battle Follows

    The cover of The Urban Homestead, written by Erik Knudsen and Kelly Coyne, which might be renamed in the next printing.​Updated, 2/22, 12:30 p.m.: The Dervaes family recently filed a Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DCMA) take down notice to Google regarding content in The Urban Homestead by K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Your Next Facebook Friend Could Be An Undercover Agent

    ​The Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed this week that the FBI and other federal agencies work undercover on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites to shadow suspects and gather evidence in crime investigations. According to the Associated Press, Freedom of Information Act r ... More >>

  • Articles

    November 12, 2009

    Pedraza vs. Macintosh: Worms in the Apple

    ​The Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed this week that the FBI and other federal agencies work undercover on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites to shadow suspects and gather evidence in crime investigations. According to the Associated Press, Freedom of Information Act r ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    Updated: Craigslist Declassified

    Besieged by politicians and media, the founder of the popular online classifieds site finds an unlikely ally: a victim’s family

  • Music

    June 14, 2007

    Math Rock, M.I.A., and the Secret of iTunes Plus

    Besieged by politicians and media, the founder of the popular online classifieds site finds an unlikely ally: a victim’s family

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Funny Numbers

    An analysis of some downright bizarre election results

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Music Industry Puts Troops in the Streets

    Quasi-legal squads raid street vendors

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    The Big Dirt Napster

    A digital new era finds the labels asleep

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Power to the Peer

    you can lead consumers to music, but can you make them pay?

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Attack of the Widget People

    you can lead consumers to music, but can you make them pay?

  • News

    August 9, 2001

    Hackers Unite

    Geeks rally for jailed Russian programmer. But it’s hard to explain why it really does matter.

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Unfair Game

    Scientologists get their man

  • Art+Books

    May 11, 2000

    The Name Game

    Etoy: Art as corporate branding

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Death on the Menu

    Etoy: Art as corporate branding

  • Art+Books

    February 17, 2000

    Cracking DVD Code

    MPAA’s dragooning of Norwegian teen raises hackers’ hackles

  • Art+Books

    July 22, 1999

    Sleeping With the Enemy

    An inside look at the record industry's digital-download security plan

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Downloading

    An inside look at the record industry's digital-download security plan

  • Art+Books

    March 12, 1998

    Tripped Out

    An inside look at the record industry's digital-download security plan

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