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A Profile of the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-much-of-a-frontier-anymore dept.

Somnus writes "MSNBC discusses the evolution and current criticisms of the EFF." From the article: "The EFF continues to tackle issues like anonymity, electronic voting, patents and copyright, but the Sept. 11 attacks nearly five years ago have forced the EFF to spend more time on surveillance. It has sought to require more evidence before law enforcement can legally track people's locations by their cell phones, and in January the group sued AT&T, saying the San Antonio-based company violated U.S. law and the privacy of its customers. AT&T and NSA officials declined comment for this article."

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  1. Re:well... by Michael+O-P · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you weren't an AC, I would.

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  2. Our tax dollars at work by mclaincausey · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The government is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act by spending $1m of our (meaning "public") funds in order to figure out how to better keep us in the dark. The claim is that it is to keep terrorists from getting details on our infrastructure, but based on the government's recent record on matters of secrecy, should we trust them?

    It's things like this that make me thank the gods for institutions like the ACLU and the EFF.

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  3. Re:Are we really taking this seriously? by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    But I do enjoy the ramblings of insane people who know nothing about which they speak.

    Well, that would explain why you read Chomsky.