Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2024

Aaron Swartz was a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet open. His life was cut short in 2013, after federal prosecutors charged him under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for systematically downloading...

2 Fast 2 Legal: How EFF Helped a Security Researcher During DEF CON 32

This year, like every year, EFF sent a variety of lawyers, technologists, and activists to the summer security conferences in Las Vegas to help foster support for the security research community. While we were at DEF CON 32, security researcher...

EFF Honored as DEF CON 32 Uber Contributor

At DEF CON 32 this year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation became the first organization to be given the Uber Contributor award. This award recognizes EFF’s work in education and litigation, naming us “Defenders of the Hacker Spirit.”[caption...

EFF at the Las Vegas Hacker Conferences

Las Vegas is blazing hot and that means it's time for EFF to return to the hacker summer camp conferences—BSidesLV, Black Hat USA and DEF CON—to rally behind computer security researchers and tinkerers. Find all of EFF's scheduled talks and...

Support Justice for Digital Creators and Tech Users

EFF takes tough stances and tackles complicated problems for tech creators and users because it’s the right thing to do. You can help us defend online privacy and free speech for everyone.

If Not Amended, States Must Reject the Flawed Draft UN Cybercrime Convention Criminalizing Security Research and Certain Journalism Activities

The latest and nearly final version of the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention—dated May 23, 2024 but released today June 14—leaves security researchers’ and investigative journalists’ rights perilously unprotected, despite EFF’s repeated...

Is the Justice Department Even Following Its Own Policy in Cybercrime Prosecution of a Journalist?

Following an FBI raid of his home last year, the freelance journalist Tim Burke has been arrested and indicted in connection with an investigation into leaks of unaired footage from Fox News. The raid raised questions about whether Burke was being...

Protect Good Faith Security Research Globally in Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty

Statement to be submitted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, accredited under operative paragraph No. 9 of UN General Assembly Resolution 75/282, on behalf of 124 signatories. We, the undersigned, representing a broad spectrum of the global...

Observation Mission Stresses Key Elements of Ola Bini's Case for Upholding Digital Rights

Despite an Ecuadorian court’s unanimous acquittal of security expert Ola Bini in January this year due to complete lack of evidence, Ecuador’s attorney general's office has moved to appeal the decision, perpetuating several years of unjust attacks...

The Growing Threat of Cybercrime Law Abuse: LGBTQ+ Rights in MENA and the UN Cybercrime Draft Convention

This is Part II of a series examining the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty in the context of LGBTQ+ communities. Part I looks at the draft Convention’s potential implications for LGBTQ+ rights. Part II provides a closer look at how cybercrime laws...

Tornado Cash Civil Decision Limits the Reach of the Treasury Department’s Actions while Skirting a Full First Amendment Analysis

A District Court recently considered a civil claim that the Treasury Department overstepped when it listed Tornado Cash on the U.S. sanctions list. This claim took some steps, if not enough, to address EFF’s concerns about coders rights. In the...

It's Summer Security Week at EFF

EFF salutes the creativity and curiosity at the heart of Las Vegas’ hacker summer camp conferences: BSidesLV, Black Hat USA and DEF CON 31. You can stand in solidarity with the global community of digital creators and security researchers, too.

Ecuador's Judicial System Must Reaffirm Ola Bini's Innocence In the Face of Prosecutor's Office Appeal

On January 31, the Swedish computer security expert and free software developer, Ola Bini, was found not guilty by a unanimous verdict from a three-judge tribunal in Ecuador. This marked the culmination of an unfounded criminal prosecution that...

Court Accepts EFF’s Amicus Brief on the Right to Publish Code in Tornado Cash Case

Protecting the First Amendment rights of coders to develop and publish code is a core EFF value. It’s also one where we’ve played a central role in developing the law. So, we were happy that the court in the Tornado Cash lawsuit dismissed a...

EFF, International Allies Warn That Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty, Rather Than Making Us More Secure, Could Legitimize Intrusive Surveillance and Drag Down Global Privacy and Free Expression Standards

EFF and international allies Access Now, Article 19, Epicenter, and Global Partners Digital are in Vienna this week and next for the fifth round of negotiations on the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty, along with the over 100 representatives of...

The Next Stage in Security Expert’s Trial Set for January 31

Swedish computer security expert Ola Bini was arrested in April, 2019, in Ecuador, and a cloud has hung over his case ever since. Bini's case has been impacted by numerous due process violations and human rights concerns, and there have been...

Playing for All the Jelly Beans at the EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON

EFF members come from all over the world to DEF CON to experience the world’s largest computer hacking conference and enjoy what Las Vegas has to offer. This year some of EFF’s supporters combined their love for internet freedom and a good time by...

Virtual Vegas Member Week 💻💀⚡️

EFF is celebrating the spirit of Las Vegas hacker summer camp this week and—whether you're online or in person—you're invited to support the movement for digital freedom.

Hacking the Future at DEF CON 30

EFF heads to Las Vegas for a slew of security and digital freedom-themed events at the 30th DEF CON hacking conference. Find out where to connect with the team to learn about the latest developments in civil liberties and human rights online.

EFF Poker Tournament at DEF CON 30

Security expert Tarah Wheeler will host EFF's first charity poker tournament at Bally's Poker Room in Las Vegas on August 12. This is an official DEF CON 30 contest, but all are welcome to participate in some friendly competition to support EFF...