What EFF is working on and what you can do to support them

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https://www.eff.org/pages/tools

COVER YOUR TRACKS launched yesterday

• (update for Panopticlick from 2010)
• https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
• fingerprinting which can be used to ID your browser
• cookies are user controlled, can be deleted
• 85% of cases users were uniquely identifiable
• 95% with flash, others
• Privacy Badger blocker
• https://privacybadger.org/
• which has been instrumental in gathering data on industry practices

• times when you don't want to be anonymized
• the surprising math of ways you are uniquely identifiable based on your language, server access, location, browser, hardware,
• cute friendly animals exemplifying accessible human centered design ;-p

Threat Lab team, part of Tech Projects

• countering tech that threatens at risk & marginalized groups
• Analysis of state sponsored malware (Kazakstan & Lebanon targeting Human rights lawyers & journalist)
• cybermercenaries
• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/dark-caracal-good-news-and-bad-news
• Spouseware or stalkerware
• https://www.eff.org/tags/stalkerware
• lobbying antivirus companies to alert when this type of often pooly coded malware appears
• companies pivoting to pitching kids vs spying on spouse

Proctorware doesnt do much to internet cheating & creating privacy/security risks

• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/proctoring-apps-subject-students-unnecessary-surveillance
• please send folks to EFF if you run across vulnerable people/orgs including mandating COVID tracking apps

Police Surveillance

• Does tech work as adverstised, what is co$t? what are other consequences?
• largely police have fought community awareness/input of tech being implemented
• 'experts' generally limited to vendor salespeople
• sting ray use obfuscated in legal cases even to the point of dropping a case if disclosure required
• Requiring use policies and disparate impact reports to track usage of police surveillance tools, now that local officials aren't involved as much in budgeting
• https://atlasofsurveillance.org/
• https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/community-control-over-police-surveillance-ccops-model-bill

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/podcast-episode-fixing-digital-loophole-fourth-amendment