Not to get in the way of anyone’s schadenfreude but: Is anyone else super creeped out that there is night vision video of the audience of a random regional performance of a musical?

"The report makes it clear that DHS agencies have been playing it fast and loose with their acquisition of Americans’ location data," EFF says. Says Congress needs to pass law forcing warrants (proposed law in response to my reporting is pushing for that) 404media.co/ice-cbp-secret…

Seems like the first time this account has used the term “illegal protesters”

big tech companies invested billions in AI for years, but were cautious about pushing products too soon because of intense scrutiny of their influence. then ChatGPT drops in fall of ‘22, and the shackles come off. Karen Weise Cade Metz Nico Grant and me nytimes.com/2023/12/05/tec…

But in a new whitepaper, my EFF colleagues Corynne McSherry, Mario Trujillo, #CindyCohn and thorin klosowski advance an exciting proposal that slices cleanly through this Gordian knot, which they call "#PrivacyFirst": eff.org/wp/privacy-fir… 3/

Not a fan of the new House Intelligence Bill to reauthorize 702, by expanding who can get Directives under the law. This needs some attention. See blog post below: zwillgen.com/law-enforcemen…

RED ALERT: Buried in the House intelligence committee’s Section 702 “reform” bill, which is schedule for a floor vote as soon as tomorrow, is the biggest expansion of surveillance inside the United States since the Patriot Act. 1/11

This isn’t a minor or theoretical concern. One of the FISA Court amici posted a blog to warn Americans about this provision. I can’t overstate how unusual it is for FISA Court amici to take to the airwaves in this manner. We’d be foolish to ignore it. 9/11 zwillgen.com/law-enforcemen…

Catherine is a journalist who protects her sources

Some news: I am really excited to announce that I will be joining the faculty at Georgetown Law starting this fall.

San Francisco police recently sought to enforce a search warrant against the local independent news website Indybay.org eff.org/deeplinks/2024…

EFF helped an independent news outlet fight off an unlawful search warrant and gag order eff.org/deeplinks/2024…

EFF has helped the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (commonly known as Indybay) fight off an unlawful search warrant and gag order served by the San Francisco Police Department - a victory for press freedom. eff.org/deeplinks/2024…

Indybay Beats Back Illegal SFPD Search Warrant and Gag Order Over Police Credit Union Vandalism Post indybay.org/newsitems/2024…

NEWS from me & Andrew Desiderio CathyMcMorrisRodgers & Maria Cantwell have a deal on a bipartisan data privacy bill they plan to unveil next week. The proposal would set a national data privacy standard, replacing assorted state standards. Companies would face limits on what data

Companies have many tricks to derail legitimate data privacy lawsuits. Any worthwhile privacy bill should fix that eff.org/deeplinks/2024…