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Hey, Iowa - Hear Cindy talk about “Privacy’s Defender” at 7pmCT TONIGHT at Iowa City’s Prairie Lights! She’ll be in discussion with the University of Iowa’s Rishab Nithyanand at this free, public event. https://prairielights.com/event/2026-04-10/cindy-cohn-conv-rishab-nithyanand-privacys-defender-my-thirty-year-fight-against

Cindy Cohn in conv with Rishab Nithyanand - Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance

Prairie Lights Books

Electronic Frontier Foundation 3h ago

EFF’s Cindy Cohn, an Iowa native, joined Iowa Public Radio. “River to River” to discuss her career as one of the nation’s top digital rights lawyers as recounted in her new book, “Privacy’s Defender" from MIT Press.
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2026-04-10/cindy-cohn-iowan-privacy-rights-online

Meet the Iowan who has spent decades fighting for your rights online

Cindy Cohn, originally from Newton, Iowa, became one of the country's foremost digital rights lawyers. Her new memoir is titled "Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance." Part legal history, part personal story and part rallying cry, it's front-row account of the legal battles that shaped the internet we use every day. Ahead of her visit to Iowa City, she joins the show the book, growing up in Iowa, your rights online and more

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Electronic Frontier Foundation 4h ago

Millions browse the web on school, library, and workplace computers that leave them exposed to hidden trackers. Privacy Badger can be installed organization-wide to enhance privacy and security on these devices. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/libraries-schools-why-organizations-should-install-privacy-badger

From Libraries to Schools: Why Organizations Should Install Privacy Badger

In an era of pervasive online surveillance, organizations have an important role to play in protecting their communities’ privacy. Schools, libraries, and other organizations can make private browsing the norm by deploying Privacy Badger on their computers.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation 6h ago

Technology should work for you. Learn how to bend Linux to your will with this new @nostarch book bundle! Your purchase also supports EFF’s fight for privacy and free speech 🙌 https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-good-stuff-no-starch-books

Humble Tech Book Bundle: Linux, the Good Stuff by No Starch

Unlock new levels of freedom and creativity when you use Linux—master the ins and outs of Linux today and help support charity!

Humble Bundle

Electronic Frontier Foundation 7h ago

Think you can ace the EFFector news quiz? Test your digital rights knowledge on our latest podcast episode. You can also hear EFF's Adam Schwartz explain surveillance 'mission creep.' https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/selling-mass-surveillance-effector-387

👁 Selling Mass Surveillance | EFFector 38.7

Time and time again, we've seen police surveillance suffer from 'mission creep'—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes ends up enforcing traffic violations, tracking protestors, and more. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we're diving into this troubling pattern and sharing all the...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation 22h ago

Quantum computers are coming sooner than expected. Now's a good time to check if your encrypted messenger has moved to post-quantum cryptography. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/yikes-encryptions-y2k-moment-coming-years-early

Yikes, Encryption’s Y2K Moment is Coming Years Early

Google moved up its estimated deadline for quantum preparedness in cryptography to 2029—only 33 months from now. That’s earlier than previous deadlines, and they proposed the new post-quantum migration deadline because of two new papers that comprise a big jump in the state of the technology. It’s ahead of schedule, but not altogether unexpected. Cryptographers and engineers have been working on this for years, and as the deadline gets closer, it’s not surprising to see more precise timeline estimates come up.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation 23h ago

LISTEN: EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz and @bennjordan joined the SRA Podcast to discuss how automated license plate readers are warrantless mass surveillance that keeps tabs on all of us, all the time, wherever we go. https://socialistra-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/s5-e6-alprs-and-the-panopticon

S5 - E6: ALPRs and the Panopticon | Socialist Rifle Association Podcast

Jessie is joined by Benn Jordan and Adam Schwartz in talking about the current environment of ALPRs and their effects on society.

Socialist Rifle Association Podcast

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1d ago

Access to the internet is a human right. Yet governments around the world are pulling the plug to control narratives and crush resistance. Join EFF and Amnesty International on Thursday, April 16 to learn how those affected can fight back. https://www.eff.org/event/effecting-change-cant-stop-signal

EFFecting Change: Can't Stop the Signal

Internet shutdowns have become a powerful weapon. Years of digital repression in Iran have intensified during the current conflict with Israel and the U.S.. The Iranian government has once again shut down internet access, isolating millions, silencing dissent, and blocking information about human...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1d ago

"There is just plain, old-fashioned authoritarianism happening right now,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told The Tech. “I think it is a mistake to think that this current moment was only created by tech, because then you don’t think hard about how to get out of it.” https://thetech.com/2026/04/09/wgs-luncheon-2026

Women’s and Gender Studies researchers work to hold AI accountable | The Tech

From healthcare to government, machine learning models are changing how decisions are made. This is what can go wrong.

The Tech

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Electronic Frontier Foundation 1d ago

Buenos Aires fue solo el inicio. El desafío táctico ahora es conectar nuestras experiencias y construir la claridad política para que la tecnología sirva a las personas, y no al poder. Lee el artículo completo aquí y únete a esta conversación urgente: https://wikimediapolicy.medium.com/un-camino-compartido-reinventar-una-internet-en-am%C3%A9rica-latina-que-sirva-a-las-personas-no-al-03a5499a09e3. 5/5

Un camino compartido: reinventar una internet en América Latina que sirva a las personas, no al…

Autores: Amalia Toledo, Especialista Líder de Políticas Públicas para América Latina y el Caribe, Wikimedia Foundation; Veridiana Alimonti…

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