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Internet shutdowns don't just cut off social media—they silence journalists, block emergency responders, and isolate millions. Join EFF and Amnesty International LIVE on 4/16 for a deep dive into internet censorship and how ordinary people can persist. 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...
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
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
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
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.
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
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...
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.
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.
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...