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Top www.eff.org stories from all time

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1.

Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web (www.eff.org)

2019 points by mariusz79 2014-11-18 | 461 comments

2.

John Perry Barlow has died (www.eff.org)

1485 points by schoen 2018-02-07 | 126 comments

3.

Confirmed: The NSA is Spying on Millions of Americans (www.eff.org)

1227 points by FlemishBeeCycle 2013-06-06 | 444 comments

4.

Publicly Funded Research Should Be Publicly Available (www.eff.org)

1106 points by SoMuchToGrok 2016-03-29 | 131 comments

5.

Calling All Hackers: Help Us Build an Open Wireless Router (www.eff.org)

850 points by Blahah 2014-07-20 | 138 comments

6.

Save Netflix (www.eff.org)

813 points by thecombjelly 2016-04-04 | 225 comments

7.

EFF in Court to Argue NSA Collection from Internet Backbone Is Unconstitutional (www.eff.org)

808 points by etr71115 2014-12-18 | 169 comments

8.

Nest Reminds Customers That Ownership Isn't What It Used to Be (www.eff.org)

735 points by DiabloD3 2016-04-05 | 309 comments

9.

Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet Is Not a Crime (www.eff.org)

726 points by DiabloD3 2017-12-13 | 284 comments

10.

With SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate good intentions from bad law (www.eff.org)

715 points by jakeogh 2018-03-23 | 184 comments

11.

Save Firefox (www.eff.org)

702 points by DiabloD3 2016-05-11 | 258 comments

12.

Britons: You Have 72 Hours to Stop the Snooper's Charter (www.eff.org)

700 points by sinak 2015-01-24 | 105 comments

13.

Courts: Violating a Website’s Terms of Service Is Not a Crime (www.eff.org)

689 points by uptown 2018-01-10 | 161 comments

14.

EFF’s Game Plan for Ending Global Mass Surveillance (www.eff.org)

678 points by CapitalistCartr 2015-01-26 | 151 comments

15.

Google Abandons Open Standards for Instant Messaging (www.eff.org)

677 points by thisisparker 2013-05-23 | 196 comments

16.

The Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared (www.eff.org)

667 points by walterbell 2015-10-09 | 180 comments

17.

DRM’s Dead Canary: How We Lost the Web, What We Learned, and What to Do Next (www.eff.org)

660 points by mimi89999 2017-11-28 | 290 comments

18.

“Citizenfour” Awarded Oscar for Best Documentary in 2014 (www.eff.org)

647 points by mxfh 2015-02-23 | 156 comments

19.

Researchers Could Have Uncovered Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheat If Not for DMCA (www.eff.org)

641 points by panarky 2015-09-22 | 158 comments

20.

Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Time Location Data (www.eff.org)

639 points by Elof 2019-04-24 | 72 comments

21.

ISPs Say They Don’t Make Enough Money (www.eff.org)

634 points by davegauer 2018-05-10 | 236 comments

22.

Internet.org Is Not Neutral, Not Secure, and Not the Internet (www.eff.org)

633 points by panarky 2015-05-19 | 161 comments

23.

Why Isn't Gatsby in the Public Domain? (www.eff.org)

590 points by ninthfrank07 2013-05-07 | 183 comments

24.

Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out (www.eff.org)

589 points by doener 2017-01-13 | 294 comments

25.

List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots (www.eff.org)

586 points by prawn 2017-06-06 | 210 comments

26.

EFF Wins Battle Over Secret Legal Opinions on Government Spying (www.eff.org)

582 points by declan 2015-01-29 | 64 comments

27.

EFF, ACLU Sue Over Warrantless Phone, Laptop Searches at U.S. Border (www.eff.org)

549 points by DiabloD3 2017-09-13 | 118 comments

28.

iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad for User Security (www.eff.org)

543 points by panarky 2017-10-06 | 329 comments

29.

AT&T has a fiberoptic splitter copying our data to NSA (www.eff.org)

525 points by catilac 2011-03-21 | 220 comments

30.

Sen. Wyden Confirms Cell-Site Simulators Disrupt Emergency Calls (www.eff.org)

518 points by DiabloD3 2018-08-28 | 122 comments

31.

Computer Scientists Ask Supreme Court to Rule APIs Can’t Be Copyrighted (www.eff.org)

517 points by jrochkind1 2014-11-08 | 164 comments

32.

How Verizon and Turn Defeat Browser Privacy Protections (www.eff.org)

505 points by fortmeaded 2015-01-15 | 173 comments

33.

Adobe Spyware Reveals Again the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security (www.eff.org)

504 points by sinak 2014-10-08 | 166 comments

34.

EFF sues the NSA Over Illegal Surveillance (www.eff.org)

486 points by grey-area 2013-07-16 | 36 comments

35.

Section 215 Expires For Now (www.eff.org)

471 points by DiabloD3 2015-06-01 | 158 comments

36.

EFF's Fight to End Warrantless Device Searches at the Border (www.eff.org)

469 points by DiabloD3 2018-01-29 | 99 comments

37.

With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Privacy (www.eff.org)

465 points by DiabloD3 2016-08-17 | 398 comments

38.

TPP Leak Confirms the Worst: US Still Trying to Trade Away Internet Freedoms (www.eff.org)

463 points by jim-greer 2013-11-14 | 71 comments

39.

Introducing EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month (www.eff.org)

462 points by scrollaway 2014-07-31 | 110 comments

40.

Ruling from USPTO Invalidates All Claims Used to Threaten Podcasters (www.eff.org)

460 points by billyvg 2015-04-10 | 86 comments

41.

EFF Wins Protection for Time Zone Database (www.eff.org)

457 points by taylorbuley 2012-02-22 | 36 comments

42.

The End of Headphone Jacks, the Rise of DRM (www.eff.org)

457 points by dwaxe 2016-09-08 | 336 comments

43.

In the Wake of Aaron Swartz's Death, Let's Fix Draconian Computer Crime Law (www.eff.org)

452 points by colin_jack 2013-01-14 | 85 comments

44.

Let's Encrypt has issued its first million certificates (www.eff.org)

443 points by thejosh 2016-03-08 | 152 comments

45.

Is This Justice? Charging an Eighth Grader with a Felony for “Hacking” (www.eff.org)

442 points by CapitalistCartr 2015-04-20 | 217 comments

46.

Yahoo's Fight for its Users Earns the Company Special Recognition by EFF (www.eff.org)

438 points by jasondemeuse 2013-07-15 | 71 comments

47.

Sony Finally Admits It Doesn’t Own Bach (www.eff.org)

438 points by raleighm 2018-09-13 | 93 comments

48.

US Sought Permission to Change Historical Record of a Public Court Proceeding (www.eff.org)

437 points by philfreo 2014-08-05 | 71 comments

49.

Today, Europe Lost The Internet. Now, We Fight Back (www.eff.org)

433 points by DiabloD3 2018-09-12 | 123 comments

50.

Apple does right by users and advertisers are displeased (www.eff.org)

433 points by DiabloD3 2017-09-21 | 339 comments

51.

Telling the Truth About Defects in Technology Should Never Be Illegal (www.eff.org)

432 points by severine 2018-08-20 | 90 comments

52.

Tor and HTTPS (www.eff.org)

430 points by claudius 2013-06-09 | 127 comments

53.

Russia Blocks Access to Major Independent News Sites (www.eff.org)

426 points by emilis_info 2014-03-14 | 165 comments

54.

Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA Spying (www.eff.org)

412 points by fchollet 2013-06-11 | 58 comments

55.

We Only Have Hours Left to Stop the NSA Expansion Bill (www.eff.org)

412 points by DiabloD3 2017-12-20 | 175 comments

56.

Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claims Release Was Accidental (www.eff.org)

406 points by tijs 2013-12-13 | 203 comments

57.

Remove Google Search History Before New Privacy Policy Takes Effect (www.eff.org)

399 points by bootload 2012-02-22 | 150 comments

58.

Automakers Say You Don’t Really Own Your Car (www.eff.org)

392 points by nthitz 2015-04-03 | 167 comments

59.

EFF: "Parallel construction" is really intelligence laundering (www.eff.org)

384 points by r0h1n 2013-08-07 | 77 comments

60.

YouTube Ditches Flash, and It Hardly Matters (www.eff.org)

381 points by sinak 2015-02-07 | 185 comments

61.

Baseless Calls to Expand Surveillance Fit Familiar, Cynical Pattern (www.eff.org)

375 points by pavornyoh 2015-11-20 | 118 comments

62.

We Have 24 Hours to Save Online Privacy Rules (www.eff.org)

370 points by DiabloD3 2017-03-27 | 50 comments

63.

Can This Web Be Saved? Mozilla Accepts DRM, and We All Lose (www.eff.org)

366 points by DiabloD3 2014-05-14 | 365 comments

64.

EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5 (www.eff.org)

361 points by c-oreills 2013-05-29 | 273 comments

65.

Congress Is Trying to Roll Back Internet Privacy Protections (www.eff.org)

356 points by dwaxe 2017-03-07 | 80 comments

66.

Why Everyone Should be Concerned By the Seizure of MyRedBook.com (www.eff.org)

356 points by panarky 2014-07-01 | 110 comments

67.

Hate Your ISP? Maybe You Need Community Fiber (www.eff.org)

355 points by jswt001 2014-08-01 | 51 comments

68.

A Digital Rumor Should Never Lead to a Police Raid (www.eff.org)

351 points by dwaxe 2016-09-22 | 164 comments

69.

HealthCare.gov Sends Personal Data to Dozens of Tracking Websites (www.eff.org)

346 points by markolschesky 2015-01-20 | 94 comments

70.

Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point (www.eff.org)

342 points by panarky 2019-01-26 | 149 comments

71.

Facebook Tries to Make Violations of Terms of Use Into Criminal Violations (www.eff.org)

340 points by there 2010-05-04 | 153 comments

72.

NSA Spying Documents to be Released As Result of EFF Lawsuit (www.eff.org)

338 points by wlj 2013-09-05 | 78 comments

73.

Ten Hours of Static Gets Five Copyright Notices (www.eff.org)

336 points by DiabloD3 2018-03-09 | 71 comments

74.

Users Have Been Betrayed in the Final TPP Deal (www.eff.org)

335 points by DiabloD3 2015-10-05 | 98 comments

75.

Dear Web Developers: EFF Needs Your Help (www.eff.org)

334 points by frostmatthew 2014-04-16 | 54 comments

76.

ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption (www.eff.org)

333 points by erkose 2014-11-11 | 126 comments

77.

Cisco Must Be Held Accountable for Aiding China’s Human Rights Abuses (www.eff.org)

331 points by DiabloD3 2016-01-12 | 116 comments

78.

WhatsApp Rolls Out End-To-End Encryption to Its Over 1B Users (www.eff.org)

330 points by randomname2 2016-04-08 | 226 comments

79.

Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Must Stay Secret (www.eff.org)

328 points by teawithcarl 2013-06-08 | 18 comments

80.

The Mueller Report Can’t Be Copyrighted, Is Flagged by Copyright Bots Anyway (www.eff.org)

327 points by sohkamyung 2019-04-20 | 40 comments

81.

FBI Breaks into iPhone. We Have Some Questions (www.eff.org)

323 points by panarky 2016-03-29 | 64 comments

82.

Saved by Alice (www.eff.org)

322 points by nsgi 2017-07-01 | 54 comments

83.

EU’s Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next? (www.eff.org)

322 points by sanqui 2019-03-26 | 4 comments

84.

Privacy Badger – Block spying ads and invisible trackers (www.eff.org)

322 points by swartzcr 2015-08-06 | 109 comments

85.

Stupid Patent of the Month: Microsoft’s Design Patent on a Slider (www.eff.org)

320 points by sinak 2015-12-28 | 212 comments

86.

The Next Front in the New Crypto Wars: WhatsApp (www.eff.org)

318 points by panarky 2016-03-13 | 207 comments

87.

EFF, ACLU Sue Over Warrantless Phone, Laptop Searches at U.S. Border (www.eff.org)

314 points by Cbasedlifeform 2017-09-22 | 71 comments

88.

EFF’s Tweet About a DMCA Takedown Is Now Subject to an Overzealous Takedown (www.eff.org)

313 points by sohkamyung 2019-04-15 | 41 comments

89.

House Passes Bill to Sabotage Net Neutrality (www.eff.org)

313 points by finnn 2016-04-15 | 77 comments

90.

Supreme Court Should Say No to Patents That Take Old Ideas Away from the Public (www.eff.org)

310 points by otp124 2018-08-24 | 68 comments

91.

EFF's Letter to Zillow on Behalf of McMansion Hell [pdf] (www.eff.org)

307 points by harryh 2017-06-29 | 122 comments

92.

Trolls Are Real (www.eff.org)

306 points by lelf 2019-02-20 | 93 comments

93.

How Can the New York Times Endorse an Agreement the Public Can't Read? (www.eff.org)

302 points by sinak 2013-11-07 | 125 comments

94.

Patent Owners Can Prevent You from Owning Anything (www.eff.org)

301 points by pavornyoh 2016-02-16 | 72 comments

95.

How the TPP Will Affect You and Your Digital Rights (2015) (www.eff.org)

299 points by stakent 2016-02-04 | 99 comments

96.

Congress Must Act After US Government Admits To Warrantless Wiretapping (www.eff.org)

297 points by mtgx 2012-07-24 | 51 comments

97.

Violating Terms of Use Isn’t a Crime, EFF Tells Court (www.eff.org)

297 points by DiabloD3 2017-02-07 | 100 comments

98.

Watch 2013 Barack Obama Debate 2006 Joe Biden Over NSA Surveillance [video] (www.eff.org)

295 points by kirillzubovsky 2013-06-15 | 81 comments

99.

Court: Breaking Your Employer's Computer Policy Isn't a Crime (www.eff.org)

293 points by kjstevo 2015-12-05 | 119 comments

100.

EFF Asks Judge to Rule NSA Internet Backbone Spying Techniques Unconstitutional (www.eff.org)

292 points by rosser 2014-07-26 | 104 comments

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