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Google News: Flock Safety · Oct 4, 2026

Leader Schumer Demands Answers From Flock Safety On Nationwide License Plate Surveillance Network That Is Tracking Americans; Warns Private Camera Giant Has Built A Mass Surveillance Tool With No Rules, No Oversight, And No Consent - Forth.News

Leader Schumer Demands Answers From Flock Safety On Nationwide License Plate Surveillance Network That Is Tracking Americans; Warns Private Camera Giant Has Built A Mass Surveillance Tool With No Rules, No Oversight, And No Consent  Forth.News

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Oct 2, 2026

Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s Name

There has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property” aka the “DEFEND IP Act.” The problem is that instead of “defending IP

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Oct 2, 2026

Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs

Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection Act (ACPA), H.R. 10364, a bill that would give copyright owne

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Oct 2, 2026

Ola Bini Ordered to Leave Ecuador Under Obscure Accusations

In a new blow to Ola Bini’s legal guarantees, Ecuadorean authorities retained the free software developer and security expert yesterday in Quito and ordered his immediate deportation from the country. He is barred from returning to Ecuador for 10 years.  Accor

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Oct 1, 2026

Challengers Approach: Third Party App Stores Arrive to Google Play

If you are an Android user, you may have noticed it already: Google has begun allowing rival, third-party app stores to be distributed through the Google Play Store. And if you are a developer, you may have noticed new options for billing and distributing your

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Oct 1, 2026

Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility

When state lawmakers attempt to rewrite how the internet works, users rely on courts to recognize that laws can’t make technical impossibilities a reality. That’s why we were happy to see that a court has blocked Utah’s attempt to outlaw the privacy protection

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Oct 1, 2026

Happy Opt Out October! Let’s Find Real Alternatives to the Tech Giants

Over the years, the major tech companies have found all sorts of ways to embed themselves into our lives. We often use their software, their AI tools, their social media, and their operating systems by default without even thinking about potential alternatives