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Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItTechnologiesis a technology that involves installing acoustic sensors (essentially microphones) around a neighborhood or building. When a loud noise goes off, such as a gunshot or a firework, the sensors attempt to determine the location and then police receive an alert.&nbsp;Share ItDuring the pandemic, a dangerous business has prospered: invading students’ privacy with . In the last year, we’ve seen universities compel students to download apps that . Students who want to move forward with their education...This blog post was co-written by EFF intern .EFF filed an in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit urging the court to hold that under the First Amendment public schools may not punish students for their off-campus speech, including posting to social...We're excited to have yet another "At Home with the EFF" event coming up this , with panels making sense of all the online censorship issues emerging this year. From the takedown of Parler to Trump getting banned, we'll offer an insider look on how censorship decisions...As students were sent home from school in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, schools followed them home with invasive surveillance technology. This trend, spurred by the surge in remote learning, was an opportunistic move by tech companies and schools ...One of EFF’s chief concerns about exam proctoring software—in addition to the fact that it subjects students to —is the risk that it will incorrectly flag students for cheating, called “false positives.” This can be due either to the software’s technical failures or to its requirements that students...Last week, five Senators joined the chorus of , , and being used to watch students remotely during exams. “You must be able to demonstrate that you are respecting students’ privacy,” the Senators write–and so far, that...EFF recently partnered with the University of Missouri's Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute on a virtual event, "Deciphering Data Privacy.” This event aimed to foster a conversation with journalists, technologists, and privacy experts on the ways that we can make the conversation about privacy—how companies view it, how it affects...San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called on or plan to launch technologies—which sometimes collect sensitive data from users’ devices and lack adequate transparency or privacy protections—to make them and disclose details about data collection practices.Monitoring public...Since the COVID-19 crisis began, have looked to novel technologies to assist their efforts to retain in-person operations. Most prominent are untested contact or . While universities must commit to public health, too often these programs invade privacy and lack transparency....This week was the California Bar Exam, a grueling two-day test that determines whether or not a person can practice law in California. Despite the privacy and security risks remote proctoring apps present to users, the California Bar, as well as several other state bars throughout the country, are requiring...Share It

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItTechnologiesis a technology that involves installing acoustic sensors (essentially microphones) around a neighborhood or building. When a loud noise goes off, such as a gunshot or a firework, the sensors attempt to determine the location and then police receive an alert.&nbsp;Share ItDuring the pandemic, a dangerous business has prospered: invading students’ privacy with . In the last year, we’ve seen universities compel students to download apps that . Students who want to move forward with their education...This...

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