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After two-year hiatus, EFF accepts bitcoin donations again

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared.

By Jeremy Kirk | 20 May, 2013 00:58

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, internet, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Appeals court ruling could be 'death' of software patents

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, signaling what one judge described as the "death" of software and business method patents.

By Grant Gross | 10 May, 2013 19:33

Tags: Julie Samuels, Kimberly Moore, Adam Perlman, Alice, Alan Lourie, patent, CLS Bank, legal, U.S. Supreme Court, Electronic Frontier Foundation, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, intellectual property
EFF: Trust Twitter -- but not Apple or Verizon -- to protect your privacy

Verizon and MySpace scored a zero out of a possible six stars in a test of how far 18 technology service providers will go to protect user data from government data demands.

By Tim Greene | 30 April, 2013 22:06

Tags: unified communications, Apple privacy, Electronic privacy Electronic Frontier Foundation, dropbox, Networking, Verizon privacy, SpiderOak, LinkedIn, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, EFF, Google, at&t, security, Twitter privacy, twitter
CISPA sponsor compares opponents to 14-year-olds

The chief sponsor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in the U.S. Congress has ignited a Twitter storm by suggesting many opponents of the proposed cyberthreat sharing bill are 14-year-olds in basements.

By Grant Gross | 17 April, 2013 13:58

Tags: Jared Polis, Luke Matthews, U.S. National Security Agency, legislation, Barack Obama, privacy, Software and Information Industry Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Sina Khanifar, BSA, security, U.S. House of Representatives, twitter, Center for Democracy and Technology, Rich Zellich, Mike Rogers, government, data protection, Eric Fadden
Privacy group calls for changes in CISPA cyberthreat sharing bill

U.S. lawmakers need to make significant changes to a controversial cyberthreat information sharing bill because the legislation could be used to give federal intelligence agencies backdoor wiretapping powers, the Center for Democracy and Technology said.

By Grant Gross | 03 April, 2013 20:08

Tags: Susan Phalen, security, Gregory Nojeim, Center for Democracy and Technology, legislation, government, Mike Rogers, Electronic Frontier Foundation, U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, American Civil Liberties Union

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Opinion: The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics

Last week Gen. David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned in response to what has turned out to be a much bigger scandal than it first appeared.

By Mark Gibbs | 20 November, 2012 15:44

Tags: unified communications, Winn Schwartau, computer safety, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, theft, Identity fraud / theft, hacking, intrusion, EFF, bullying, scams, computer ethics, Jill Kelley, phishing, pornography, fbi, cnn, General John Allen, Central Intelligence Agency, plagiarism, E-mail services, Networking, Kickstarter, Electronic Frontier Foundation, privacy, cia, General David Petraeus, security, Paula Broadwell, ECPA, sexting, intel
Hacker turns Kinect for Xbox 360 into Kinect for Linux PCs

Well, that was fast. Do-it-yourself electronics kit maker and hobby retailer Adafruit recently announced that a hacker had won the company's Open Kinect Bounty. Spain-based hacker Hector Martin Cantero, who is known online as "marcan," released a proof-of-concept video Wednesday night showing the Kinect interfacing with his Linux-based laptop.

By Ian Paul | 13 November, 2010 02:06

Tags: hackers, Game platforms, Microsoft, gaming, games, Xbox, Electronic Frontier Foundation

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