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We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that fights for your privacy & free speech online. Find EFF's social accounts at eff.org/social.

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🦡💫ICYMI: Privacy Badger is EFF's FREE browser extension that helps YOU protect your data from companies spying on you online.

This crash course carousel tells you everything you need to know! Download Privacy Badger today at the link in our bio!

#privacy #technology #badger #advertising by @efforg

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Hello to our new followers! 👋 Allow our outgoing Executive Director, Cindy Cohn, to introduce us with this segment from her appearance on @TheDailyShow. At EFF, we’re committed to our mission of ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. Our work is member-supported and you can head to the link in our bio to help us continue fighting for users and access the many, many resources and tools that our team has built 🖤🦾 by @efforg

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If you use technology, this fight is yours. It began 36 years ago, but today, @efforg activists, lawyers, and technologists are still pushing back.

VIEW THE (completely free!) SURVEILLANCE SELF DEFENSE GUIDES AT THE 🔗 IN MY BIO NOW!!! 🗣️🔒

Take Back CTRL by visiting EFF’s website, TakeBackC-T-R-L dot org (🔗 on my page!!) for *incredibly* helpful resources you can use to protect your privacy on a daily basis and in the future.

🤍 Join their mailing list and support @efforg #effpartner by @efforg

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A few weeks ago, EFF traveled to Far West Texas (aka the Trans-Pecos) to document the expanding network of surveillance deployed by Customs and Border Protection. What we found were entire communities caught in the dragnet.

#border #alpr #surveillance Anduril surveillance town next to a palm tree at dawn. by @efforg

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EFF Executive Director Nicole Ozer told the folks at #oaklandtechweek last week: "We have a real political moment right now. To take actions that are necessary—on the local, state, and federal level; in our courts and in our legislatures; in building technical tools and in our communities—to make sure technology really works for all of us, and doesn't just profit a few." by @efforg

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As election season heats up, join EFF's Hayley Tsukayama and Adam Schwartz, along with Mark Lindeman of Verified Voting, Derek Tisler of the Brennan Center for Justice, and Jonathan Mehta Stein of TechEquity for a look at the current state of election privacy. 10/8 at 11AM PT, live Q&A included. eff.org/livestream-svote by @efforg

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At EFF, we believe only one thing is cuter than our pets and that's our pets showing off their support for digital freedoms. You can snag this bandana for you or your furry loved one and find even more EFF merch at the EFF Shop at link in our bio! by @efforg

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This month, we’re launching Opt Out October, our set of guides to help you take control of your data and opt out of big tech’s default intrusive options!

It can be a big task, but once you complete it, you can award yourself one of these merit badges for your hard work.

Learn more at eff.org/optoutoctober or at the link in our bio!

#privacy #technology #optoutoctober by @efforg

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Our new “Privacy’s Defenders” podcast talks to the activists, lawyers and technologists who have fought for a better, more secure and private digital future – a future that’s still attainable. Episode 1, “Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries,” is our origin story. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/privacys-defenders-podcast-cowboys-cypherpunks-and-visionaries by @efforg

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Voting is a right—but your voting record is highly sensitive. Join EFF, Verified Voting, the Brennan Center for Justice, and Tech Equity on 10/8 at 11AM PT to learn what protects your vote after you cast it. eff.org/livestream-svote by @efforg

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EFF regularly talks to lawmakers and their staff to ensure that Congress defends civil liberties in the digital age. Hear from EFF's Director of Federal Affairs, India McKinney, about what we're up to this week in Washington, D.C. You can sign up for Action Alerts at eff.org/signup or at the link in our bio! by @efforg

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Last summer, a cop with the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department used Flock’s surveillance search engine to look for a license plate across more than 19,000 cameras in 1,558 cities and towns. The cop’s stated reason for the search, according to a record of Flock’s system, was “LMAO.”

The cop is one of dozens who put gibberish, jokes, or other nonsense into Flock’s “reason” box, highlighting the casualness and lack of care some cops have when searching an incredibly powerful surveillance system. This is on top of the thousands upon thousands of cops who simply wrote something like “investigation,” “test,” or left the box blank as their search “reason,” according to a new analysis by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and shared with 404 Media.

The @efforg contacted departments whose cops performed these “joke” searches, and found that many of them did not do anything about cops who button mashed or put jokes. @jasonkoebler reports. Link in bio to read now. by @efforg

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