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Offline: Activists and Technologists Still Face Grave Threats for Expression

Deeplinks Blog | Thu, 09/13/2018 - 16:54

A decade ago, before social media was a widespread phenomenon and blogging was still a nascent activity, it was nearly unthinkable outside of a handful of countries—namely China, Tunisia, Syria, and Iran—to detain citizens for their online activity. Ten years later, the practice has become all too common, and remains on the rise in dozens of countries.

How to Roll a Strong Password with 20-Sided Dice and Fandom-Inspired Wordlists

Deeplinks Blog | Thu, 08/30/2018 - 17:32

Here’s the not-so-secret recipe for strong passphrases: a random element like dice, a long list of words, and math. And as long as you have the first two, the third takes care of itself. All together, this adds up to diceware, a simple but powerful method to create a passphrase that even the most sophisticated computer could take at least thousands of years to guess. 

Back to School Essentials for Security

Deeplinks Blog | Tue, 08/28/2018 - 18:28

Going back to school? This is a perfect time for a digital security refresh to ensure the privacy of you and your friends is protected!

It’s a good time to change your passwords. The best practice is to have passwords that are unique, long, and random. In order to keep track of these unique, long and random passwords, consider downloading a password manager.

Trust Us, We’re Secretly Working for a Foreign Government: How Australia’s Proposed Surveillance Laws Will Break The Trust Tech Depends On

Deeplinks Blog | Mon, 08/27/2018 - 22:39

In the last few years, we’ve discovered just how much trust — whether we like it or not — we have all been obliged to place in modern technology. Third-party software, of unknown composition and security, runs on everything around us: from the phones we carry around, to the smart devices with microphones and cameras in our homes and offices, to voting machines, to critical infrastructure. The insecurity of much of that technology, and increasingly discomforting motives of the tech giants that control it from afar, has rightly shaken many of us.

Sen. Wyden Confirms Cell-Site Simulators Disrupt Emergency Calls

Deeplinks Blog | Mon, 08/27/2018 - 21:05

Sen. Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice concerning disruptions to 911 emergency services caused by law enforcement’s use of cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as IMSI catchers or Stingrays). In the letter, Sen. Wyden states that:

Don’t Shoot Messenger

Deeplinks Blog | Thu, 08/23/2018 - 22:43

Late last week, Reuters reported that Facebook is being asked to “break the

Giving Privacy Badger a Jump Start

Deeplinks Blog | Wed, 08/22/2018 - 19:30

Giving Privacy Badger a Jump Start:

Teaching new Badgers to block from the get-go

When new users try Privacy Badger, they often get confused about why Privacy Badger isn’t blocking anything right away.  But that’s because Privacy Badger learns about trackers as you browse; up until now, it hasn’t been able to block trackers on the first few sites it sees after being installed.

Sextortion Scam: What to Do If You Get the Latest Phishing Spam Demanding Bitcoin

Deeplinks Blog | Tue, 07/31/2018 - 16:56

You may have arrived at this post because you received an email from a purported hacker who is demanding payment or else they will send compromising information—such as pictures sexual in nature—to all your friends and family. You’re searching for what to do in this frightening situation.

Moving Your Site From "Not Secure" to Secure

Deeplinks Blog | Mon, 07/30/2018 - 19:27

Maybe you’re a beginner to web development, but you’ve done the hard work: you taught yourself what you needed to know, and you’ve lovingly made that website and filled it with precious content. But one last task remains: you don’t have that little green padlock with the word “secure” beside your website’s address. You don’t yet have that magical “S” after “HTTP”.

Google Chrome Now Marks HTTP Sites "Not Secure"

Deeplinks Blog | Mon, 07/30/2018 - 19:14

Last week, the movement to encrypt the web achieved another milestone: Google’s Chrome browser made good on its promise to mark all HTTP sites “not secure.” EFF welcomes this move, and we are calling on other browsers to follow suit.

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