May 20, 2026
It's America's greatest tradition.
May 20, 2026
No matter what lawmakers claim, surveillance of encrypted communications is fundamentally a systemic vulnerability. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/canadas-bill-c-22-repackaged-version-last-years-surveillance-nightmare
May 20, 2026
cross-posted from: toast.ooo/post/14012800 canvas.fediverse.events July 18th (4am UTC) to July 20th (also 4am UTC) Canvas 2026 is in roughly 60 days! Canvas is an annual event hosted for the Fediverse, allowing everyone to contribute to a pixel canvas, one pixel at a time Check out the website for a live countdown, login testing, chat room (matrix/discord), and what last year’s Canvas was! If you are a developer, check out the source, and if you’re a Fediverse app dev check the docs to add Canvas functionality to your app 👀
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May 20, 2026
Pure evil.
May 20, 2026
You still haven’t played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night? No excuses now 👀 Pay what you want and support EFF with this new Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/humble-15th-anniversary-indie-icons-showcase
May 20, 2026
Makes you think.
May 20, 2026
Distinguished paper award for Phoenix!We have been investigating the security of DDR5 DRAM against Rowhammer attacks since December of 2021 when we could buy a system with such DRAM devices for the first time.Phoenix – Rowhammer Attacks on DDR5 ::: PTE Exploit Demohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1emxVQ6__qghttps://web.archive.org/web/https://comsec.ethz.ch/distinguished-paper-award-for-phoenix/
May 20, 2026
Google and Amazon also claim to protect human rights, but have shown no interest in actual accountability for their facilitation of abuses by the Israeli government. We call on them to match Microsoft here. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/microsoft-took-step-toward-human-rights-accountability-google-and-amazon-and
May 20, 2026
I love Daniel Radcliffe.
May 20, 2026
This past year has shown us that our privacy is being decided between giant tech companies and governments. That's not how it should be. We need strong privacy laws that protect all of us, and EFF needs you to help us advocate for them. https://eff.org/spring
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May 20, 2026
It's still arguably the best YouTube video.
May 20, 2026
When security agencies harm rights in the name of "protection," they become the threat. Civil society, legal community, activists, oversight bodies: we must ramp up the fight against normalized surveillance abuses. EFF’s new guide is here to help. Join us. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/we-must-not-normalize-digital-surveillance-abuses-effs-new-guide-underlines
May 20, 2026
Off to #Interesting2026 in HolbornRidiculously, I have never been to an Interesting! Looking forward to meeting some others from the nascent Society for Hopeful Technologists, and other long-time friends and connections.
May 20, 2026
This week's EFFector: 🚫 the shaky science backing social media bans 📱 Canada's nightmare surveillance bill 🔐 a victory for keeping private messages private. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/encrypted-apple-android-texts-effector-3810
May 20, 2026
Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Icarus Blanket. Oh, you're going to criticize Icarus for flying too close to the sun? Because of what he was wearing? I will not tolerate this blatant victim blaming.https://collabs.shop/pfnjcb
May 20, 2026
That's so wholesome.
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May 20, 2026
It allegedly mauled a few extras.
May 20, 2026
I wrote Trump a letter saying that my Spotify account was suspended while Biden was in office, which prevented me from listening to Kid Rock. In return, the president awarded me $30 million in slush fund money.
May 20, 2026
Floorp v12.14.2 Release Notes Release notes tell you what’s new in Floorp. Your feedback The Floorp Projects welcomes. You can submit bug report and new feature code on GitHub, and check the Floorp of source code used for this release. We would like to express our special thanks to all the developers, users, and contributors who contributed to this release. 🔄 Changes Improved Floorp performance on all platforms except Linux AArch64.
May 20, 2026
Decision to allow import of jet fuel and diesel refined in third countries is criticised by Tories as ‘insane’ Archived version: archive.is/…/uk-relaxes-strict-sanctions-on-russi… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.