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EFFector 29.21
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In our 708th issue:

  * UPDATES <#Updates>
  * MINILINKS <#minilinks>
  * ANNOUNCEMENTS <#announcements>

      Unblinking Eyes: The State of Communications Surveillance in Latin
      America
      <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/unblinking-eyes-latinamerica-surveillance>

We’re proud to announce the release of “Unblinking Eyes: The State of 
Communications Surveillance in Latin America 
<https://necessaryandproportionate.org/americas-reports>,” a project in 
collaboration with partner organizations across the region to document 
and analyze surveillance laws and practices in twelve countries: 
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Our reports, in both English and Spanish, show the need for 
comprehensive legal reform across Latin America to protect users from 
unlawful government surveillance. While every Latin American 
constitution we investigated recognizes a right to privacy and data 
protection, most countries do not implement those rights in a way that 
fully complies with international human rights standards. Overall, 
secrecy surrounding tactics and prevalence of surveillance is widespread 
in Latin America, and many countries have yet to develop a culture of 
transparency reporting by communications providers.

In addition to individual country reports from our international 
partners, EFF has produced a broader comparative report 
<https://necessaryandproportionate.org/comparative-analysis-surveillance-laws-and-practices-latin-america> 
comparing laws and practices across countries, a legal analysis 
<https://necessaryandproportionate.org/americas-legal-analysis> of the 
13 Necessary and Proportionate Principles, and an interactive map 
<https://necessaryandproportionate.org/americas-reports/who-can-spy-on-us> 
summarizing our findings.

    EFF Updates

Where WhatsApp Went Wrong: EFF's Four Biggest Security Concerns 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/where-whatsapp-went-wrong-effs-four-biggest-security-concerns>

After careful consideration, we have decided to add additional warnings 
and caveats about using WhatsApp to our Surveillance Self Defense guide. 
It is getting harder and harder to explain WhatsApp’s security pitfalls 
in a way that is clear, understandable, and actionable for users. This 
is especially true since WhatsApp’s announcement that it would be 
changing its user agreement regarding data sharing with the rest of 
Facebook’s services.

Patent Forum Shopping Must End 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/patent-forum-shopping-must-end>

Forum shopping is rampant in patent litigation. Last year, almost 45 
percent of all patent cases were heard in the Eastern District of Texas, 
a sparsely populated region. EFF, along with Public Knowledge, has filed 
an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear a case that could end 
forum shopping in patent cases.

EFF Goes to Washington to Fight Against the Changes to Rule 41 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/eff-goes-washington-fight-against-changes-rule-41>

If Congress does nothing, a new policy will take effect in less than two 
months that will make it easier than ever for the FBI to infiltrate, 
monitor, and damage computers remotely. With the threat of “Rule 41” 
changes looming, EFF went to DC to speak to policymakers about the 
future of computer security and the ramifications of government hacking.

Upload Filtering Mandate Would Shred European Copyright Safe Harbor 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/upload-filtering-mandate-would-shred-european-copyright-safe-harbor>

European regulators have finally released the full and final proposal on 
Copyright in the Digital Single Market, and unfortunately it's full of 
ideas that will hurt users and the platforms on which they rely, in 
Europe and around the world.

Tell the Copyright Office: Copyright Law Shouldn't Punish Research and 
Repair 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/tell-copyright-office-copyright-law-shouldnt-punish-research-and-repair>

After 18 years, we may finally see real reform to the Digital Millennium 
Copyright Act’s unconstitutional pro-DRM provisions. As locked-down 
copyrighted software shows up in more devices, people are realizing how 
important it is to be able to break those locks. If you can’t tinker 
with or repair it, then you don’t really own it—someone else does, and 
their interests will take precedence over yours.

Is Let’s Encrypt the Largest Certificate Authority on the Web? 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/lets-encrypt-largest-certificate-authority-web>

Let’s Encrypt has issued its 12 millionth certificate, of which six 
million are active and unexpired. With these milestones, Let’s Encrypt 
now appears to us to be the the Internet’s largest certificate 
authority—but a recent analysis by W3Techs said we were only the third 
largest. So in this post we investigate: how big is Let’s Encrypt, really?

USA FREEDOM Act Requires Government to Declassify Any Order to Yahoo 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/usa-freedom-act-requires-government-declassify-any-order-yahoo>

In the wake of reports that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 
ordered Yahoo to scan all of its users’ email in 2015, there are many 
unanswered legal and technical questions. But before we can even begin 
to answer them, there is a more fundamental question: what does the 
court order say?

FCC Helped Create the Stingray Problem, Now it Needs to Fix It 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/fcc-created-stingray-problem-now-it-needs-fix-it>

The Baltimore Police Department is illegally using “Stingray” 
technology, which spies on cell phones by simulating a cellular tower. 
EFF recently supported a complaint to the Federal Communications 
Commission asking the agency to address Stingrays’ impact on speech, 
interference with 911 calls, and invasion of privacy.

Google Changes Its Tune When it Comes to Tracking Students 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/google-changes-its-tune-when-it-comes-tracking-students>

Since we submitted our FTC complaint about Google’s student privacy 
practices a little under a year ago, Google has made some encouraging 
changes. However, the core of our FTC complaint—that Google collects 
data on students using certain services despite promising not to do 
so—remains.

No One Owns Invisible Disabilities 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/no-one-owns-invisible-disabilities>

The purpose of registered trademarks is to protect people. But when the 
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues overly broad or generic 
trademarks, those trademarks do just the opposite: they can expose us to 
the risk of legal bullying.

    miniLinks

Facebook-backed school software shows promise — and raises privacy 
concerns 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/facebook-backed-school-software-shows-promise--and-raises-privacy-concerns/2016/10/11/2580f9fe-80c6-11e6-b002-307601806392_story.html>

A new school software tool backed by Facebook raises student privacy 
concerns. The Washington Post reports.

Universities have turned over hundreds of patents to patent trolls 
<https://medium.com/@yardenkatz/universities-have-turned-over-hundreds-of-patents-to-patent-trolls-99d5cdec1d8a#.ogpf4monn>

Which universities have sold the most patents to notorious mega-troll 
Intellectual Ventures? Yarden Katz digs into this question on Medium.

Ethiopian authorities shut down mobile Internet and major social media 
sites 
<https://globalvoices.org/2016/10/11/ethiopian-authorities-shut-down-mobile-internet-and-major-social-media-sites/>

Ethiopian authorities have shut down mobile Internet and major social 
media sites amid increasingly violent protests. Global Voices provides 
the story.

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      Announcements

EFF's New Writer Kate Tummarello 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/5-questions-effs-new-writer-kate-tummarello>

Kate will be drawing on her extensive experience as a DC tech reporter 
to focus on government surveillance and tech policy advocacy.

EFF Celebrates Women in Tech and Ada Lovelace Day 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/eff-celebrates-women-tech-today-and-every-day>

We believe in celebrating women in science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics every day, and Ada Lovelace Day every October is no different.

Digital Rights, Digital Repression: The Dual Roles of Technology in 
Human Rights 
<https://www.eff.org/event/digital-rights-digital-repression-dual-roles-technology-human-rights>

EFF Global Policy Analyst Eva Galperin will moderate a discussion with 
Center for Justice & Accountability Attorney Scott Gilmore about how 
digital surveillance technologies have been abused in Syria and Ethiopia 
to target journalists and other human rights defenders, as well as the 
role of social media and technology in investigating atrocities.
*October 19th, 2016
San Francisco, CA *

Digital Trade and Democracy 
<https://www.eff.org/event/eff-digital-trade-and-democracy>

EFF Senior Global Policy Analyst Jeremy Malcolm will address the 
California International Law Center at the University of California, 
Davis on transparency and legitimacy in trade negotiation processes.
*October 20, 2016
Davis, CA *

Mass Surveillance: Dangers and Solutions 
<https://www.eff.org/event/mass-surveillance-dangers-and-solutions>

EFF Director of Grassroots Advocacy Shahid Buttar will speak at this 
public forum on the tensions and dangers of mass surveillance methods 
like spy drones, automated license plate readers, cell phone trackers, 
and call interception.
*October 24, 2016
Santa Cruz, CA *

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2016 Fall Meeting & 
Seminar 
<https://www.eff.org/event/nacdls-2016-fall-meeting-seminar-suppress-it-litigating-4th-amendment-rights>

EFF Senior Staff Attorney Jennifer Lynch will speak on biometric data, 
facial recognition, and how it can impact Fourth Amendment cases.
*October 26-29, 2016
San Francisco, CA *

Reclaim Invention: How Patent Trolls Undermine University Innovation 
<https://www.eff.org/event/reclaim-invention-how-patent-trolls-undermine-university-innovation>

EFF Activist Elliot Harmon will discuss universities’ patenting and 
technology licensing policies as well as Reclaim Invention, EFF’s new 
initiative to commit not to tell or license patents to trolls.
*October 27, 2016
Austin, TX *

Rock Against the TPP: Washington, D.C. 
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/09/users-continue-rock-against-tpp-three-new-tour-dates>

There will be a free concert and rally to protest the Trans-Pacific 
Partnership. Line-up to be announced.
*November 30, 2016
Washington, D.C. *

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