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href="https://www.eff.org/files/2020/06/29/bill_2.jpg"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/large/public/2020/06/29/bill_2.jpg?itok=T3O3o_yw" width="480" height="480" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><h1>William Budington</h1> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-field-profile-title field--type-text field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Senior Staff Technologist</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Bill Budington is a longtime activist, cryptography enthusiast, and a Senior Staff Technologist on EFF's Public Interest Technology team. His research has been featured in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/technology/personaltech/ring-doorbell-camera-spying.html">The New York Times</a>, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-01-29/ring-app-shares-personal-data-eff-finds">The Los Angeles Times</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/29/ring-smart-doorbell-company-surveillance-eff-report">The Guardian</a>, and cited by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200728221527/https://eshoo.house.gov/sites/eshoo.house.gov/files/Eshoo-Rush%20Ltr%20to%20FBI%2C%20NG%2C%20CBP%2C%20DEA%20on%20government%20surveillance%20of%20protesters%20-%206.9.20.pdf">U.S. Congress</a>. He is the lead developer of <a href="https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/">Cover Your Tracks</a>, <a href="https://github.com/EFForg/apkeep">apkeep</a>, led <a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/">HTTPS Everywhere</a> from 2015 to 2018, and has contributed to projects like <a href="https://letsencrypt.org/">Let's Encrypt</a> and <a href="https://securedrop.org/">SecureDrop</a>. Bill has spoken at USENIX Enigma (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xQLy6lH5OE">2016</a>), HOPE (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmZb3GgR0S0">2014</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnzrUcDM1_g">2016</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSzQd9KVjso">2018</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAkB-wGF1d4">2020</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ajb7eIj3LY">2022</a>, 2024), DEF CON (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cANuTuAkds">2023</a>), CCC (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsGZKrjRYZI">2017</a>), InfoSec Southwest (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T87yJLLrOhE&list=PLzvgAfQx39OXbWcrb3NZQuHLxAh_B4F80">2017</a>), ShmooCon (2019, 2020), and other infosec conferences. Bill's primary interest lies in dismantling systems of oppression, building up collaborative alternatives and, to borrow a phrase from Zapatismo, <span class="st">fighting for a '<em>world in which many worlds fit.</em>' </span>He loves hacker spaces and getting together with other techies to tinker, code, share, and build the technological commons.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-profile-email field--type-email field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Email Address: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="mailto:bill@eff.org">bill@eff.org</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-profile-phone field--type-text field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Phone: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">+1 415 436 9333 x148</div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-profile-key field--type-file field--label-above"><div class="field__label">PGP Key: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="Plain text icon" title="text/plain" src="/modules/file/icons/text-plain.png" /> <a href="https://www.eff.org/files/2017/12/16/bill.asc" type="text/plain; length=15161">bill.asc</a></span></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-profile-twitter field--type-text field--label-above"><div class="field__label">X handle: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="https://twitter.com/legind">@legind</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-mastadon field--type-link-field field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Mastodon: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@legind" rel="me">https://mastodon.social/@legind</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-profile-additional-photos field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Additional High Res Photos: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="Image icon" title="image/png" src="/modules/file/icons/image-x-generic.png" /> <a href="/file/40310/download?token=mOhQMx9_" type="image/png; length=13701268">Download bill_budington.png</a> <span class="file-size">(13.07 MB)</span></span></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-field-featured-blog-post field--type-entityreference field--label-inline clearfix"><div class="field__label">Featured Blog Post: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/ring_banner.png?itok=rNpoHno-" width="500" height="250" alt="The shadow of a police officer looms in front of a Ring device on a closed door." title="Amazon Ring + Law Enforcement" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | January 27, 2020</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers" rel="bookmark">Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="es first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers?language=es" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Ring isn't just a product that allows users to surveil their neighbors. The company also uses it to surveil its customers.An investigation by EFF of the Ring doorbell app for Android found it to be packed with third-party trackers sending out a plethora of customers’ personally identifiable information (PII). Four...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers" rel="tag" title="Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="column side-content"> </div> </div> <div class="onecol column content-footer"> <div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-staff-content"> <h2 class="pane-title">Deeplinks Posts by William</h2> <div class="view view-staff-content view-id-staff_content view-display-id-default teaser-feed view-dom-id-60d596c1e57493ee6abeed9502b5f4a4"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"><ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/12/federal-regulators-limit-location-brokers-selling-your-whereabouts-2024-review"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/2024-review-1c.jpg?itok=uHLgDQ5L" width="500" height="250" alt="2024 Year In Review Banner" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | December 31, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/12/federal-regulators-limit-location-brokers-selling-your-whereabouts-2024-review" rel="bookmark">Federal Regulators Limit Location Brokers from Selling Your Whereabouts: 2024 in Review </a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The opening and closing months of 2024 saw federal enforcement against a number of<a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/location-data-brokers"> location data brokers</a> that track and sell users’ whereabouts through apps installed on their smartphones. In January, the Federal Trade Commission<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/ftc-bars-x-mode-selling-sensitive-location-data"> brought</a> successful enforcement actions against<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/public-statements/statement-chair-lina-m-khan-joined-commissioner-rebecca-kelly-slaughter-commissioner-alvaro-bedoya-0"> X-Mode Social</a> and<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/ftc-order-will-ban-inmarket-selling-precise-consumer-location-dataa"> InMarket</a>, banning the...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/12/federal-regulators-limit-location-brokers-selling-your-whereabouts-2024-review" rel="tag" title="Federal Regulators Limit Location Brokers from Selling Your Whereabouts: 2024 in Review ">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Federal Regulators Limit Location Brokers from Selling Your Whereabouts: 2024 in Review </span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/12/breachies-2024-worst-weirdest-most-impactful-data-breaches-year"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/thebreachies-banner.png?itok=6kaSwbqq" width="500" height="250" alt="graphic that says "the breachies" with a large block and hands reaching into it" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/thorin-klosowski-0">Thorin Klosowski</a>, <a href="/about/staff/lena-cohen">Lena Cohen</a>, <a href="/about/staff/cooper-quintin">Cooper Quintin</a>, <a href="/about/staff/paige-collings">Paige Collings</a>, <a href="/about/staff/christian-romero-0">Christian Romero</a>, <a href="/about/staff/jason-kelley">Jason Kelley</a>, <a href="/about/staff/f-mario-trujillo">Mario Trujillo</a>, <a href="/about/staff/joe-mullin">Joe Mullin</a>, <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a>, Guest Author</span> <span class="node-date"> | December 19, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/12/breachies-2024-worst-weirdest-most-impactful-data-breaches-year" rel="bookmark">The Breachies 2024: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="es first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/12/breachies-2024-worst-weirdest-most-impactful-data-breaches-year?language=es" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Privacy isn’t dead. While some information about you is almost certainly out there, that’s no reason for despair. In fact, it’s a good reason to take action.</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/12/breachies-2024-worst-weirdest-most-impactful-data-breaches-year" rel="tag" title="The Breachies 2024: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about The Breachies 2024: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/11/creators-police-location-tracking-tool-arent-vetting-buyers-heres-how-protect"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/locationdata_v2.mov1_.gif?itok=gqfBrmrl" width="500" height="250" alt="Place icons dropping down onto a virtual city road map" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | November 8, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/11/creators-police-location-tracking-tool-arent-vetting-buyers-heres-how-protect" rel="bookmark">Creators of This Police Location Tracking Tool Aren't Vetting Buyers. Here's How To Protect Yourself</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="es first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/11/creators-police-location-tracking-tool-arent-vetting-buyers-heres-how-protect?language=es" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Now more than ever, attorneys general in states hostile to reproductive choice will be emboldened to use every tool at their disposal to incriminate those exerting their bodily autonomy. Locate X is a powerful tool they can use to do this. So here are some timely tips to help protect...</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/11/creators-police-location-tracking-tool-arent-vetting-buyers-heres-how-protect" rel="tag" title="Creators of This Police Location Tracking Tool Aren't Vetting Buyers. Here's How To Protect Yourself">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Creators of This Police Location Tracking Tool Aren't Vetting Buyers. Here's How To Protect Yourself</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/ftc-findings-commercial-surveillance-can-lead-better-alternatives"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/interoperable-2.png?itok=vs7JkoxD" width="500" height="250" alt="Interoperability visualized with various widgets connecting to each other." /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | October 8, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/ftc-findings-commercial-surveillance-can-lead-better-alternatives" rel="bookmark">FTC Findings on Commercial Surveillance Can Lead to Better Alternatives</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="es first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/ftc-findings-commercial-surveillance-can-lead-better-alternatives?language=es" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">The significance of the FTC staff report comes not only from the abuses they have meticulously documented, but the policy and technological possibilities that can follow from the willingness to embrace alternatives.</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/ftc-findings-commercial-surveillance-can-lead-better-alternatives" rel="tag" title="FTC Findings on Commercial Surveillance Can Lead to Better Alternatives">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about FTC Findings on Commercial Surveillance Can Lead to Better Alternatives</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/09/discords-end-end-encryption-voice-and-video-step-forward-privacy-all"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/encryption-poc-chelsea-saunders.png?itok=q8_eaXs1" width="500" height="250" alt="two people using computers to communicate with a key on one screen and a lock on the other" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/thorin-klosowski-0">Thorin Klosowski</a>, <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | September 19, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/09/discords-end-end-encryption-voice-and-video-step-forward-privacy-all" rel="bookmark">Strong End-to-End Encryption Comes to Discord Calls</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>We’re happy to see that <a href="https://discord.com/blog/meet-dave-e2ee-for-audio-video">Discord will soon start offering a form of end-to-end encryption</a> dubbed “DAVE” for its voice and video chats. This puts some of Discord’s audio and video offerings <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/victory-zoom-will-offer-end-end-encryption-all-its-users">in line with Zoom</a>, and separates it from tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams, which do...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/09/discords-end-end-encryption-voice-and-video-step-forward-privacy-all" rel="tag" title="Strong End-to-End Encryption Comes to Discord Calls">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Strong End-to-End Encryption Comes to Discord Calls</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/09/school-monitoring-software-sacrifices-student-privacy-unproven-promises-safety"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/student-privacy-og.png?itok=JJNqcx3w" width="500" height="250" alt="A student looks at a computer with an eye looking back at the student, under a dark cloud with arms." /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | September 6, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/09/school-monitoring-software-sacrifices-student-privacy-unproven-promises-safety" rel="bookmark">School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: it’s a reality that comes with their school districts’ decision to install AI-powered monitoring software...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/09/school-monitoring-software-sacrifices-student-privacy-unproven-promises-safety" rel="tag" title="School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/05/georgia-prosecutors-stoke-fears-over-use-encrypted-messengers-and-tor"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/wires-icons.png?itok=xIFJ8aLz" width="500" height="250" alt="Icons for activism, technology, and litigation with colorful, messy wires" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a>, <a href="/about/staff/jose-m">José Martinez</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | May 20, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/05/georgia-prosecutors-stoke-fears-over-use-encrypted-messengers-and-tor" rel="bookmark">Georgia Prosecutors Stoke Fears over Use of Encrypted Messengers and Tor</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>In an <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23936408-23sc189192-defend-the-atlanta-forest-rico-indictment">indictment</a> against <a href="https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/">Defend the Atlanta Forest</a> activists in Georgia, state prosecutors are citing use of encrypted communications to fearmonger. Alleging the defendants—which include journalists and lawyers, in addition to activists—in the indictment were responsible for a number of crimes related to the Stop Cop City campaign,...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/05/georgia-prosecutors-stoke-fears-over-use-encrypted-messengers-and-tor" rel="tag" title="Georgia Prosecutors Stoke Fears over Use of Encrypted Messengers and Tor">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Georgia Prosecutors Stoke Fears over Use of Encrypted Messengers and Tor</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/03/restricting-flipper-zero-accountability-approach-security-canadian-government"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/fiipper_zero-3_0.jpg?itok=4TpbH3mV" width="500" height="250" alt="Flipper Zero on orange bg" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a>, <a href="/about/staff/alexis-hancock">Alexis Hancock</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | March 28, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/03/restricting-flipper-zero-accountability-approach-security-canadian-government" rel="bookmark">Restricting Flipper is a Zero Accountability Approach to Security: Canadian Government Response to Car Hacking</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="fr first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/03/restricting-flipper-zero-accountability-approach-security-canadian-government?language=fr" class="language-link" xml:lang="fr">Français</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>On February 8, François-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2024/02/government-of-canada-hosts-national-summit-on-combatting-auto-theft.html?ref=blog.flipper.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced Canada would ban devices</a> used in keyless car theft. The only device mentioned by name was the Flipper Zero—the multitool device that can be used to test, explore, and debug different wireless...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/03/restricting-flipper-zero-accountability-approach-security-canadian-government" rel="tag" title="Restricting Flipper is a Zero Accountability Approach to Security: Canadian Government Response to Car Hacking">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Restricting Flipper is a Zero Accountability Approach to Security: Canadian Government Response to Car Hacking</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2023/12/sketchy-and-dangerous-android-childrens-tablets-and-tv-set-top-boxes-2023-review"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/2023-year-2c.gif?itok=_fCgdDuW" width="500" height="250" alt="2023 Year in Review (text animated to change colors)" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/william-budington" class="active">Bill Budington</a>, <a href="/about/staff/alexis-hancock">Alexis Hancock</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | December 23, 2023</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2023/12/sketchy-and-dangerous-android-childrens-tablets-and-tv-set-top-boxes-2023-review" rel="bookmark">Sketchy and Dangerous Android Children’s Tablets and TV Set-Top Boxes: 2023 in Review</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">In a series of investigations this year, EFF researchers confirmed the existence of dangerous malware on set-top boxes manufactured by AllWinner and RockChip, and discovered sketchyware on a tablet marketed for kids from the manufacturer Dragon Touch.</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2023/12/sketchy-and-dangerous-android-childrens-tablets-and-tv-set-top-boxes-2023-review" rel="tag" title="Sketchy and Dangerous Android Children’s Tablets and TV Set-Top Boxes: 2023 in Review">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Sketchy and Dangerous Android Children’s Tablets and TV Set-Top Boxes: 2023 in Review</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"><article 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href="/deeplinks/2023/10/eff-and-other-experts-join-pointing-out-pitfalls-proposed-eu-cyber-resilience-act" rel="bookmark">EFF And Other Experts Join in Pointing Out Pitfalls of Proposed EU Cyber-Resilience Act</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Today we join a set of 56 experts from organizations such as Google, Panasonic, Citizen Lab, Trend Micro and many others in an <a href="https://www.centerforcybersecuritypolicy.org/insights-and-research/joint-letter-of-experts-on-cra-and-vulnerability-disclosure">open letter</a> calling on the European Commission, European Parliament, and Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation to reconsider the obligatory vulnerability reporting mechanisms built...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li 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