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Appeals Court Agrees with EFF that Building a Web Browser Doesn’t Violate the CFAA

Appeals Court Agrees with EFF that Building a Web Browser Doesn’t Violate the CFAA

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has endorsed a commonsense technical interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a law not usually given to such interpretation. Amazon had sued Perplexity AI to try to shut down its Comet browser, claiming the browser’s optional agentic AI “Assistant” that can...
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4 Aug 2026 | EFF Amérique N.
International and Local Civil Society Appeal to End Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in Pakistan

International and Local Civil Society Appeal to End Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in Pakistan

4 August 2026 To: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar We, the undersigned local […] La entrada International and Local Civil Society Appeal to End Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in Pakistan se publicó...
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4 Aug 2026 | Paradigm Initiative Afrique
Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers

Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers

New findings by the Electronic Frontier Foundation aim to warn app developers that some of the third-party code they place in their apps may also collect their users' location data when they grant permission to the app. 
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4 Aug 2026 | TechCrunch Amérique N.
OpenAI: Cambodian scam centers used ChatGPT to lure Indian nationals, conduct investment fraud

OpenAI: Cambodian scam centers used ChatGPT to lure Indian nationals, conduct investment fraud

A tip from WhatsApp led OpenAI to ban multiple accounts associated with investment scams and human trafficking operations based in Cambodian scam centers.
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4 Aug 2026 | The Record International
Mobile Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, EFF Report Finds

Mobile Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, EFF Report Finds

Developers Must Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Users’ PrivacySAN FRANCISCO – Some software development kits (SDKs) provided by advertising companies to help developers monetize their apps are automatically feeding users’ location data into systems that location data brokers use to track people, an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report found. ...
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4 Aug 2026 | EFF Amérique N.
Britain’s next war won’t be an away game: Q&A with former head of Defence Intelligence

Britain’s next war won’t be an away game: Q&A with former head of Defence Intelligence

As Chief of Defence Intelligence, General Sir Jim Hockenhull decided to declassify and publish what London knew of Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine, down to a map of the routes its forces would take.
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4 Aug 2026 | The Record International
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