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Articles tagged with: Eff
US Law Could Criminalise Shipping Second-Hand Phones Overseas
This article was originally published by the Electronic
Frontier Foundation.
As the deadline nears for a decision from the Copyright Office on eff's
request for a renewal of the 2006 exemption from DMCA liability for handset
unlocking, prepaid phone companies have opened a new front in the war on
consumer choice with a bill called the Wireless
Prepaid Access Device Enforcement Act of 2009. If passed, this legislation
would make it a crime to purchase or "handle" a prepaid handset for
the purpose of modifying the software that ties it to the network, or to sell
the handset outside the U.S.
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EFF Wins Release of Telecom Lobbying Records
..giants that participated in the NSA's warrantless surveillance program. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White ordered the records be provided to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) by October 9, 2009. The decision is part of EFF's long-run more
US Music Trade Association Wants More Money from Ringtone Sales
.. For the full amicus brief: http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/US_v_ASCAP/US%20v%20ASCAP%20EFF%20ATT%20Brief.pdf For more on this case: http://www.eff.org/cases/us-v-ascap more
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EFF Seeks Legal Protection for iPhone JailBreakers
The USA based lobby group, Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff) has filed three exemption requests with the U.S. Copyright Office today aimed at protecting iPhone owners who "jailbreak" their handset and cell phone recyclers from legal threats under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). more
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Police Require Court Order to Access Mobile Phone Location Records
A US federal court has rued that cell phone location information stored by a mobile phone provider is protected by the Fourth Amendment and that the government must obtain a warrant based on probable cause before seizing such records. more
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ACLU And EFF Sue to Uncover Records of Cell Phone Tracking
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff) have filed a lawsuit urging a US federal court to order the Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over records related to the government's use of people's cell phones as tracking devices. The ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the records in November 2007 following revelations that federal officials are using Americans' cell phones to pinpoint their locations, sometimes without a warrant or any court oversight. more
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The Trusted Computing Group (TCG), an industry consortium developing computer security specifications, has released a wish list of applications of TCG technology to cell phone security. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff), a counter-group attended TCG's announcement last week and has criticized the proposals as steps in the wrong direction for the future of mobile communications. more
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