Rainey Reitman
EFF
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Pay a Hacker, Save a Life
Episode 104 of EFF’s How to Fix the InternetHow do we make the Internet more secure? Part of the solution is incentives, according to Tarah Wheeler, this week’s guest on EFF’s How to Fix the Internet. As a security researcher with deep experience in the hacker community, Tarah talks about how many... → Read More
Dream Job Alert: Media Relations Director for EFF
We’ve got an amazing opportunity for a senior media relations person to join the EFF team.Right now, we are hiring for a Media Relations Director role, a leadership role that oversees and directs EFF’s press strategy and engagement. Join EFF and help explain to journalists and the world why civil... → Read More
New Writing and Management Role on EFF's Fundraising Team
Calling all writers! If you are passionate about civil liberties and technology, we have an awesome opportunity for you. We are hiring for a newly-created role of Associate Director of Institutional Support. This senior role will manage the messaging and strategy behind EFF’s foundation grants and... → Read More
The Cryptocurrency Surveillance Provision Buried in the Infrastructure Bill is a Disaster for Digital Privacy
The forthcoming Senate draft of Biden's infrastructure bill—a 2,000+ page bill designed to update the United States’ roads, highways, and digital infrastructure—contains a poorly crafted provision that could create new surveillance requirements for many within the blockchain ecosystem. This could... → Read More
PayPal Shuts Down Long-Time Tor Supporter with No Recourse
Larry Brandt, a long-time supporter of internet freedom, used his nearly 20-year-old PayPal account to put his money where his mouth is. His primary use of the payment system was to fund servers to run Tor nodes, routing internet traffic in order to safeguard privacy and avoid country-level... → Read More
Crowdfunding Legal Fees Is Not a Crime
A piece in USA Today describes how a number of Capitol Hill rioters are utilizing online fundraising platforms to raise funds to cover legal fees, only to find their accounts shut down. This is prompting an online discussion not only about when and how tech companies should shutter online accounts... → Read More
Podcast Episode: The Secret Court Approving Secret Surveillance
Episode 001 of EFF’s How to Fix the InternetJulian Sanchez joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they delve into the problems with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, also known as the FISC or the FISA Court. Sanchez explains how the FISA Court signs off on surveillance of huge... → Read More
Podcast Episode: Why Does My Internet Suck?
Episode 002 of EFF’s How to Fix the InternetGigi Sohn joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they discuss broadband access in the United States – or the lack thereof. Gigi explains the choices American policymakers and tech companies made that have caused millions to lack access to... → Read More
Apple’s Response to HEY Showcases What’s Most Broken About the Apple App Store
Basecamp’s new paid email service, HEY, has been making headlines recently in a very public fight with Apple over their App Store terms of service. Just as the service was launching, the HEY developers found the new release of the app—which included important security fixes—was held up over a... → Read More
FAQ about the Tech Projects Director Role
We're hiring a new Director of Technology Projects. That's the team at EFF that develops and maintains Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere, the Certbot client for Let's Encrypt, and Panopticlick, as well as housing our Threat Lab research group. On top of building and coding, the team also includes... → Read More
Help Us Save the Internet: EFF Seeks a Tech Projects Director
There’s a very rare opportunity available right now for an engineering director to join EFF’s leadership team, and we’re asking our community to help us find the perfect candidate.We’re doing an open hire for our Technology Projects Director role. The role will lead a 16-person team that uses its... → Read More
Help EFF Find Our Next Development Director
EFF’s member base is different from that of any other organization I know. I can’t count how many times someone has seen me in my EFF hoodie and excitedly approached me to show me their membership card. Our members are passionate about protecting civil liberties online, and being EFF members... → Read More
SEC’s Action Against Decentralized Exchange Raises Constitutional Questions
A recent public statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission implied that those engaged in writing and publishing code might need to worry about running afoul of securities laws. In its statement about the cease and desist order against the co-founder of decentralized cryptocurrency... → Read More
NSA Internet Surveillance Under Section 702 Violates the First Amendment
The First Amendment is too often overlooked in discussions of the National Security Agency’s vast surveillance authorities. But as Congress considers whether to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA this winter, we must remember that it’s not just our Fourth Amendment rights to privacy that are in... → Read More
No Warrantless Searching of Our Emails, Chats, and Browser Data
Congress is poised to vote on extending or reforming NSA surveillance powers in the coming weeks, and one issue has risen to the forefront of the fight: backdoor searches. These are searches in which FBI, CIA, and NSA agents search through the communications of Americans collected by the NSA... → Read More
USA Liberty Act Won’t Fix What’s Most Broken with NSA Internet Surveillance
A key legal linchpin for the National Security Agency’s vast Internet surveillance program is scheduled to disappear in under 90 days. Section 702 of FISA—enacted in 2008 with little public awareness about the scope and power of the NSA’s surveillance of the Internet—supposedly directs the NSA’s... → Read More
Color of Surveillance Hill Briefing
EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman will moderate a Hill briefing called Color of Surveillance: Disproportionate Impacts of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance. Please join the Fourth Amendment Advisory Committee, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and some of the experts and advocates... → Read More
RSVP for EFF Events in Virginia September 2017
Your district is vital to the congressional fight over reining in surveillance abuses by the NSA. Every voice in your area makes a particular difference, which is why we are reaching out to you. Please RSVP below to join EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman at three upcoming events. → Read More
Defend Our Online Communities: Stop SESTA
A new bill is working its way through Congress that could be disastrous for free speech online. EFF is proud to be part of the coalition fighting back. We all rely on online platforms to work, socialize, and learn. They’re where we go to make friends and share ideas with each other. But a bill... → Read More
Innovative Police Transparency Measure Dies in California
We are deeply disappointed to learn that a powerful surveillance transparency reform bill in California has died in the Assembly Appropriations committee today. S.B. 21 sought to hold police departments accountable by giving the public a voice in how law enforcement acquires and deploys new... → Read More