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Amandla Thomas-Johnson
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Stay on the cutting edge of digital rights news with EFFector, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's bi-weekly podcast. Each episode features EFF's lawyers, activists, and technologists breaking down our latest work to defend your privacy and free speech online. The EFFector podcast is the audio companion to our email newsletter—subscribe at eff.org/effector.

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Around the country and across the political spectrum, people are pushing back against Flock cameras. After years of license plate readers quietly proliferating on our streets, dozens of communities have terminated their Flock contracts in the last mo... more

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The effort to age gate the internet is back in Washington—and now it has a new name. Recently passed by the House of Representatives, the KIDS Act is a sprawling package of proposals to control what we can see and say online.

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Nicole Ozer
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Episode: How Mobile Apps Can Leak Your Location to Advertisers
Thorin Klosowski
Senior security and privacy activist at EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Episode: Health Data Is Personal. Fitness Trackers Should Keep It That Way.
Joe Mullin
Senior Policy Analyst at EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Episode: Congress's New Push to Age-Gate the Internet
Matthew Guariglia
Senior Policy Analyst at EFF
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Episode: Domestic Spying Takes an L
Rindala Alajaji
Associate Director of State Affairs at EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Episode: Mass Surveillance to Stop... Loud Music?
Mario Trujillo
Senior staff attorney at EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Episode: When Homeland Security Wants Names, Will Google Have Your Back?
Adam Schwartz
Privacy Litigation Director at EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Episode: How License Plate Readers Are Normalizing Mass Surveillance
Lena Cohen
Staff technologist at EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Episode: How Targeted Advertising Gives Your Location to the Government
Saira Hussain
Senior Staff Attorney at EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Episode: How Targeted Advertising Gives Your Location to the Government

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Hudson Hongo
Host of EFFector (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Christian Romero
Co-host of EFFector (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 26 ratings
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    Finally, a podcast from EFF!

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    Saras1196
    United States5 months ago
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    So glad to have a news podcast from EFF!

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    United States5 months ago
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    So glad I can finally follow this show in my podcast app. Open protocols (RSS, podcasts) are better than Youtube.

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Everybody Hates Flock. Now What?
Q: What concrete steps can people take to push back against ALPRs in their communities?
Engage with local clubs and action alert systems, attend city council meetings, contact council members, push for bans or enforceable constraints, require warrants for data access, and support statewide efforts to ban or regulate ALPRs while backing broader mass-surveillance reforms.
Everybody Hates Flock. Now What?
Q: What is the national landscape of opposition to automated license plate readers?
There is broad, bipartisan concern about ALPRs due to their visibility and impact on privacy, with actions at city, state, and even federal levels illustrating a growing movement to restrict or regulate their use.
How Mobile Apps Can Leak Your Location to Advertisers
Q: What can regulators and lawmakers do to address these location data concerns?
Nicole outlines actions like holding both developers and SDK companies accountable, enacting strong data privacy laws at federal and state levels, banning online behavioral advertising, and ensuring private rights of action to enforce protections.
How Mobile Apps Can Leak Your Location to Advertisers
Q: What makes this moment so consequential for technology and civil liberties?
Nicole Ozer explains that we're at a pivotal time where expansive surveillance infrastructure, AI capabilities, and concentrated power require robust protections to ensure technology serves rights and democracy, not controls or harms.
Congress's New Push to Age-Gate the Internet
Q: What exactly is in the KIDS Act and COSA when they're combined?
The act is a mash-up of COSA plus several other bills, creating a broad framework that would require age checks and governance over content; some versions remove the 'duty of care' provisions and replace them with platform policies, leading to wide-ranging compliance obligations.

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What is EFFector about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Digestible explorations of digital rights, privacy, and surveillance with a focus on policy, technology, and legal action. Episodes frequently feature EFF attorneys, technologists, and policy experts breaking down current debates—from encryption and data protection to government data requests and police surveillance—and pair detailed explanations with practical actions for listeners. A standout trait is the show's ability to translate complex legal and tech issues into accessible discussions, often including guest interviews and audience-friendly takeaways. This makes it a strong fit for listeners who want concrete privacy guidance, policy context, and opportunities to engage with digital rights advocacy. A recurring strength is the balance... more

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