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EFFector Vol. 31, No. 4 Wednesday, March 28, 2018 editor(a)eff.org
A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
ISSN 1062-9424
effector: n, Computer Sci. A device for producing a
desired change.
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In our 731st issue:
* How To Opt Out of Facebook's Platform API Sharing
You shouldn't have to wade through complicated privacy
settings to ensure that the companies with which you've
entrusted your personal information are making reasonable,
legal efforts to protect it. But while legislators and
regulators scramble to understand the implications of last
week's revelation that Facebook allowed third parties to
violate users privacy on an unprecedented scale, users are
left with the responsibility to make sure their profiles
are as locked down as possible
Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics company, acquired
access to more than 50 million Facebook users accounts in
2014. The data was collected, shared, and stored without
most users' consent. This violation of user privacy was not
a data breach. It was in line with Facebook's terms of
service and API at the time; this is how Facebook's
infrastructure was designed to work.
In addition to raising questions about Facebook's role in
the 2016 presidential election, this news is a reminder of
the inevitable risks users face when their information is
captured, analyzed, indefinitely stored, and shared by a
constellation of data brokers, marketers, and social media
companies.
Read more:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt…
* How Congress Censored the Internet
EFF and other civil liberties organizations opposed it; sex
trafficking experts and sex workers alike explained its
flaws, and even the Department of Justice warned Congress
not to pass it. This chorus of voices attempted to dissuade
Congress, explaining that--though the bill's intent may
have been to stop sex trafficking--in execution it would
place those it purported to aid at greater risk and
undermine the Internet we all know and love. Yet, the
Senate voted 97-2 to pass the Allow States and Victims to
Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA, H.R. 1865),
forcing Internet platforms to censor their users and making
trafficking victims less safe.
Read more:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-congress-censored-internet
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EFF Updates
* Responsibility Deflected, the CLOUD Act Passes
The CLOUD Act, giving U.S. and foreign police new
mechanisms to seize data across the globe without a warrant
and with few restrictions on using and sharing your
information, was never reviewed or marked up by any
committee in either the House or the Senate. It never
received a hearing. It was never subject to a stand-alone
floor vote. Instead, congressional leadership attached this
un-vetted, unrelated data bill to the $1.3 trillion
government spending bill.
Congress has a professional responsibility to listen to the
American people's concerns, to represent their
constituents, and to debate the merits and concerns of this
proposal. It failed.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/responsibility-deflected-cloud-act-pa…
* EFF Helps Conservation Organization Stand Up To Mining
Company
"Irreparable Harm," a short film sponsored by the Southeast
Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC), documents Alaska's
Admiralty Island National Monument, inhabited by the
Tlingit people for thousands of years. It is also home to
Hecla's Greens Creek silver mine. The film explores the
mine's relationship with its Tlingit
neighbors--highlighting pollution levels in traditional
Tlingit food sources.
Last month Hecla Mining Company attempted to prevent
further screenings of the film, claiming the use of footage
from a company promotional video violated the Copyright
Act. EFF responded to Hecla's demands on behalf of SEACC,
pointing out what should have been obvious--that the use of
short clips in a critical documentary is "a paradigmatic
case of fair use."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/eff-helps-seacc-stand-mining-company-…
* Catalog of Missing Devices: Physics Barbie
There's a whole catalog of devices that are missing from
our world. Things we'd pay money for--things you could earn
money with--don't exist thanks to the chilling effects of
an obscure copyright law: Section 1201 of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act. This week's entry is Physics
Barbie, a talking doll that's been reprogrammed to talk
science.
https://www.eff.org/missing-devices#slide-0-field_gallery_images-97861
* Lucy Parsons Labs Defends Transparency in Chicago
Electronic Frontier Alliance ally Lucy Parsons Lab is a
dedicated group of volunteers doing incredible work to
protect civil liberties in Chicago and beyond. EFF's
Lindsay Oliver sat down with Lucy Parsons Lab co-founder
Freddy Martinez to gain a better understanding of the lab
and how they use their powers for good.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/advocating-change-how-lucy-parsons-la…
* Senator Wyden Asks NSA Director Nominee the Right
Questions
As part of his Senate Confirmation Hearing, Lt. General
Paul Nakasone, the new nominee to direct the NSA, faced
pointed and necessary questions from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
about how he would lead the spy agency.
Though elusive, Nakasone assured Sen. Wyden that he would
"follow the law" and ensure that the NSA would do so as
well. Nakasone also conceded that, conditionally, he agreed
with encryption experts that tech companies could not
modify their encryption to permit law enforcement access
without "the bad guys" getting in too.
We hope that given the opportunity to question Nakasone,
additional senators will ask the pointed questions we need
answers to about the NSA's still-ongoing Section 702
surveillance program, and how he plans to reconcile the
agencies invasive spying program with constitutional rights
to privacy.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/senator-wyden-asks-nsa-director-nomin…
* E-Carceration: Trading Physical for Virtual Prisons
As criminal justice advocates work to abolish cash bail
schemes and dismantle the prison industrial complex, one of
the many tools touted as an alternative to incarceration is
electronic monitoring (EM). While EM's use has expanded,
regulation and oversight lag behind. Electronic Monitoring
devices--capable of recording and regularly transmitting a
subject's location, blood alcohol level and more--raise a
range of digital rights and civil liberty concerns.
These concerns are not limited solely to how those facing
or convicted of criminal charges may be affected, but how
in the absence of responsible guidelines those harms may
extend to their families and communities as well. That's
why EFF, along with over 50 other organizations, has
endorsed the Center for Media Justice's Guidelines for
Respecting the Rights of Individuals on electronic
monitoring.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/new-frontier-e-carceration-trading-ph…
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miniLinks
~ How to Turn Off Location Services on Your Smartphone
Turn off your phone's location services for ANY app that
doesn't seem like it should need them. (Consumer Reports)
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-to-turn-off-location-services-o…
~ How a New Senate Bill Will Screw Over Sex Workers
When platforms over-censor their users, marginalized
communities are often silenced disproportionately. (Rolling
Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/controversial-anti-sex-traff…
~ Craigslist personals, some subreddits disappear after
FOSTA passage
We warned Congress that passing SESTA/FOSTA would result in
Internet censorship. With the bill headed to the
president's desk, we're already seeing this happen. (Ars
Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/craigslist-personals-some-subre…
~ Quitting Facebook might be harder than you think
We must demand better privacy practices from social media
platforms rather than suggest people simply delete
Facebook. (Marketplace)
https://www.marketplace.org/2018/03/23/tech/quitting-facebook-might-be-hard…
~ Experts Call Facebook's Latest Controversy a Social Media
'Breach of Trust'
Facebook's sharing of user data was how the business model
was supposed to work. (Threatpost)
https://threatpost.com/experts-call-facebooks-latest-controversy-a-social-m…
~ Board Bill 66 puts police surveillance under public
scrutiny
Technology can make our lives better, or be used to
threaten fundamental liberties. Privacy Watch, a member of
the Electronic Frontier Alliance, is working to ensure
transparency and oversight of police use of spy tech in St.
Louis. (The St. Louis American)
http://www.stlamerican.com/news/columnists/guest_columnists/board-bill-puts…
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Announcements
* John Perry Barlow Symposium in San Francisco, CA
Join us for a celebration of the life and leadership of the
recently departed founder of EFF, John Perry Barlow. His
friends and compatriots in the fight for civil liberties, a
fair and open internet, and voices for open culture will
discuss what his ideas mean to them, and how we can follow
his example as we continue our fight.
https://www.eff.org/event/john-perry-barlow-symposium
* Eyebeam Open Call: Access
Electronic Frontier Alliance member Eyebeam seeks
applications that
consider how art and technology can challenge dominant
notions of access
and how together we can shape a more equitable future.
https://www.eff.org/event/eyebeam-open-call-access
* Discussion Hosted by Electronic Rights Rainier in
Seattle, WA
Electronic Rights Rainier will host a roundtable discussion
on privacy and security while crossing the border with your
devices—including technical measures you can take,
experiences with border security, and recent newsworthy
events that may affect your decisions on what to take with
you on your trip and what information you are willing to
disclose.
https://www.eff.org/event/discussion-hosted-electronic-rights-rainier
* International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy
EFF's Jillian York will be speaking on three panels at the
International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy.
Entrance is free of charge.
https://www.eff.org/event/international-journalism-festival-italy
* EFF's 2nd Annual Tech Trivia Night in San Francisco, CA
Join us for our second annual exploration of the
fascinating, obscure, and trivial minutiae of digital
security, online rights, and Internet culture. It’s the
ultimate technology quiz crafted by EFF experts and hosted
by our very own Cooper Quintin.
EFF's Tech Trivia Night is a great opportunity to gather
with peers in the tech community AND support the crucial
fight for online civil liberties.
Spaces are limited, so act fast and register now!
https://www.eff.org/event/effs-2nd-annual-tech-trivia-night
* Job Opening: Staff Attorney - Intellectual Property
EFF is seeking an intellectual property staff attorney to
join our legal team in San Francisco. Responsibilities
include litigation, public speaking, media outreach, and
legislative and regulatory advocacy, all in connection with
a variety of intellectual property and cutting-edge
technology matters. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user
privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact
litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and
technology development.
https://www.eff.org/about/opportunities/jobs
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Hi,
> This sounds like you have incompatible versions of some libraries installed.
> Can you tell us what versions you have installed?
> Specifically django and django-allauth?
Thanks for the hint, this caused the issue:
python-django-allauth/stretch-backports,now 0.35.0-1~bpo9+2 all
[installed,automatic]
python-django/stable,now 1:1.10.7-2 all [installed,automatic]
With python-django from backports the issue does not appear.
> Also when posting django settings be careful because it contains secrets
> that you should change now:
> * SECRET_KEY
> * Mailman credentials
> * Database credentials
Oh, I just cared of the database credentials while pasting it, changed.
> What I find a little strange is that all your middleware classes are
> commented out in the settings you sent.
> That doesn't look right...
This was just a test if it would fix something.
Kind regards
Bjoern Franke