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.
EFFector
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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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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
Domestic Spying Takes an L
Section 702 is the law has let intelligence agencies spy on millions of Americans’ private conversations without a warrant. Despite years of revelations about this law's misuse, Congress has repeatedly reauthorized Section 702 without meaningful reform. Until this month, that is.
June 10, 2026
Mass Surveillance to Stop... Loud Music?
Across the country, surveillance companies have spun a vast web of tens of thousands of license plate cameras. The people selling this tech want you to believe that it's for your safety, but how are authorities really using license plate readers?
May 20, 2026
A Big Win for Encrypted Messaging
When it comes to keeping our texts, chats, and other digital messages safe from prying eyes, we have a powerful tool: end-to-end encryption. Used correctly, end-to-end encryption turns our conversations online into secret messages that can only be decoded by their intended recipients. This month marks an important step forward for encrypted messaging—as well as a notable disappointment.
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