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How To Protect Against Laptop Webcam Hacking

[Someone should make a removable 3D printable bracket that does this, maybe with some optional padding to kill a mic as well?][link]

[link]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/04/how-protect-against-laptop-webcam-hacking “How To Protect Against Laptop Webcam Hacking | Electronic Frontier Foundation”

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Fix The DMCA

[The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is broken, is stifling innovation, and is giving entrenched businesses an unfair advantage over new ones. Let’s fix it.][link]

[link]: http://fixthedmca.org/ “FixTheDMCA.org”

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The EFF Needs Your Help To Bust A Patent on Podcasting

[A company called Volomedia was just granted a patent on “a method for providing episodic media.” and the EFF is tackling it.][link]

It walks like bullshit, talks like bullshit, and smells a whole lot like bullshit. The EFF is looking for examples of prior art (Prior to 19 November 2003).

[link]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/eff-tackles-bogus-podcasting-patent-and-we-need-yo “EFF Tackles Bogus Podcasting Patent – And We Need Your Help | Electronic Frontier Foundation”