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Trump's Bold Spying Revives EFF's Privacy Fight

Trump's unapologetic surveillance push has yanked digital privacy back into the spotlight. EFF leader Cindy Cohn's memoir couldn't have timed it better.

Aisha Patel 📅 Mar 24, 2026 ⏱️ 4 min read 👁️ 7 views
Cindy Cohn at EFF podium with glowing surveillance camera network in background

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Trump's overt surveillance tactics have revived public outrage over government spying, uniting unlikely allies.
  • Cindy Cohn's memoir *Privacy’s Defender* details EFF's 90s lawsuits that laid privacy foundations, now relevant again.
  • Big Tech's role as government's data broker exposes centralized surveillance's weaknesses to grassroots pushback.

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Aisha Patel
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Aisha Patel

Former ML engineer turned writer. Covers computer vision and robotics with a practitioner perspective.

#EFF privacy #Trump ICE raids #digital rights #government surveillance

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Originally reported by Ars Technica - AI

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