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The Devil Is in The Details Of Project Verify’s Goal To Eliminate Passwords A coalition of the four largest U.S. wireless providers calling itself the Mobile Authentication Taskforce recently announced an initiative  named  Project Verify . This project would let users log in to apps and websites with their phone instead of a password, or serve as an alternative to multi-factor authentication methods such as SMS or hardware tokens. Any work to find a more secure and user-friendly solution than passwords is worthwhile. However, the devil is always in the details—and this project is the work of many devils we already know well. The companies behind this initiative are the same ones responsible for the infrastructure behind security failures like SIM-swapping attacks , neutrality failures like unadvertised throttling, and privacy failures like supercookies and NSA surveillance. Research on moving user-friendly security and authentication forward must be open and v...

EFF to Court: Don’t Let Celebrities Censor Realistic Art A huge range of expressive works—including books, documentaries, televisions shows, and songs—depict real people. Should celebrities have a veto right over speech that happens to be about them? A case currently before the California Court of Appeal raises this question. In this case, actor Olivia de Havilland has sued FX asserting that FX’s television series Feud infringed de Havilland’s right of publicity. The trial court found that de Havilland had a viable claim because FX had attempted to portray her realistically and had benefited financially from that portrayal. Together with the Wikimedia Foundation and the Organization for Transformative Works , EFF has filed an amicus brief [ PDF ] in the de Havilland case arguing that the trial court should be overruled. Our brief argues that the First Amendment should shield creative expression like Feud from right of publicity claims. The right of publicity is a cause of ac...