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Tomorrow! Join Us For a Reddit AMA On Defending Security Researchers From Copyright Law Have you ever wanted to talk with the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the risks of talking in public about security issues, especially in connected Internet of Things devices? Tomorrow, you’ll get your chance . Information security has never been more important: now that everything from a car to a voting machine is just a computer in a fancy case, being able to tell the difference between secure systems and insecure ones is a literal life-or-death matter. But security researchers have never faced more threats. When security researchers divulge flaws in computers, the companies that make those computers are often tempted to shoot the messenger, threatening civil and criminal retaliation against their critics. Over the course of decades, short-sighted IT companies and federal prosecutors have twisted the law , especially a quasi-copyright law designed to prop up Digital Rights Management ...

Election Security Bill Without Paper Records and Risk Limiting Audits? No Way. The Senate is working on a bill to secure election infrastructure against cybersecurity threats, but, unless amended, it will widely miss the mark. The current text of the Secure Elections Act omits the two most effective measures that could secure our elections: paper records and automatic risk limiting audits. Cybersecurity threats by their very nature can be stealthy and ambiguous. A skillful attack can tamper with voting machines and then delete itself, making it impossible to prove after the fact that an election suffered interference. Paper records ensure that it is possible to detect and quickly correct for such interference. Automatic audits ensure that such detection actually happens. Paper Records: Many states still use unsafe voting machines that record votes in only one place: overwritable storage devices like a thumb drive or SD card. Our top priority for election security needs to be...

EFF & Privacy Coalition Oppose Efforts to Undo New California Data Privacy Law California enacted a data privacy law less than two months ago, and business groups already are urging the legislature to gut some of its most important protections. EFF and our privacy allies are fighting back. On June 28, California enacted the Consumer Privacy Act (S.B. 375). It seeks to protect the data privacy of technology users and others by imposing new rules on companies that gather, use, and share personal data. As we have explained , while this law is a step forward, it also has important flaws that must be fixed. The law does not go into effect until January 2020, which means privacy advocates like EFF have 18 months to fix those flaws and strengthen it. However, some are attempting to use this window of time to undermine the privacy protections in the law. Already, dozens of business groups , led by the California Chamber of Commerce, have asked legislators for immediate and far-reach...

KNX empowers you to control a number of cloud-connected devices under one roof with a single system. While automation has the power to control and monitor the operations, it finally hands over the control in your hands to make it work. 2000 was the period when most commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings started having Building Automation System. These buildings with access control are referred to as an intelligent building or smart buildings. Home automation systems are yet a new concept for the developing countries. However, developed countries have full-fledged adopted the system. Ranging from operations like access control, lighting and temperature control this is a new age technology giving smart solutions to the group of early adopters. As the technology serves a plethora of problems faced in terms of energy efficiency and power consumption, it needs to be nurtured with the aim of mass adoption. Its applications find relevance in homes, industries, offices, school...

International Energy Outlook report, 2017 states that the global energy consumption is expected to grow by 28 percent between 2014 and 2040. However, the current electrical grid system was insufficient to compete with the increased energy demand. The replacement of outdated infrastructure is keeping up with the demand of industrial processes and power distribution generated through different means. The modernisation of hardware and software innovations ensures a smarter, faster and more efficient flow of energy. Distribution management systems are deployed in order to overcome the existing power distribution and administration channels and give industries an edge in terms of efficiency of operation. Moreover, it helps businesses to scale up the economic and environmental potential of their digital grid. The new age distribution management systems also take into consideration protection devices that help protect the system from surges or fluctuating power supply. For a system with mu...