Mario Trujillo
@mariotrujillo.bsky.social
staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Is it a “lifetime subscription” or a contract that auto renews every 100 years for a penny?
July 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Is it a “lifetime subscription” or a contract that auto renews every 100 years for a penny?
STRONG WORDS: "The plaintiffs have an interest in avoiding the 'Big Brother' government monitoring that the Privacy Act is designed to prevent."
June 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
STRONG WORDS: "The plaintiffs have an interest in avoiding the 'Big Brother' government monitoring that the Privacy Act is designed to prevent."
A federal judge in NY granted a preliminary injunction in our OPM/DOGE lawsuit. The court found OPM violated the law and bypassed its established cybersecurity practices. The scope of the injunction will be decided later this week www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
June 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A federal judge in NY granted a preliminary injunction in our OPM/DOGE lawsuit. The court found OPM violated the law and bypassed its established cybersecurity practices. The scope of the injunction will be decided later this week www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
Justice Jackson, along with Justice Sotomayor, dissented—saying the majority is "jettisoning careful judicial decisionmaking and creating grave privacy risks for millions of Americans in the process."
June 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Justice Jackson, along with Justice Sotomayor, dissented—saying the majority is "jettisoning careful judicial decisionmaking and creating grave privacy risks for millions of Americans in the process."
The Supreme Court in effect just allowed DOGE teams unfettered access to Social Security Administration data while a lawsuit to block that access goes forward.
It stayed a lower court's preliminary injunction.
It stayed a lower court's preliminary injunction.
June 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Supreme Court in effect just allowed DOGE teams unfettered access to Social Security Administration data while a lawsuit to block that access goes forward.
It stayed a lower court's preliminary injunction.
It stayed a lower court's preliminary injunction.
A federal judge in Texas refused to grant ICE a "general warrant" to search a business to find "anyone its agents believe may be an unauthorized alien" law.justia.com/cases/federa...
June 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A federal judge in Texas refused to grant ICE a "general warrant" to search a business to find "anyone its agents believe may be an unauthorized alien" law.justia.com/cases/federa...
DOGE is engaged in macabre-sounding things:
"Are You Alive Project"
"Death Data Clean Up Project"
"Are You Alive Project"
"Death Data Clean Up Project"
May 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
DOGE is engaged in macabre-sounding things:
"Are You Alive Project"
"Death Data Clean Up Project"
"Are You Alive Project"
"Death Data Clean Up Project"
From cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier on the risks of DOGE access to federal records: www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
April 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
From cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier on the risks of DOGE access to federal records: www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
DOGE doesn't need "God mode" access to federal systems
- from declaration of Ann Lewis, former Director of Technology Transformation Services at GSA www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
- from declaration of Ann Lewis, former Director of Technology Transformation Services at GSA www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
April 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
DOGE doesn't need "God mode" access to federal systems
- from declaration of Ann Lewis, former Director of Technology Transformation Services at GSA www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
- from declaration of Ann Lewis, former Director of Technology Transformation Services at GSA www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
Former government IT modernization experts agree: DOGE doesn't need wholesale access to personal records www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
April 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Former government IT modernization experts agree: DOGE doesn't need wholesale access to personal records www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
EFF today helped file a motion for a preliminary injunction to end DOGE's illegal access to millions of federal employee records www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
April 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
EFF today helped file a motion for a preliminary injunction to end DOGE's illegal access to millions of federal employee records www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
The NLRB whistleblower report on DOGE is linked here by @wbaidlaw.bsky.social whistlebloweraid.org/wp-content/u...
April 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The NLRB whistleblower report on DOGE is linked here by @wbaidlaw.bsky.social whistlebloweraid.org/wp-content/u...
DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants wapo.st/3E5FXgO
April 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants wapo.st/3E5FXgO
Strong language from federal judge in SDNY allowing lawsuit to go forward against DOGE and OPM www.eff.org/cases/americ...
April 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Strong language from federal judge in SDNY allowing lawsuit to go forward against DOGE and OPM www.eff.org/cases/americ...
Court rules Privacy Act case against DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management can go forward www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
April 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Court rules Privacy Act case against DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management can go forward www.eff.org/files/2025/0...
DOGE and OPM are trying to dismiss a Privacy Act lawsuit against them. EFF helped file an opposition today: www.eff.org/document/pla...
March 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
DOGE and OPM are trying to dismiss a Privacy Act lawsuit against them. EFF helped file an opposition today: www.eff.org/document/pla...
From Facebook’s abandoned 2014 plans to enter China www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
From Facebook’s abandoned 2014 plans to enter China www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Here are some records partially describing "DOGE engineers access" to the Office of Personnel Management's systems storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Here are some records partially describing "DOGE engineers access" to the Office of Personnel Management's systems storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Police collection of real-time (rather than historic) cell-site location information should be a search under the 4th Amendment. In a throw-away line, 5th Circuit suggests it is still an open question. law.justia.com/cases/federa...
March 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Police collection of real-time (rather than historic) cell-site location information should be a search under the 4th Amendment. In a throw-away line, 5th Circuit suggests it is still an open question. law.justia.com/cases/federa...
A rare case where geofence evidence was suppressed as a violation of the Fourth Amendment, with no good faith exception. www.casemine.com/judgement/us...
February 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A rare case where geofence evidence was suppressed as a violation of the Fourth Amendment, with no good faith exception. www.casemine.com/judgement/us...
EFF just helped file a temporary restraining order to stop the Office of Personnel Management from illegally sharing personal data with DOGE.
February 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
EFF just helped file a temporary restraining order to stop the Office of Personnel Management from illegally sharing personal data with DOGE.
These are the CCPA’s thresholds:
May 9, 2023 at 3:36 PM
These are the CCPA’s thresholds:
As of now, Bluesky says:
1. It is not yet subject to California’s privacy law (CCPA)
2. It does not sell personal data, as defined by CCPA
3. It does not collect sensitive personal data (except credentials)
4. Nonetheless, it will give you a copy of your data
1. It is not yet subject to California’s privacy law (CCPA)
2. It does not sell personal data, as defined by CCPA
3. It does not collect sensitive personal data (except credentials)
4. Nonetheless, it will give you a copy of your data
May 9, 2023 at 3:34 PM
As of now, Bluesky says:
1. It is not yet subject to California’s privacy law (CCPA)
2. It does not sell personal data, as defined by CCPA
3. It does not collect sensitive personal data (except credentials)
4. Nonetheless, it will give you a copy of your data
1. It is not yet subject to California’s privacy law (CCPA)
2. It does not sell personal data, as defined by CCPA
3. It does not collect sensitive personal data (except credentials)
4. Nonetheless, it will give you a copy of your data
Mild horror, intense profanity
April 30, 2023 at 8:15 AM
Mild horror, intense profanity