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Cindy Cohn Drops Truth Bombs on The Daily Show: EFF's Endless Privacy Siege Against Big Tech's Data Gravy Train

Picture this: EFF boss Cindy Cohn, mid-rant on The Daily Show, dismantling the myth that more spying fixes the web's messes. She's been at it 35 years — and yeah, the bad guys are still winning.

Cindy Cohn on The Daily Show discussing EFF's fight against digital surveillance

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • EFF's 35-year fight from Steve Jackson raids to AI threats shows surveillance is the internet's core poison.
  • Cindy Cohn's Daily Show spot and new book expose how corporate data grabs fuel harms, not fix them.
  • Privacy First beats scattershot laws — but Big Tech's profits make real change a slog.

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Aisha Patel
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Originally reported by EFF Deeplinks

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