Surveillance Self-Defense
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Surveillance Self-Defense is an online guide created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that teaches individuals and organizations practical strategies and tools to protect their privacy and security in the digital world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Surveillance Self-Defense canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1159305 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveillance Self-Defense Context triple: [Electronic Frontier Foundation, notableWork, Surveillance Self-Defense]
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A.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and defending public-interest journalism and press freedom in the digital age.
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B.
2013 global surveillance disclosures
The 2013 global surveillance disclosures were a series of revelations exposing extensive worldwide monitoring and data collection programs run primarily by the U.S. National Security Agency and its allies, based on classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
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C.
Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
The Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace is a 1996 manifesto by John Perry Barlow that asserts the autonomy of the internet from government regulation and traditional nation-state control.
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D.
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that enacted many of the 9/11 Commission’s security and intelligence reforms, including enhanced oversight of counterterrorism activities and civil liberties protections.
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E.
XKeyscore
XKeyscore is a highly classified NSA surveillance system designed to search and analyze vast amounts of global internet and communications data in real time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveillance Self-Defense Target entity description: Surveillance Self-Defense is an online guide created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that teaches individuals and organizations practical strategies and tools to protect their privacy and security in the digital world.
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A.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and defending public-interest journalism and press freedom in the digital age.
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B.
2013 global surveillance disclosures
The 2013 global surveillance disclosures were a series of revelations exposing extensive worldwide monitoring and data collection programs run primarily by the U.S. National Security Agency and its allies, based on classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
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C.
Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
The Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace is a 1996 manifesto by John Perry Barlow that asserts the autonomy of the internet from government regulation and traditional nation-state control.
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D.
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that enacted many of the 9/11 Commission’s security and intelligence reforms, including enhanced oversight of counterterrorism activities and civil liberties protections.
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E.
XKeyscore
XKeyscore is a highly classified NSA surveillance system designed to search and analyze vast amounts of global internet and communications data in real time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital security guide
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online privacy guide ⓘ |
| accessMode | online ⓘ |
| aim | to teach individuals and organizations how to protect their privacy and security online ⓘ |
| creator | Electronic Frontier Foundation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
minimizing data collection
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operational security practices ⓘ practical security strategies ⓘ protecting metadata ⓘ protecting sensitive communications ⓘ resisting surveillance ⓘ |
| genre |
digital security education
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privacy education ⓘ |
| hasPart |
communication security guides
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device and account security guides ⓘ security scenarios ⓘ security starter guides ⓘ training materials ⓘ travel security guides ⓘ |
| isFree | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| license |
Creative Commons license
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surface form:
Creative Commons Attribution license
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| mainSubject |
digital privacy
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encryption ⓘ information security ⓘ online anonymity ⓘ surveillance ⓘ threat modeling ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Electronic Frontier Foundation ⓘ |
| operatingSystemCoverage |
Android
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Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| publisher | Electronic Frontier Foundation ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
activists
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at-risk communities ⓘ individuals ⓘ journalists ⓘ nonprofit organizations ⓘ |
| teaches |
how to assess digital security risks
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how to browse the web more privately ⓘ how to create strong passwords ⓘ how to secure devices and operating systems ⓘ how to use encryption tools ⓘ how to use end-to-end encrypted messaging ⓘ how to use two-factor authentication ⓘ |
| website | https://ssd.eff.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Surveillance Self-Defense Description of subject: Surveillance Self-Defense is an online guide created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that teaches individuals and organizations practical strategies and tools to protect their privacy and security in the digital world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.