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eff.org

Category: Business, Economy, Information Technology

Scanned: May 24, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC · First seen: May 24, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
89 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of eff.org Captured May 24, 2026
https://eff.org
Screenshot of eff.org
35 years
Very Popular - #1,518 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Unwired.
Berkeley, United States
nginx
Drupal
173.239.79.200
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Gandi SAS
Registered October 10, 1990
Expires October 9, 2026
Name Servers ns1.eff.org
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Unwired.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
101 files scanned
No threats
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www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/science-not-settled-how-weak-evidence-fueling-national-push-ban-social-media-youth 75.5 KB Flagged: high risk
www.eff.org/thanks 36.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.eff.org/thanks#organizational_members 36.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.eff.org/librejs/jslicense 141.7 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.eff.org/about/staff/# 234.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.eff.org.http-redirect 74 B No threats
www.eff.org/policy 50.8 KB No threats
www.eff.org/helpout 45.4 KB No threats
www.eff.org/victories 71.3 KB No threats
www.eff.org/privacys-defender 38.2 KB No threats
www.eff.org/updates?type=press_release 54.1 KB No threats
www.eff.org/updates 54.3 KB No threats
www.eff.org/35 49.4 KB No threats
www.eff.org/updates?type=event&type=event 36.3 KB No threats
www.eff.org/deeplinks?type=blog 55.1 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
3344
External Links
7 Flagged
1
Iframes
Clean
280
Referenced Domains
9 Flagged
16
Flagged Resources
Detected
1.5.1.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
binary.ninjaFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
digitalrightsadvocacy.orgFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
kernelmag.dailydot.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
nordvpn.orgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
papers.ssrn.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
www.icda.edu.doFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.ivequityjustice.orgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.xvpn.ioFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://www.icda.edu.do/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://binary.ninja/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://nordvpn.org/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id%3D4053961Flagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://www.eff.org/sites/all/libraries/plupload/js/jquery.plupload.queue/jquery.plupload.queue.js?v%3D1.5.1.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.eff.org/sites/all/libraries/plupload/js/plupload.full.js?v%3D1.5.1.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.eff.org/sites/all/modules/contrib/plupload/js/i18n.js?v%3D1.5.1.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://www.icda.edu.do/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://binary.ninja/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://nordvpn.org/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id%3D4053961Flagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://www.eff.org/sites/all/libraries/plupload/js/jquery.plupload.queue/jquery.plupload.queue.js?v%3D1.5.1.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.eff.org/sites/all/libraries/plupload/js/plupload.full.js?v%3D1.5.1.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.eff.org/sites/all/modules/contrib/plupload/js/i18n.js?v%3D1.5.1.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://cbs5.com/Not flagged
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/Not flagged
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Not flagged
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htmNot flagged
http://eff.org/35Not flagged
http://eff.org/702-spyingNot flagged
http://eff.org/aNot flagged
http://eff.org/aboutNot flagged
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Showing first 500 of 3344 entries.
1.5.1.1Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
binary.ninjaFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
digitalrightsadvocacy.orgFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
kernelmag.dailydot.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
nordvpn.orgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
papers.ssrn.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
www.icda.edu.doFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.ivequityjustice.orgFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.xvpn.ioFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
3quarksdaily.comNot flagged
a.lists.mayfirst.orgNot flagged
abcnews.go.comNot flagged
about.fb.comNot flagged
about.googleNot flagged
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNot flagged
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<iframe class%3D"pdf" webkitallowfullscreen%3D"" mozallowfullscreen%3D"" allowfullscreen%3D"" frameborder%3D"no" width%3D"100%" height%3D"600px" src%3D"/sites/all/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.eff.org%2Ffiles%2F2026%2F04%2F20%2Ftackling_arbitrary_digital_surveillance_in_the_americas.pdf" data-src%3D"https://www.eff.org/files/2026/04/20/tackling_arbitrary_digital_surveillance_in_the_americas.pdf">Not flagged
eff.org Overview

Description of eff.org

eff.org appears to be the official website of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a long-established nonprofit organization focused on digital rights, privacy, free expression, and technology policy. The page title and homepage content indicate that the site publishes advocacy materials, legal and policy commentary, campaign information, and tools related to civil liberties in the digital world.

Based on the domain age, branding, and the visible homepage, the site appears to be operated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation itself rather than by a commercial publisher or anonymous operator. Third-party categorization data broadly places it in advocacy, society, legal, and information-technology related categories, which is consistent with a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of technology and civil rights.

Safety Assessment for eff.org

The strongest reputation signals in this scan are favorable. The domain was not flagged by any of 91 security engines, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources were clean at the time of this scan. The domain is also very old, widely established, and highly ranked in web traffic data, which generally lowers the likelihood of opportunistic abuse compared with newly registered or obscure domains.

One malware scan did report several generic suspicious or malicious findings tied to specific pages, scripts, and outbound references. However, these detections appear to be heuristic and low-specificity rather than corroborated malware-family identifications, and they are not supported by the broader engine consensus or blacklist data. Some of the flagged items also resemble ordinary content pages, library files, or referenced external resources rather than clear indicators of active compromise.

Based on available data, no threats were detected by the broader security consensus at the time of this scan, though the isolated heuristic findings suggest routine caution and continued monitoring may still be appropriate.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, with expiry listed as 2026-07-30. It is served over nginx from IP address 173.239.79.200, hosted by Unwired in Berkeley, United States. The domain has been registered since 1990 through Gandi SAS, which is consistent with a long-running established organization.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major infrastructure-level security issues are evident from the provided data, although the protocol version was not identified in the scan output and the separate heuristic malware findings may warrant periodic rechecking.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://eff.org/
200 https://www.eff.org/
Website Insights
#1,518
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Business, Economy, Information Technology
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 13 May 23
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