Activism An Open Letter to the FTC on Google’s Banning of Repair Business Ads While the FTC prepares to hold a workshop investigating the ways manufacturers restrict third-party repair, we have concerns about a different restriction: the way Google, the world’s dominant advertising giant… July 16, 2019 by Kevin Purdy
Activism Expert Volunteers Needed: Green Electronics Standards We’re putting out the Bat-Signal, electronics pros. We need your help to make an important environmental standard include repair, and therefore reality. Two years ago, Repair.org released a report eviscerating… May 30, 2019 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Activism Securepairs.org: Security Professionals Who Support Right to Repair This is a guest post from Paul Roberts, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of The Security Ledger and the founder of securepairs.org. It was originally posted on The Security Ledger, which you… April 30, 2019 by Paul Roberts
Activism We’re Afraid of Warranty Stickers, but Really, Manufacturers Should Be According to a survey published today by consumer group U.S. PIRG, 45 out of 50 appliance manufacturers automatically void the warranty of a device if it has undergone “unauthorized” repair.… October 11, 2018 by Kay Kay Clapp
Activism 11,000 Signatures Wasn’t Enough to Keep Eric Lundgren Out of Prison Today, Eric Lundgren turned himself in to the Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution, where he will spend the next fifteen months isolated from society, the internet, and his business. His crime?… June 14, 2018 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Activism Take Back Your Right to Repair by Removing Illegal Warranty Stickers Warranty Void if Removed stickers are everywhere. Turns out, those stickers are not only unenforceable—they’re illegal! Back in 1975, federal law was put in place to protect the rights of… May 2, 2018 by Kay Kay Clapp
Activism Repair Advocates Call for Microsoft to Meet In Light of Lundgren Case As Microsoft faces tough questions about how it handled the case of Eric Lundgren, facing 15 months in prison for duplicated restore discs, U.S. PIRG and iFixit noted the tough… May 1, 2018 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Activism E-Waste Activists Crash One of the World’s Biggest Tech Parties Crowds likely did a double-take this week as they streamed into World Mobile Congress, the world’s largest mobile tech conference on the planet. And not because of the new gadgets.… February 26, 2018 by Julia Bluff
Activism Keep the Internet Weird: Save Net Neutrality The Internet is under attack! Will you join a massive, Internet-wide Day of Action to save the open Internet? Learn how you can join the protest or spread the word… July 12, 2017 by Kay Kay Clapp
Activism Take a Stand Against DRM As Cory Doctorow puts it: “Anytime someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you and won't give you the key, it's not there for your benefit.” July 9, 2017 by Julia Bluff