So here is a pre-woke Wired article https://www.wired.com/1996/02/digitel/

I can't find the article I had in mind that goes in to their founding. Basically the EFF came about through a group of lawyers and DC lobbyists but couched themselves as hard core digital libertarians/anarchists. So a lot of those types (like myself) bought in to them because they sounded good on paper. Turns out they are heavily involved with current big tech and support Google, et all.

I don't know if this site is legit but there is this https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/electronic-frontier-foundation/