Today is The Day We Fight Back
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Today is The Day We Fight Back
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#2I'm not getting any feedback in Chrome or Firefox (Mac OS X) that my signature has been registered... what a shame!
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#3I'm not getting any feedback in Chrome or Firefox (Mac OS X) that my signature has been registered... what a shame!
Same for me (Firefox on Linux).
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#4I support this effort 100%, but... there's something a bit off about the messaging that I can't quite put my finger on. Perhaps "the day"? This is going to be a long haul, not like killing SOPA or some other bad bill. This system is entrenched, and has a lot of support. It's going to be a long fight, and it's going to be a slog.
For those in the US, though, please do call your representatives.
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#5I suppose it's common knowledge now, but a lot of people seem to think a phone call will get more attention then an email in political scenarios.
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#6As far as I am concerned, fighting back for a day is useless. The NSA is probably going to find they have already lost this battle because we now trust their co-conspirators a lot less. It's the slow, relatively minor pressure over time by billions of people that will change things.
But the real danger is with the next battle. I think we are going to see a major showdown over legality of encryption generally within the next few years with a push for legally required back-doors (since it will be harder to guarantee cooperation unofficially and there is almost certain to be a lot of effort into guaranteeing better security). That's the one we should be steeling ourselves for.
So I won't be participating in this "The Day We Fight Back" not because I think it is unimportant but because I think it is too important than to relegate to a day of action.
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#7I'm not getting any feedback in Chrome or Firefox (Mac OS X) that my signature has been registered... what a shame!
Trying to fix now!
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#8As far as I am concerned, fighting back for a day is useless. The NSA is probably going to find they have already lost this battle because we now trust their co-conspirators a lot less. It's the slow, relatively minor pressure over time by billions of people that will change things. But the real danger is with the next battle. I think we are going to see a major showdown over legality of encryption generally within t…
I think this is more about making noise to remember people -- people which does not follow tech and NSA news -- that surveillance is still a problem, that Snowden is still stuck in Hong Kong, that the NSA still collects a huge amount of personal information from non-targets.
But you're right the battle is much bigger than that.
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#9I suppose it's common knowledge now, but a lot of people seem to think a phone call will get more attention then an email in political scenarios.
It's a matter of effort, I suppose... "proof of work" as the bitcoin people talk about. Clicking a button is less effort than making a phone call and talking to a person.
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#10I think it's interesting that there are ~200k Twitter/Facebook shares at the time of this comment, but less than 10k calls/emails. The message seems to be, "I think contacting legislators is a great idea! I hope some of my friends do that.."