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Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA

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Re: Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA

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Post by davidgerard »

nullc wrote: post #4

“If you don’t like people looking why not try putting on some pants?”, my response on the Wikimedia Blog: http://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/2yjda6/wikimedia_... (cross-posted to reddit because I could provide links there)

SSL in the casual case relies on all CAs being uncompromised. I understand this is not the case.

In any case, both technical and legal approaches are appropriate. And you know as well as I do that everyone at WMF desperately wants SSL for everything, and that this is a thing they are specifically working toward (but it turns out to be a bit more complicated than just switching everyone to SSL) - there is no way in which the legal approach precludes the technical approach.

I mean, you're right, this has been a problem for ages and you personally yelled really loudly and quite appropriately at them for it, and I really wish WMF had moved forward sooner. But if yesterday was the best day to act, then today is the next-best day.

Re: Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA

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Post by davidgerard »

newman8r wrote: post #2

wish I had more time to search for it right now, but is there a link where people can donate specifically for this cause? (if not a general donation will have to suffice) please post if so

Not that I know of. But I do know that charities find tied donations a goddamn PITA - if you trust someone to do good work, just giving them the money for the general pool is the right thing in almost all cases.

But they do love to know what inspired a particular donation. So I would suggest dropping a few bucks to the ACLU and WMF's general contribution addresses, but including a note that this is why :-)

Re: Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA

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Post by davidgerard »

devnonymous wrote: post #3

I miss groklaw. I wish PJ comes back online. That'll help us, the non-lawyers, especially outside the US, make sense of this lawsuit (besides others).

PJ stopped doing Groklaw out of disgust that the law was so deeply disrespected by the government. Perhaps when Snowden is elected President.

Re: Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA

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Post by spacemanmatt »

davidgerard wrote: post #8
devnonymous wrote: post #3

I miss groklaw. I wish PJ comes back online. That'll help us, the non-lawyers, especially outside the US, make sense of this lawsuit (besides others).

PJ stopped doing Groklaw out of disgust that the law was so deeply disrespected by the government. Perhaps when Snowden is elected President.

I miss Groklaw dearly but also understood there was a little more than disgust in play.

Re: Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA

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Post by kenrick95 »

newman8r wrote: post #2

wish I had more time to search for it right now, but is there a link where people can donate specifically for this cause? (if not a general donation will have to suffice) please post if so

You can donate to WMF via http://donate.wikimedia.org/ [general donation]
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