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Would you name some please? Do you mean like ACLU (BCCLA in Canada)
The ACLU is not what it once was. I will not donate to them. Even the EFF is growing questionable. I would definitely be curious what recommendations people have.
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Nothing any company can do about that. Spying programs and laws will only worsen unless people really voice their concerns and elect the right people.
It's pretty crazy that people still think elections do anything and aren't just a sham while the rulers plug in the choices from above.
Anybody concerned about these issues should consider donating to their favourite non profit that can have an impact that works in the area. Most HN users can afford $20/year pretty easily (others could afford $200/month and not even notice it) As they say, “Put your money where your mouth is.”
I mean I do. EFF, Wikimedia, ACLU (Only EFF is really for this particular issue though)
Fighting against due process: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/see-you-court-aclu-sues...
claiming there's no men: https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1196877415810813955
and this: https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1199725066302308354
Telling families to discuss pronouns: https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1250795126584217602
and this: https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1453779768063766529
I'm all for defending freedom of expression, religion, speech, etc. But this is weighing into topics that aren't really about freedom and in some cases they're actively fighting against freedom. AKA it's become way more political and one sided.
Anybody concerned about these issues should consider donating to their favourite non profit that can have an impact that works in the area. Most HN users can afford $20/year pretty easily (others could afford $200/month and not even notice it) As they say, “Put your money where your mouth is.”
I mean I do. EFF, Wikimedia, ACLU (Only EFF is really for this particular issue though)
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I would recommend Signal Foundation https://signalfoundation.org/
What's the distinction when donating to the foundation vs signal directly ( https://signal.org/en/donate/ )?
-Ultimately this issue isn't that big of a deal to law enforcement. In 99% of cases they can just get the defendant's cell phone and look at his unencrypted messages in the Signal and Whatsapp applications directly.
-I think in theory if a lot of platforms start doing end to end encryption globally, then things could get a little more interesting. But as far as I know for a lot of tech stacks (like ones more complex than simple messaging) that's difficult to do.
Well done Moxie Marlinspike and Signal team. Now don't pull any sketchy shit like Mobilecoin without being transparent.
What are you arguing for? Visible transaction histories that can be used to jail you?
While I applaud Signal's response I expect this entire event (subpoena and response) will be provided as one of the exhibits to congress by the Department of Justice to justify their request that it be unlawful to provide such services. The DoJ will say, "See, here is this horrible crime we are investigating and because this company chose to make it impossible for law enforcement, with a warrant and a subpoena to get…
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The thing is, your voice can also add to the din of noise that drowns out the signal. Not every vote adds signal. Here the problem is when you go down the ballot and reach the judges, schoolboard, and other offices where most people have no idea who the candidates are and many just vote randomly. In Arizona there was a campaign that unseated an incumbent schoolboard member by a rival candidate whose last name, if som…
I'm pretty sure many voters are voting based on colors. They researched which team they like the most and now they vote for that team each time. And likely true for more than just the USA.
It leads to abominations of platform planks, but in our race to the bottom as least you get close to what you think you want.