Thanks for the reminder that I need to donate to the EFF…
this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
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Same. Absolutely. Already donated this year but time for some more.
should we? what do they do exactly? or what have they done?
im asking purely out of curiosity. i dont know much about them
EFF uses the unique expertise of leading technologists, activists, and attorneys in our efforts to defend free speech online, fight illegal surveillance, advocate for users and innovators, and support freedom-enhancing technologies.
Well for one they made certbot which is a system that can get any website a free SSL certificate( which you need to have HTTPS on your site). So that's one great thing millions of people use
They fight for our rights, develop tools like privacy badger extension, fingerprinting browser test, and probably a lot more stuff in the background that we take for granted.
You can also check out their Wikipedia page for some writing from a more neutral point of view (of course there’s still going to be some bias).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation
I mean that is what I pay EFF to lobby for; I'm sure they're working on it.
dissolve the nsa
I don't think this will help much. They are doing this now because Apple went ahead and were allowed to make a statement.
I think what they should be doing is attempt towards mitigations over such classes of spying
Yes, please politely ask those stealing you and your neighbors and countrymens currency and life's effort, without providing the "representation" they claim justifies it mind you, and then using it to spy on you illegitimately/unconstitutionally, and then using more of it to fund any legal claims made against them, all in contravention of their oaths, to pretty please stop.
I think we solved it. Pack it up and close down the privacy instance folks. Our work here is done.