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Spot on. The top comment in this thread is paranoia about whether this site is a hostile name collection honeypot (I think if it is, so is commenting on this t
by floatrock 10y ago
Spot on.
The top comment in this thread is paranoia about whether this site is a hostile name collection honeypot (I think if it is, so is commenting on this thread, hello nsa).
One way of combatting such paranoia is to establish trust. This site accepts donations, but nowhere does it say WHO is running it. It has neat ACLU, Amnesty International, and HRW logos at the bottom, but anyone can put graphics on a page. It has a whole list of supporters, but all without any citation of their support (you would expect the Chomskys, Lessigs, and Greenwalds, but the Soros are a bit more surprising).
This is at best a rushed, uncoordinated release. At worst, it IS a name collection honeypot.
If this group does in fact have support of ACLU, AI, and HRW, it should link to those organizations' press releases of this particular domain. If it has the endorsements of popular figures, at the very least link to a tweet of theirs.
Snowden should be pardoned because he revealed that in the land of the free, we should always be looking over our shoulder asking if this is an NSA sting job. A good way of fighting that paranoia lifestyle is with credibility. These guys are failing that fight.
- kyledrake 10y agoI just asked a few people on the "supporters" list who said they had "nothing to do with it", after trying to figure out more about it's core and see if I could get added to the list myself (my opinions on the NSA dragnet crap are well documented, I do not live in fear of them: http://blog.neocities.org/making-the-web-fun-again.html http://blog.neocities.org/making-the-web-fun-again.html). I'm starting to think they just got a list of people they believed might support this petition drive, and then added them to the site as "supporters". Saying they are "supporters" of this drive is misleading. They should change the copy to say "these are some people that also support pardoning Ed Snowden". At this point I would be extremely hesitant to donate money to this group until its foundational structure gets clarified.