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> McConnell is drafting language to prevent this from being used on “federal election candidates” which of course is expected to pass. So privacy for those in
by toofy 6y ago
> McConnell is drafting language to prevent this from being used on “federal election candidates” which of course is expected to pass.
So privacy for those in positions of power but not for us plebes.
- np_tedious 6y agoDo they have to be viable candidates? I don't mind being in a permanent state of casual campaigning
- giancarlostoro 6y agoWe can even make a political party out of it where everyone in the party is a candidate.
- analognoise 6y agoThis has a very Slack vibe to it that I can dig.
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- analognoise 6y agoNo love for the Church of the SubGenious?
- giancarlostoro 6y agoI gave you an upvote in the previous comment because I knew what you were talking about mainly due to Slackware's reference to Church of SubGenious. I don't think many know what that is though. For those curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius
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- ObsoleteNerd 6y agoThe Privacy Party is born.
- app4soft 6y agoAll Aboard the Pirate Ship![0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Pirate_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Pirate_Party
- giancarlostoro 6y agoTo be fair the Pirate Party is very pro privacy for seemingly obvious reasons.
- yumraj 6y agoThat is indeed a great idea. Where and how do I sign up. It would be a great act of civil disobedience.
- closeparen 6y ago>An individual running for a seat in the House or Senate or for the office of U.S. President becomes a candidate when he or she raises or spends more than $5,000 in contributions or expenditures. One generally needs a certain number of petition signatures to appear on a ballot, but apparently not needed just to legally be a candidate. https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/registering-candidate/house-senate-president-candidate-registration/ https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/registeri...
- Descartes1 6y agoDo you have to actually spend that $5000? Or can you just have it "raised"?
- aperrien 6y agoCreate a nonprofit to accept the "raised" contribution, and then swap it with another candidate in the pool for "consulting fees"...
- boredgamer2 6y ago> Create a nonprofit I like the enthusiasm, but this would get you slapped by the IRS (eventually). Any other ideas? Maybe if we just pay each other in a ring through a legal escrow? Everyone puts in $5,001, the escrow pays everyone back $5000.
- godelski 6y agoSo we start a party where we all sign to get each other on the ballot and donate to a pool that allocates $5k to each of us? Can this $5k just be moved around per candidate which counts as spending?
- voldacar 6y agoThis would become a problem if someone just joined the party with the intent of cashing out the 5k$ and leaving. Maybe you could fix this somehow with smart contracts? idk
- chrisco255 6y agoI nominate np_tedious for President, along with the rest of Hacker News.
- DrScump 6y agoI thought we were an autonomous collective.
- dredmorbius 6y agoSome of us are more autonomous than others. Some are more collective.
- StillBored 6y agoOh, that is great! I would like to add, just think of the chaos at the primaries if the act of declaring candidacy one also declares they are running for the R|D nomination. The voting machines can barely deal with 20 presidential candidates. Imagine what would happen if you had to thousands of people running for a congressional seat!
- xwdv 6y agoJust use a damn VPN.
- 0xdeadb00f 6y agoAnd when a court order requests the provider hand over your information?
- rrix2 6y agoThat's what the other six VPNs are for, right?
- mirimir 6y agoRight, you have multiple personas, which are using branched/nested chains.
- bb611 6y agoNo perfect solution, for sure, but you have some reasonably options to mitigate risk. If you can, use one outside the US i.e. with no financial presence of any kind there. Admittedly that's a high bar, the next best choice is one that claims to keep no logs and has successfully defended such a claim to law enforcement. Not a long list here, but there are some.
- mirimir 6y agoJust use ~3 VPNs in a nested chain. So an adversary would need data from all three. Better yet, have the middle one be in a jurisdiction that doesn't cooperate with your adversary's.
- marvin 6y agoAre VPNs legal in China? It would be hilarious to set up a chain of VPN connections that are each in a jurisdiction that will not cooperate with one another. E.g. one connection each in China, Russia and USA, and three more in the opposite direction of geopolitical allegiance if you’re super paranoid.
- LatteLazy 6y agoThe way this works is that no one is excluded. They collect everything blindly, then sort through for what they want. That was the issue when they falsely claimed US citizens were excluded. That’s the issue when they say the same about election candidates or sitting senators or whoever. These programs are all or nothing by design.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 6y ago"Do as I say, not as I do." - I've literally heard these words from the mouth of a LEO before.
- 0max 6y agoI'm getting the same vibe from EARN IT, no military grade encryption for us civvies.
- billme 6y ago“(G) if the target of the electronic surveillance is an elected Federal official or a candidate in a Federal election, that the Attorney General has approved in writing of the investigation;“