>but they clearly have no pull or influence or backchannel despite our tech scene thinking they do. These aren't some crappy organizations that do 'deals' to g

>but they clearly have no pull or influence or backchannel despite our tech scene thinking they do. These aren't some crappy organizations that do 'deals' to get their objectives. There's really (afaik) two ways to keep government in check. Voting and paying lawyers to sue the government when they do 'bad' things (read: against the law/constitution). Disclaimer: I am a member of both EFF and ACLU.