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What happened to the founder and their involvement?

freddyym 5y ago
We haven't had proper contact with him for a while. And even when he was "available", it was so intermittent that he may as well have been absent. (I've been in the team for a year and they have logged on to our Matrix chat about three times). This affected fundamental tasks like updating the site and having our servers for our services work.
- Radim 5y ago
  Ha! That explains why I never heard back from him in my emails. Freddy, do you mind reaching out to me at radim@pii-tools.com? I'd like to discuss options of support / partnership, for the (formerly) PrivacyTools.
  - freddyym 5y ago
    If you wait until the new name is decided, then you can get in contact with me via email: hello [at] freddym [dot] xyz
    - Radim 5y ago
      Message couldn't be delivered: "NXDOMAIN Domain name not found: freddym.xyz". You guys are taking leave-me-alone privacy really seriously!
    - hundchenkatze 5y ago
      Heads up, it looks like your domain has expired: Domain Name: FREDDYM.XYZ Registry Domain ID: D188258119-CNIC Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com Registrar URL: http://www.tucows.com/ Updated Date: 2021-07-13T05:55:57.0Z Creation Date: 2020-06-02T10:18:31.0Z Registry Expiry Date: 2021-06-02T23:59:59.0Z Registrar: Tucows.com Co.
      - freddyym 5y ago
        Welp.
- Rd6n6 5y ago
  How is privacy tools operated? What is the organization behind it? Is it a business or a group or volunteers? I’ve been visiting for years, it’s a good site Edit: looks like it’s becoming a business? > The PrivacyTools team is proud to introduce a suite of privacy-centric online services to connect you with other privacy-minded individuals and stay safe and secure online. No advertisers, no Google Analytics, no tracking, no third-party requests of any kind
  - freddyym 5y ago
    Currently it is a not-for-profit organization, though we plan on creating a new legal organization designed around the community to ensure our long-term sustainability.
    - nugget 5y ago
      Does that mean the new site will be for profit and owned by the mods?
      - dngray 5y ago
        No. > Eventually, we plan on creating a new legal organization designed around the community to ensure our long-term sustainability. This will take some careful planning and time to get right, but we’re confident we can prevent this from ever happening again, and keep us independent of any one team member. Just to clarify, we plan to become a 501(c)(3) organization. The site will remain run in the same way, it's just we won't have someone at the very top who is never around, never contributes and owns the domain. Funding is transparently listed: https://opencollective.com/privacytools https://opencollective.com/privacytools https://blog.privacytools.io/privacytools-io-joins-the-open-collective-foundation/ https://blog.privacytools.io/privacytools-io-joins-the-open-...
    - GekkePrutser 5y ago
      It should really remain not for profit if you want to be taken seriously at what you do. At least make it a foundation if it needs a legal entity :) And be really careful who you take money from and under which conditions. See what happened to freenode recently, how well that worked out for them :)

We haven't had proper contact with him for a while. And even when he was "available", it was so intermittent that he may as well have been absent. (I've been in the team for a year and they have logged on to our Matrix chat about three times). This affected fundamental tasks like updating the site and having our servers for our services work.

Radim 5y ago
Ha! That explains why I never heard back from him in my emails. Freddy, do you mind reaching out to me at radim@pii-tools.com? I'd like to discuss options of support / partnership, for the (formerly) PrivacyTools.
- freddyym 5y ago
  If you wait until the new name is decided, then you can get in contact with me via email: hello [at] freddym [dot] xyz
  - Radim 5y ago
    Message couldn't be delivered: "NXDOMAIN Domain name not found: freddym.xyz". You guys are taking leave-me-alone privacy really seriously!
  - hundchenkatze 5y ago
    Heads up, it looks like your domain has expired: Domain Name: FREDDYM.XYZ Registry Domain ID: D188258119-CNIC Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com Registrar URL: http://www.tucows.com/ Updated Date: 2021-07-13T05:55:57.0Z Creation Date: 2020-06-02T10:18:31.0Z Registry Expiry Date: 2021-06-02T23:59:59.0Z Registrar: Tucows.com Co.
    - freddyym 5y ago
      Welp.
Rd6n6 5y ago
How is privacy tools operated? What is the organization behind it? Is it a business or a group or volunteers? I’ve been visiting for years, it’s a good site Edit: looks like it’s becoming a business? > The PrivacyTools team is proud to introduce a suite of privacy-centric online services to connect you with other privacy-minded individuals and stay safe and secure online. No advertisers, no Google Analytics, no tracking, no third-party requests of any kind
- freddyym 5y ago
  Currently it is a not-for-profit organization, though we plan on creating a new legal organization designed around the community to ensure our long-term sustainability.
  - nugget 5y ago
    Does that mean the new site will be for profit and owned by the mods?
    - dngray 5y ago
      No. > Eventually, we plan on creating a new legal organization designed around the community to ensure our long-term sustainability. This will take some careful planning and time to get right, but we’re confident we can prevent this from ever happening again, and keep us independent of any one team member. Just to clarify, we plan to become a 501(c)(3) organization. The site will remain run in the same way, it's just we won't have someone at the very top who is never around, never contributes and owns the domain. Funding is transparently listed: https://opencollective.com/privacytools https://opencollective.com/privacytools https://blog.privacytools.io/privacytools-io-joins-the-open-collective-foundation/ https://blog.privacytools.io/privacytools-io-joins-the-open-...
  - GekkePrutser 5y ago
    It should really remain not for profit if you want to be taken seriously at what you do. At least make it a foundation if it needs a legal entity :) And be really careful who you take money from and under which conditions. See what happened to freenode recently, how well that worked out for them :)