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Don't like it? Organizations like the EFF have been working to stop overreach: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/eff-fincen-stop-pushing-more-financial-sur

Don't like it? Organizations like the EFF have been working to stop overreach: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/eff-fincen-stop-pushing-more-financial-surveillance https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/eff-fincen-stop-pushin... You can help financially, and contact each of your representatives and senators and request they act to stop this end run around the constitution.

TeeMassive 5y ago
Upvote for the EFF. They really are the heroes of digital time. And they stayed true to their mission amidst the woke wave other organizations have been swayed with.
- boppo1 5y ago
  I gave them $100 and about a year later they saved youtube-dl. Soon as I'm actually making money again, they'll get some.
dmead 5y ago
Is this over reach? Seems like it would be good for the treasury to go after tax dodgers and money launderers.
- mattrighetti 5y ago
  They have other means that won’t have an impact on everyone when it’s not necessary
- raxxorrax 5y ago
  Destroying confidentiality of data on the net is a greater cost than getting small time tax evaders. The brunt of tax evasion is legal and fully a legislative issue.
user3939382 5y ago
I used to be a big EFF supporter until I learned they take millions in donations from the same organizations they’re supposed to be watching. Best case scenario it’s a massive conflict of interest, it’s a big problem for me that they find it to be ok.
- jakecopp 5y ago
  I hadn't heard this before, could you provide a source or examples?
  - robbedpeter 5y ago
    https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donee.php?donee=Electronic+Frontier+Foundation https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donee.php?donee=Electronic+F... Nothing looks particularly nefarious.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  That's a mighty big claim. Do you have similar scale supportive references?
  - user3939382 5y ago
    Here’s a start but you can dig for more https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/facebook-google-donate-heavily-to-privacy-advocacy-groups https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/facebook-...
- math_and_stuff 5y ago
  This is an irresponsible claim if not backed up with a citation. Further, I happen to monitor corporate funding to nonprofits (including the EFF) and public reporting suggests EFF only received $7500 from Google in 2018 and $25K from Facebook. Whereas Center for Democracy and Technology, which was founded by the former Executive Director of the EFF in 1994, received $430K and $500K, respectively. See https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/facebook-google-donate-heavily-to-privacy-advocacy-groups https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/face...
hhaha88 5y ago
Who is working to stop corporate overreach? I don’t really understand why the species should put its faith in industrialist billionaires given the history.
- Spooky23 5y ago
  Great point. Insurance companies have access to way more private data than the government.

TeeMassive 5y ago

Upvote for the EFF. They really are the heroes of digital time. And they stayed true to their mission amidst the woke wave other organizations have been swayed with.

boppo1 5y ago
I gave them $100 and about a year later they saved youtube-dl. Soon as I'm actually making money again, they'll get some.

dmead 5y ago

Is this over reach? Seems like it would be good for the treasury to go after tax dodgers and money launderers.

mattrighetti 5y ago
They have other means that won’t have an impact on everyone when it’s not necessary
raxxorrax 5y ago
Destroying confidentiality of data on the net is a greater cost than getting small time tax evaders. The brunt of tax evasion is legal and fully a legislative issue.

user3939382 5y ago

I used to be a big EFF supporter until I learned they take millions in donations from the same organizations they’re supposed to be watching. Best case scenario it’s a massive conflict of interest, it’s a big problem for me that they find it to be ok.

jakecopp 5y ago
I hadn't heard this before, could you provide a source or examples?
- robbedpeter 5y ago
  https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donee.php?donee=Electronic+Frontier+Foundation https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donee.php?donee=Electronic+F... Nothing looks particularly nefarious.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
That's a mighty big claim. Do you have similar scale supportive references?
- user3939382 5y ago
  Here’s a start but you can dig for more https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/facebook-google-donate-heavily-to-privacy-advocacy-groups https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/facebook-...
math_and_stuff 5y ago
This is an irresponsible claim if not backed up with a citation. Further, I happen to monitor corporate funding to nonprofits (including the EFF) and public reporting suggests EFF only received $7500 from Google in 2018 and $25K from Facebook. Whereas Center for Democracy and Technology, which was founded by the former Executive Director of the EFF in 1994, received $430K and $500K, respectively. See https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/facebook-google-donate-heavily-to-privacy-advocacy-groups https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/face...

hhaha88 5y ago

Who is working to stop corporate overreach? I don’t really understand why the species should put its faith in industrialist billionaires given the history.

Spooky23 5y ago
Great point. Insurance companies have access to way more private data than the government.