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The EFF lost all credibility by jumping into the crypto bandwagon

• remram 5y ago
  What did they do?
  • LordDragonfang 5y ago
    If the above poster never replies, I would assume that they're referring to (from a quick google) the fact that the EFF opposes laws that would put liabilities for blockchain software on the software author[1], and provides other similar defenses, similar to how the ACLU occasionally defends the free speech of white supremacists[2], to ensure equal protection under the law and avoid setting a bad legal precedent. [1] https://www.eff.org/issues/blockchain https://www.eff.org/issues/blockchain [2] https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/defending-speech-we-hate/ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/defending-speech-w... edit: Specifically, they probably mean the EFF's opposition to the crypto surveillance provision in the Biden infra bill: (Summary) https://twitter.com/eff/status/1422337127556157444 https://twitter.com/eff/status/1422337127556157444 (Article) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/cryptocurrency-surveillance-provision-buried-infrastructure-bill-disaster-digital https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/cryptocurrency-surveil...
    • _v7gu 5y ago
      Huge props to both groups then. Selectively enforced rights aren't rights at all.