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Federal agents taking photos of your face while you are minding your own business, to upload them and compare them against a database of “citizens” is quite a p
by noncoml 8mo ago
Federal agents taking photos of your face while you are minding your own business, to upload them and compare them against a database of “citizens” is quite a privacy concern in my books
- nickff 8mo agoAnd to demonstrate their devotion to the cause, the EFF will take a day off from advocating against these behaviours? This makes no sense to me; why should a watchdog participate in a strike like this?
- bobwaycott 8mo agoSolidarity.
- 1970-01-01 8mo agoAll I can come up with is virtue signaling. Seems like their backlog work is low and they are making a strategic choice to try and get a funding boost by attending the protests (their message says nothing about this. It doesn't say much of anything, actually).
- csoups14 8mo agoThey're trying to call attention to it. This thread is one example of how taking that action is helping to accomplish that task.
- nickff 8mo agoThat may be the intention, but to me it looks like the EFF is just giving its employees a paid day off. Also, you're not really striking if your employer approves of it, and pays you for it.
- esseph 8mo agoThere actions are to raise awareness. People reaching out to them on Friday or going to the website will see a shutdown notice. Meanwhile, employees are available to strike, document the day, or do whatever they wish.
- subsistence234 8mo agoyeah it may not be helpful, but at least it's starting a conversation. most people aren't even aware yet, and there's no way to raise awareness without a vacation. for example none of our web designers knows how to put a message on the website without shutting it down. and none of our managers knows how to shut down a website without taking a vacation.
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- nerdponx 8mo agoThis is right-wing authoritarian virtue signaling IMO.
- subsistence234 8mo agoit's crypto-fascist misogynoir!