We sure did campaign against the Cybersecurity Act. However, the Senate was a lot more of an inside game strategy. We focused on an amendment strategy through

We sure did campaign against the Cybersecurity Act. However, the Senate was a lot more of an inside game strategy. We focused on an amendment strategy through Sen. Franken's and Sen. Paul's offices (my primary contact was with Sen. Franken's staff): https://www.eff.org/pages/no-digital-big-brother-keep-military-out-your-email https://www.eff.org/pages/no-digital-big-brother-keep-milita... The feeling was that we couldn't stop the Cybersecurity Act after CISPA won the House, but we could improve it enough to make the final result slightly less awful. We wanted both acts dead. We were entirely wrong though. Business interests killed Cybersecurity because of questions of mandates vs. voluntary buy-in. With opposition led by the Chamber of Commerce, the Senate bill died twice to filibusters. Privacy never became an important part of the debate, sadly. PS - None of this disputes OP's very valid points about the purpose of the site and customer acquisition. However, FFtF is not trying to corral our votes, it's trying to direct our energy away from social media (which DC considers noise) to effective phone calls to our elected officials. Yes, they use their mailing lists to raise funds through donations. So does EFF and other groups engaged on open internet issues.