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Don't assume. The Hacker News donation drive was incredibly embarrassing the last time - with plenty of excuses for not donating: https://news.ycombinator.com/i

by kmfrk 13y ago

Don't assume. The Hacker News donation drive was incredibly embarrassing the last time - with plenty of excuses for not donating: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6469485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6469485. John Gruber at Daring Fireball has been doing a lot of work to encourage people to donate. I think the latest uptick has been the fireball effect at work.

cheapsteak 13y ago
Many probably donated directly via Paypal weeks ago when the news first hit. I upvoted the linked article but didn't feel the need to donate again.
aw3c2 13y ago
> Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights of the American people. I find that limitation to "American" (surely meaning US american) people an incredibly embarrassing and nationalist call to action and it alone made me instantly close the tab.
- jlgaddis 13y ago
  I completely understand your frustration. Like you, I believe that every human being deserves the right to privacy regardless of their nationality or where they live or where they were born. Unfortunately, the Constitution of the United States of America, the sacred document that Mr. Levison was attempting to preserve, does not guarantee that right to every human being -- only Americans. I look at it at a first step. Once we've "restored" the Constitution and managed to guarantee the right to privacy for those covered by it, only then can we start to "expand" that to include every human being. I have many friends from all around the world and I believe 100% that all of us should be afforded that same right to privacy that the Constitution gives me, but we've got to start somewhere... (Disclosure: I'm an American and I have and do donate to the EFF, EPIC, the Tor Project, and I happily gave to Mr. Levison's defense fund immediately after it was announced a few weeks ago.)
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by kmfrk 13y ago

cheapsteak 13y ago

Many probably donated directly via Paypal weeks ago when the news first hit. I upvoted the linked article but didn't feel the need to donate again.

aw3c2 13y ago

> Let's rally for Lavabit to fight for the privacy rights of the American people. I find that limitation to "American" (surely meaning US american) people an incredibly embarrassing and nationalist call to action and it alone made me instantly close the tab.

jlgaddis 13y ago
I completely understand your frustration. Like you, I believe that every human being deserves the right to privacy regardless of their nationality or where they live or where they were born. Unfortunately, the Constitution of the United States of America, the sacred document that Mr. Levison was attempting to preserve, does not guarantee that right to every human being -- only Americans. I look at it at a first step. Once we've "restored" the Constitution and managed to guarantee the right to privacy for those covered by it, only then can we start to "expand" that to include every human being. I have many friends from all around the world and I believe 100% that all of us should be afforded that same right to privacy that the Constitution gives me, but we've got to start somewhere... (Disclosure: I'm an American and I have and do donate to the EFF, EPIC, the Tor Project, and I happily gave to Mr. Levison's defense fund immediately after it was announced a few weeks ago.)
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