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I'm proud that I'm building something that combats the unconstitutional spying of American citizens, and also helps others around the world avoid surveillance.

I'm proud that I'm building something that combats the unconstitutional spying of American citizens, and also helps others around the world avoid surveillance. This app is largely a response to the overreach of the US government. While I believe in fighting for our constitutional rights politically, private solutions are also a viable means of protest. We probably will have liability issues down the road. Nobody said this would be easy. However, being completely transparent and publishing all our code open-source will help mitigate a lot of these issues. On top of this, by making the clients able to secure their own data, the company itself can respond to any government information requests without actually revealing any customer data.

jacquesm 13y ago
I'm not sure if I follow you, this seems a lot like attacking Iraq to me.
- orthecreedence 13y ago
  Would you mind elaborating? Is "attacking Iraq" a metaphor/figure of speech that I'm not aware of? If so, wouldn't that imply the project is based on completely false grounds (ie, "WMDs" that don't exist)? It's been shown pretty clearly that mass surveillance exists and is a part of our every day lives now.
  - jacquesm 13y ago
    Mass surveillance and copyright have nothing whatsoever to do with each other. If you're going to attack copyright in order to rid us of mass surveillance that's like attacking Iraq in order to get rid of Al Qaeda.
    - orthecreedence 13y ago
      Thanks for clarifying. Admittedly, the article was a PR move to show the inherent security weakness in apps like Dropbox, using copyright as an example. I touched on the actual surveillance aspects of the app here because the original comment asked if doing what I'm doing is something to be proud of. Violating copyright holders' rights is not (and I don't condone it), but providing storage for people who need/want privacy is something to be proud of.
      - jacquesm 13y ago
        Then don't position yourself as a mechanism to evade copyright law or as a champion against that. Those are different goals with different consequences and it opens you up to a whole pile of attacks that would otherwise be a non-issue.

jacquesm 13y ago

I'm not sure if I follow you, this seems a lot like attacking Iraq to me.

orthecreedence 13y ago
Would you mind elaborating? Is "attacking Iraq" a metaphor/figure of speech that I'm not aware of? If so, wouldn't that imply the project is based on completely false grounds (ie, "WMDs" that don't exist)? It's been shown pretty clearly that mass surveillance exists and is a part of our every day lives now.
- jacquesm 13y ago
  Mass surveillance and copyright have nothing whatsoever to do with each other. If you're going to attack copyright in order to rid us of mass surveillance that's like attacking Iraq in order to get rid of Al Qaeda.
  - orthecreedence 13y ago
    Thanks for clarifying. Admittedly, the article was a PR move to show the inherent security weakness in apps like Dropbox, using copyright as an example. I touched on the actual surveillance aspects of the app here because the original comment asked if doing what I'm doing is something to be proud of. Violating copyright holders' rights is not (and I don't condone it), but providing storage for people who need/want privacy is something to be proud of.
    - jacquesm 13y ago
      Then don't position yourself as a mechanism to evade copyright law or as a champion against that. Those are different goals with different consequences and it opens you up to a whole pile of attacks that would otherwise be a non-issue.