Re: [projectvrm] Fwd: Today, we fight back

[Don Marti < >]

begin Dan Blum quotation of Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:18:31AM -0500:

> > We have to act on multiple fronts. Lobby against NSA over-reach, lobby
> against and expose PLA cyberattacks, create alternatives to creepy
> products, and work to protect the products that users and businesses depend
> on.
> 
> No single avenue of effort provides a panacea and we'll never overcome
> corrupt governments, organized or disorganized cybercrime or unscrupulous
> hacktivists. But we must continue the ongoing struggle to right the balance
> in the favor of the common good.

Won't somebody please think of the developers in
other countries?

"Hi, Josef, what are you hacking on?"

"Privacy technology."

"But the Ministry of Peace and Love is there to
protect us! Privacy technology is unpatriotic!"

"I know, but this is to keep us safe from the NSA!"

"Oh, I see...right on, then!"

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