Re: [Hackmeeting] Reset the Net

On Tue, 2014-05-06 at 09:34 +0000, Cyber*Resistance wrote:
> Ciao a tutti, esiste sta iniziativa che voleva "festeggiare" il
> capodanno dell'anno 1 PSE (Post Snowden Era):

Ma no!?!?

<http://punto-informatico.it/4040646/PI/Commenti/cassandra-crossing-anno-dd.aspx>

> http://resetthenet.tumblr.com/
> https://www.resetthenet.org/
>
> E' principalmente una campagna di sensibilizzazione, comunicazione. fa
> parte di https://www.fightforthefuture.org/ che, ad eccezione forse di
> "Free Bieber" sono più o meno allineate con i temi di libertà online ;)
> (cabina di regia non ben identificata, naturalmente)
>
> =====
>
> Hey there,
>
> Today is May 5, exactly one month before we Reset the Net!
>
> But unfortunately, today we have bad news as well as good news. Just
> this morning we heard reports that the USA Freedom Act (a bill that was
> intended to limit NSA bulk spying) is moving forward in Congress. That
> should be a cause to celebrate -- but bureaucrats are abusing the
> political process to undermine and water down the bill leaving our
> rights in the balance.[1]
>
> Experts are still analyzing the text, but one thing is clear: Congress
> doesn't get it.
>
> They think that they can appease us with pathetic reforms that won’t
> keep us safe. The USA Freedom Act was already just a first step toward
> the kind of privacy protections we need, and this latest version is even
> weaker in some areas (while making some small improvements in other
> areas). [2]
>
> Here’s the good news: the movement for REAL online privacy is spreading
> like wildfire. Today we officially launched Reset the Net with more than
> 30 supporters including some of the biggest sites on the web: reddit,
> imgur, BoingBoing, Namecheap, DuckDuckGo, Thunderclap, Free Software
> Foundation, Private Internet Access, Disconnect.Me, and tons more.
>
> This latest news from DC is not surprising, but it underscores the
> desperate need to get as many people, websites, and apps protected from
> dragnet spying as possible right now. We need you to help get 10 more
> people or groups to join. Will you forward this to your friends and
> share?
>
> [1] The Hill. “House Judiciary to consider compromise NSA reform bill”.
> http://thehill.com/policy/technology/205255-overnight-tech-house-judiciary-to-consider-compromise-nsa-refo
> rm-bill
>
> [2] Electronic Frontier Foundation. "EFF Statement on Rep
> Sensenbrenner's USA FREEDOM Act Amendment".
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/eff-statement-rep-sensenbrenners-usa-freedom-act-amendment
>
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