Re EFF Ad in Wired: Tech Community Must Secure Networks Against Trump Administration

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: "Libert, Tim" <tlibert () asc upenn edu>
> Date: December 20, 2016 at 12:56:55 PM EST
> To: "<dave () farber net>" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] EFF Ad in Wired: Tech Community Must Secure Networks Against Trump Administration
>
> The problem is so much of the core infrastructure is now routed to a few select companies, well known to the NSA, and 
> the impact that any particular sys admin can have is only as good as what Google/Facebook/etc, are willing to allow.  
> Trump may be negative for tech in the ways outlined by EFF, but that doesn’t mean he will be bad for tech companies.  
> Case in point, how many multi-million dollar fines does anybody think a Trump FTC will be levying against tech firms 
> for deceptive trade practices?  They’d hate to publicly admit it, but for the regulation-hostile ad-tech industry, 
> good times are ahead; very good times.
>
>
> > On Dec 20, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
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> > Begin forwarded message:
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> > > From: EFF Press via eff-board <eff-board () eff org>
> > > Date: December 20, 2016 at 10:00:14 AM EST
> > > To: <eff-all () eff org>
> > > Subject: [E-B] EFF Ad in Wired: Tech Community Must Secure Networks Against Trump Administration
> > > Reply-To: EFF Press <press () eff org>
> > >
> > >
> > >    
> > > This is a friendly message from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. View it in a web browser.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2016
> > > Contact:
> > >
> > > Cindy Cohn
> > > Executive Director
> > > cindy () eff org
> > > +1 415 436-9333 x108
> > >
> > > Rainey Reitman
> > > Activism Director
> > > rainey () eff org
> > > +1 415 436-9333 x140
> > > EFF Ad in Wired: Tech Community Must Secure Networks Against Trump Administration
> > > President-Elect Threatens Free and Open Internet
> > >
> > > SAN FRANCISCO - In a full-page advertisement in Wired magazine, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a 
> > > warning for the technology community: “Your threat model just changed.”
> > >  
> > > EFF’s open letter calls on technologists to secure computer networks against overreaches by the upcoming Trump 
> > > administration and to protect a free, secure, and open Internet. The January issue of Wired with EFF’s open letter 
> > > on page 63 hit newsstands today.
> > >
> > > “Our goal is to rally everyone who makes digital tools and services to this important cause: protect your 
> > > technology and networks from censorship and government surveillance,” said EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman. 
> > > “The Internet was created to connect and empower people around the world. We cannot let it be conscripted into a 
> > > tool of oppression. But if we are going to protect the Internet, we need a lot of help. Wired has been looking to 
> > > the technological future for over two decades, and its readers have the skills we need.”
> > >
> > > EFF’s open letter outlines four major ways the technology community can help: using encryption for every user 
> > > transaction; practicing routine deletion of data logs; revealing publicly any government request to improperly 
> > > monitor users or censor speech; and joining the fight for user rights in court, in Congress, and beyond.
> > >
> > > “EFF has fought for the rights of creators and users since 1990—through four presidential administrations,” said 
> > > EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn. “We’ve battled privacy invasions, censorship attempts, and power grabs from 
> > > Democrats and Republicans alike. Now, President-Elect Trump has promised to increase surveillance, undermine 
> > > security, and suppress the freedom of the press. But he needs your servers to do this. Join us in securing civil 
> > > liberties in the digital world, before it’s too late.”
> > >
> > > For the full ad in Wired:
> > > https://supporters.eff.org/files/eff_wired_ad_2016.png
> > >
> > > For more on how the tech community can defend users:
> > > https://www.eff.org/defend-users
> > >
> > > For this release:
> > > https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-ad-wired-tech-community-must-secure-networks-against-trump-administration
> > >
> > >  
> > > About EFF
> > >
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