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EFF call to action against government spying (act.eff.org)

submitted 11 months ago by ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has introduced the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023–an absolutely awful bill that ignores years of abuse and unconstitutional surveillance in order to renew a mass surveillance law with no real changes, reforms, or new oversight.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire on December 31, 2023, and there is currently a race to see what bill will renew Big Brother’s favorite surveillance law. Any reauthorizations must come with significant reforms in order to protect the privacy of people’s communications. To that end, the choice is clear - we urge all Members to vote NO on the Intelligence Committee’s bill, H.R.6611, the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023."

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[–] subtext@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Thanks for the reminder that I need to donate to the EFF…

[–] wincing_nucleus073@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (6 children)

should we? what do they do exactly? or what have they done?

im asking purely out of curiosity. i dont know much about them

[–] LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well for one they made certbot which is a system that can get any website a free SSL certificate( which you need to have HTTPS on your site). So that's one great thing millions of people use

[–] wincing_nucleus073@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

i mean actual legal or political work, not a script

[–] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

https://www.eff.org/victories

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