Comments on: EFF explains yesterday's National Security Letter ruling

By: teapot

teapot — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:05:00 +0000

If you mean that then I hope you (and everyone else) has donated to the EFF.

If you donate not only do you get sweet membership stuff like tshirts to spread the word about EFF in meat-space, you also get a high-five from the internet every time something like this happens.

Thanks EFF and BB, from where I heard about EFF.

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:27:00 +0000

Do not underestimate the power of a group of dedicated, bespectacled bearded geeks. (I’m counting the woman’s scarf as an honorary beard.)

By: Gerald Mander

Gerald Mander — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:45:00 +0000

And wearing skis.

By: ffabian

ffabian — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:20:00 +0000

Thought the same. Even their beards look similar…

By: Jasonclock

Jasonclock — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:55:00 +0000

That lady needs a beard and a haircut.

By: cavalrysword

cavalrysword — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:36:00 +0000

Excellent ruling! Not only am I proud of the EFF, I am proud of the Judge.

Nice to see the honor in the mandatory “your Honor”. 8)

By: samari711

samari711 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:23:00 +0000

I guess 10 years to strike down blatantly unconstitutional laws is better than nothing, but not much.

By: WinstonSmith2012

WinstonSmith2012 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:50:00 +0000

I strongly suspect that if we knew more about what’s going on under the cloak of secrecy, we’d say it has already slipped, probably quite some time ago. “Church Committee rulings and resulting restrictions?! Pffft, we’ve long ago found workarounds through data from private corporations… and your neighbors.”

Watch:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/topsecretamerica/

or, much better yet, read the book upon which it is based if you haven’t already. The book is vastly more damning than the PBS Frontline episode and that, along with several other unremarkable Frontlines and a Nova unfortunately indicate to me that even PBS can no longer be counted upon to do good investigative journalism or even report upon it.

By: Petzl

Petzl — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:14:00 +0000

How does facial hair and corrective lenses correlate so closely with litigating for the First Amendment?

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:06:00 +0000

Just donated $100.00.

By: Marc45

Marc45 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:05:00 +0000

Well I’ll be damned! All those EFF donations I’ve made are coming to fruition :)

By: batmanroxus

batmanroxus — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:57:00 +0000

One for the home team, and liberty.

By: David Rodriguez

David Rodriguez — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:10:00 +0000

God bless EFF!

By: Kl-0

Kl-0 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:05:00 +0000

Is everyone in the EFF related to one another? Or do they all just shop at the same eyeglasses shop? Also, kudos to the EFF for this success. I look forward to following this case as it wends its way through the appeals process.

By: Mark Neumayer

Mark Neumayer — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:01:00 +0000

I salute our bespectacled defenders of freedom!

By: spocko

spocko — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:53:00 +0000

YAY! These are great people. And, I’d like to suggestion one way of thanking them for their work is to become a member if you aren’t already. Plus, if you want you can get a really cool hat!

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:36:00 +0000

Real Life heroes if i’ve ever seen any. Not as dramatic as firefighters or paramedics, but they protect and secure our freedoms from overreaching idiots. Doesn’t matter if those that think this crap up mean well or not. It’s still stupid to have ever considered the idea of a no-external-review gag order that you’re not even allowed to talk about.

By: PatGinSD

PatGinSD — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:07:00 +0000

YAY!!!!
Thank you so much for protecting our freedoms!
It seems our government hates us for our freedoms…
oops- what does that make them? Bush said something about that…

By: Guillaume Dargaud

Guillaume Dargaud — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:04:00 +0000

Who invented those NSLs anyway ? They seem so anti-everything they sound like they were made up by Beria or Himler or something.

By: Shinkuhadoken

Shinkuhadoken — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:42:00 +0000

That’s one more win for the good guys!

By: lava

lava — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:27:00 +0000

This country is so on the slippery slope.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:24:00 +0000

Thank you, Cory!

To see how creepy NSL’s are in action there’s also these great sources:

http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/jacob-appelbaums-29c3-keynot.html

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/26/targeted_hacker_jacob_appelbaum_on_cispa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTuxoLDnmJU