Academics have joined the fight against mass surveillance. Two open letters were published last month from the academic and research communities
Both letters agree: global surveillance conducted by U.S. and European governments undermines democracy, the global economy, academic freedom, and our most depended-upon technologies.


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I added this to the sig line of Claws Mail:

This communication may be unlawfully collected and stored by the National Security Agency (NSA) in secret. The parties to this email do not consent to the retrieving or storing of this communication and any related metadata, as well as printing, copying, re-transmitting, disseminating, or otherwise using it. If you believe you have received this communication in error, please delete it immediately.

It probably won't change a thing but it lets them know that we know they're watching us.

Alanarchy wrote: It probably won't change a thing but it lets them know that we know they're watching us.

Duh! They know we know, and they don't care.

Duh! They know we know, and they don't care.

Well for that matter we could take the view that they want us to know because of the fear factor."We have to be good boys and girls because Big Brother is watching and sees all." Oh wait a moment, isn't that some kind of a religion? Or maybe it's the Wizard of Oz?

Their's people like myself, that's not going to self censor, and careless what the government thinks of them.
I'm probably on a watch list because of my outspoken ways, about the past, and current administrations.
But if I am so be it, they have not taken away free speech yet.

Me, I don't care. But they need to figure out in the transmission what is mine, what is theirs, and what is garbage. __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__