Governments Covertly Fund Internet Freedom Activists

Cathal (Phone) cathalgarvey at cathalgarvey.me
Tue Mar 3 02:09:30 PST 2015


Word.

On 3 March 2015 09:45:40 GMT+00:00, rysiek <rysiek at hackerspace.pl> wrote:
>Dnia sobota, 28 lutego 2015 18:22:39 Seth pisze:
>> On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:44:16 -0800, mo <moritz at headstrong.de> wrote:
>> > Well. Duh.
>> > 
>> > As a happy recipient of this totally laundered crazy government
>money,
>> > and, yes, if you don't read any of the documents these entities
>provide
>> > it may come as a complete surprise to you, I am quite happy about
>them
>> > having to preserve some privacy.
>> > 
>> > Can't we be happy that government money can actually (try to) do
>good?
>> > Does really /everything/ have to be The Reptilian Conspiracy?
>> 
>> I don't think it's so much about 'The Reptilian Conspiracy' as it is
>about
>> financial independence. The government money many times comes with
>strings
>> attached and the most corrosive aspect is that it eventually creates
>> dependency and thus places the recipients under a significant measure
>of
>> control.
>
>I cordially invite you to provide sufficient funding to all the 
>freedom/privacy/human rights related initiatives that are
>government-funded 
>today.
>
>As soon as you do, please drop me a line, I know a whole bunch of NGOs
>and 
>activists that would ditch government/EU grants in a heartbeat as soon
>as some 
>other source of funding is available.
>
>-- 
>Pozdrawiam,
>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak
>
>Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147
>GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147

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