By leaving X, EFF has made a “politically correct” statement outside their core mission, which alienates potential allies.
I enthusiastically support their activities and will continue to donate.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/ad-firms-settle-... https://www.eff.org/about
(FWIW, I have never had a Twitter or X account)
They say the typical post on X receives 3M impressions vs. 100M impressions in years past. They're a national organization, those 3M impressions might only be 100k actual people in a country of 400M. They do say that ideology was part of the motivation but it makes sense that they aren't going to invest the time in a platform that reaches a negligible number of people.
It makes sense that they use FOSS decentralized stuff like Mastodon despite the low reach; using Mastodon is an end unto itself. Twitter was just an advertising tool that wasn't working for them.
If you wanna be a sucker and participate in such a platform, go ahead. But don't cry when others have more principle than you
Also, you realize you can take action not under the banner of the EFF? And you can post on X about this as much as you want. You going to let weird petty squabbles stop you from seeing the point, which is trying to stop unwarranted mass surveillance? Let us know how many calls you've whipped for this.
So yes, petty squabbles do get in the way, and it applies no matter which political direction you look.
This allows them to download the entire contents of your gmail instantly, directly from Google, without a warrant. Or your iCloud Photos and Backups (complete iMessage history) directly from Apple. No warrant required.
First, FISA was created in 1978 to protect Americans from the CIA by forcing them to show probably casuse. Section 702 of FISA is about intercepting any foreigners communications for which they need no warrent.
But the CIA incidentally collects data of U.S citizens during these warrentless wire taps, and that would be the 4th amendment challenge, but so far that is going nowhere.
Does it though? I believe they did that with PRISM by eavesdropping on the unencrypted data transfers within Google's network itself - without their knowledge. Since that revelation came to light I presume Google have upgraded their security.
It should be eliminated...
Enforce the 4th amendment!!! Properly interpret the 2nd...
What changes should be made? The probable cause requirement for FBI sounds like a reasonable compromise.
