Finding out what the EFF was really about sucked. It was my fault for not looking in to them deeper when I decided to give them money. On the surface, though, it seemed like a great, upstanding organization. I now know the EFF was fucked from the beginning.
I'm still on their mailing list, and keep an eye on them, but they are never getting a cent from me again.
I can't find the article I had in mind that goes in to their founding. Basically the EFF came about through a group of lawyers and DC lobbyists but couched themselves as hard core digital libertarians/anarchists. So a lot of those types (like myself) bought in to them because they sounded good on paper. Turns out they are heavily involved with current big tech and support Google, et all.
Finding out what the EFF was really about sucked. It was my fault for not looking in to them deeper when I decided to give them money. On the surface, though, it seemed like a great, upstanding organization. I now know the EFF was fucked from the beginning.
I'm still on their mailing list, and keep an eye on them, but they are never getting a cent from me again.
What was EFF about?
So here is a pre-woke Wired article https://www.wired.com/1996/02/digitel/
I can't find the article I had in mind that goes in to their founding. Basically the EFF came about through a group of lawyers and DC lobbyists but couched themselves as hard core digital libertarians/anarchists. So a lot of those types (like myself) bought in to them because they sounded good on paper. Turns out they are heavily involved with current big tech and support Google, et all.
I don't know if this site is legit but there is this https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/electronic-frontier-foundation/
Lol wow, pieces of shit.