Proponents of an open and secure internet are pushing back against indiscriminate surveillance this week.
Tech Crunch has the details:
A number of websites for Internet services, businesses and even
several nonprofits, including Amnesty International, Greenpeace,
MoveOn.org, and others, will participate in a series of online anti-NSA
protests this week. The websites, which also include Reddit, Imgur,
BoingBoing, DuckDuckGo, and several others are taking part in an online
campaign called “Reset the Net,”
which is specifically aimed at encouraging website owners and mobile
app creators to integrate increased security protections into their
services, like SSL and HSTS, for example. The overall goal is to make it more difficult for government agencies to engage in their spying activities.
Explains the campaign on its website, ResetTheNet.org:
“The NSA is exploiting weak links in Internet security to spy on the
entire world, twisting the Internet we love into something it was never
meant to be: a panopticon.” While it’s not possible to stop the attacks,
the site adds, those who offer users online services could help cut
down on the mass surveillance by building proven security into the
“everyday internet.”
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