The most obvious pro-privacy companies in no particular order and to varying degrees of privacy interest:
Tor Project
EFF
Power Up Privacy (Whonix)
The Guardian Project
Invisible Things Labs (Qubes OS)
The Mozilla Foundation (Firefox)
Mullvad (The VPN and the browser)
You can help by liking their repos on GitHub, donating money (or code) or to help them out in their experiments.
The Tor Project are looking for entry nodes to help people in censored countries. Only install Snowflake if you're not using a VPN. It's a browser plugin:
Valve is fighting for a fair gaming market. They are OK on privacy, but it's not their main concern. It's also that FOSS is the most aligned with their views on fair marketing, which definitely kills two birds with one stone.
Am I correct in understanding you don't use snowflake if you're using a VPN because then the node just becomes the VPN server? I have been doing both and was not aware of that. Would making the VPN server a node through your use of the VPN still be helpful?
I'm uncertain if it would be helpful. I think the idea is that Snowflake nodes should be unblocked in every way. If a user in China gets your VPN node then it's likely to be blocked meaning it's not helpful in the least.
Thanks, I’ll dig a bit more into that Mullvad Browser.
Now, I have a question. You and others mention Tor, the Tor Network and Tor Project. Isn’t it true that the Tor Network was created by the CIA or another USA national gubernamental agency? I’ve been told that it is actually something similar to a honey-pot. Is there some true behind this?
Everyone is so cynical from being on social media and dealing with as many fake accounts as real ones they think they are not a vast majority.
I would like to know this as well.
We should also set up some new organizations here, to cooperate on everything we agree on as we see fit.
Innumerable groups federated on forums. It is late but needed more than ever, and people would be surprised how much an organization that finds some real leaders could cut through the bullshit, could establish fdr level support from the population. People want strong leadership, and if we do not give it ro them oligarchic nazi feudalist neo liberals will.
There is a website of a popular VPN provider - if you have a search engine and search for "Building an internet that puts people first" the result will link you to it.
It is a good overview of some of the organisations that could fit the description. Too many to write them up here.
There’s this website called https://www.badinternetbills.com, run by Fight for the Future.
I’ve seen it making the rounds on bluesky, but it’s depressing how little media coverage this has. A couple articles from the Verge and Wired, and something on Reason?
There are but they are totally ineffective. The powers that be around the world have had enough of people exposing them and telling the truth. They are going full nazi now and they don't care who complains about it, they are now in the phase of shutting people up no matter what.
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The most obvious pro-privacy companies in no particular order and to varying degrees of privacy interest:
Tor Project
EFF
Power Up Privacy (Whonix)
The Guardian Project
Invisible Things Labs (Qubes OS)
The Mozilla Foundation (Firefox)
Mullvad (The VPN and the browser)
You can help by liking their repos on GitHub, donating money (or code) or to help them out in their experiments.
The Tor Project are looking for entry nodes to help people in censored countries. Only install Snowflake if you're not using a VPN. It's a browser plugin:
https://snowflake.torproject.org/
Mullvad Browser's developers are looking for testers:
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/call-for-testers-for-a-new-mullvad-browser-feature/33318
Also there are lot of small indie like you and me are also fighting for users privacy
Tuta
Not an organization but an author:
Carissa Veliz. Her book: « Privacy is Power » (and some interviews).
is valve for privacy
Valve is fighting for a fair gaming market. They are OK on privacy, but it's not their main concern. It's also that FOSS is the most aligned with their views on fair marketing, which definitely kills two birds with one stone.
another reason to support Valve
Also:
EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center, not the game maker or the health portal maker)
Center for Democracy & Technology
Consumers Union (Consumer Reports has an advocacy arm)
Am I correct in understanding you don't use snowflake if you're using a VPN because then the node just becomes the VPN server? I have been doing both and was not aware of that. Would making the VPN server a node through your use of the VPN still be helpful?
That's precisely it.
I'm uncertain if it would be helpful. I think the idea is that Snowflake nodes should be unblocked in every way. If a user in China gets your VPN node then it's likely to be blocked meaning it's not helpful in the least.
Thanks, I’ll dig a bit more into that Mullvad Browser.
Now, I have a question. You and others mention Tor, the Tor Network and Tor Project. Isn’t it true that the Tor Network was created by the CIA or another USA national gubernamental agency? I’ve been told that it is actually something similar to a honey-pot. Is there some true behind this?
Thank you.
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Mozilla is at least trying. The moment they give up on Firefox is the day we lose so much.
Almost all good privacy browsers for anonymity, privacy and security, which can be customized, are based off Firefox.
Thunderbird is also FOSS, sprouting several other projects I don't know the names of, but know they're still great for privacy.
Sure is... 35 years and going strong. Donate, volunteer, get involved and follow on blue sky where they post actively : https://www.eff.org/
EFF
Donating thank you
Everyone is so cynical from being on social media and dealing with as many fake accounts as real ones they think they are not a vast majority.
I would like to know this as well.
We should also set up some new organizations here, to cooperate on everything we agree on as we see fit.
Innumerable groups federated on forums. It is late but needed more than ever, and people would be surprised how much an organization that finds some real leaders could cut through the bullshit, could establish fdr level support from the population. People want strong leadership, and if we do not give it ro them oligarchic nazi feudalist neo liberals will.
Yeah you think anyone who ever tried wasn't blackmailed or threatened or accidentally died? 😅
These people know that if their regime falls, they and their kin ars going to the guillotine.
There is a website of a popular VPN provider - if you have a search engine and search for "Building an internet that puts people first" the result will link you to it.
It is a good overview of some of the organisations that could fit the description. Too many to write them up here.
Two thumbs up for EFF:
https://www.eff.org
https://www.eff.org/about
There’s this website called https://www.badinternetbills.com, run by Fight for the Future. I’ve seen it making the rounds on bluesky, but it’s depressing how little media coverage this has. A couple articles from the Verge and Wired, and something on Reason?
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There are but they are totally ineffective. The powers that be around the world have had enough of people exposing them and telling the truth. They are going full nazi now and they don't care who complains about it, they are now in the phase of shutting people up no matter what.
See EFF history under "Activities" here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation
If you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Defeatism gets nobody anywhere.