Re: [tor-project] Tomorrow: EFF/Tor Worldwide Day of Action to stop changes to Rule 41

-- 'The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. ...We work to better ourselves ...and the rest of humanity.' Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: First Contact, 1996 --- Carolin Zöbelein / Nick: Samdney PGP: D4A7 35E8 D47F 801F 2CF6 2BA7 927A FD3C DE47 E13B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Am Dienstag, den 21.06.2016, 01:07 +0000 schrieb Kate: > Hi, > > The EFF/Tor Worldwide Day of Action to stop the Rule 41 changes is > happening tomorrow; already many people can view the banner on the > Tor > website and click through. > > Basically, these changes (which EFF calls "catastrophic") will let > judges allow the Department of Justice (and FBI) to legally hack > computers using Tor all over the world by obtaining a search > warrant--starting December 1, 2016. The search warrants allowable > under > these rule changes are very broad and could affect thousands of > innocent > Tor users. > > The purpose of this Day of Action is to educate people and mobilize > them > to act--either by signing a petition or contacting Congress (you can > do > one of these from the banner on the Tor website). Then, members of US > Congress will use that public pressure to try to pass the #SMHAct, > which > would undo these rule changes. It is an uphill battle. > > Please tweet and retweet about this situation--all day if you can. > Email your lists. > > Alison got us started: > https://twitter.com/flexlibris/status/744301855614787584 > > And I quote: HI IF YOU USE TOR OR A VPN RULE 41 WOULD GIVE THE DOJ > EXPANSIVE POWERS TO HACK YOUR SHIT NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE > > That is the gist. > > Please spread the word. > > Cheers, > > Katie > > ps: The US Department of Justice has jurisdiction over immigrants, > native americans, and many different groups and projects: > https://www.justice.gov/agencies --I am trying to find out whether > these > Rule 41 changes might impact any of these groups. > > pps: For more policy information about this bill, see > https://cdt.org/insight/issue-brief-proposed-changes-to-rule-41/ (but > remember the changes are no longer proposed and will happen > automatically unless Congress passes SMHAct) > > or > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/rule-41-little-known-committee- > proposes-grant-new-hacking-powers-government > > _______________________________________________ > tor-project mailing list > tor-project@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-project