Hi, short remark. This banner is only visible if you are using JavaScript. Normally I don't use JS, so I was wondering 'About which banner she is talking about?' There should be also an hint for people like me, which are not using JS. By Carolin -- '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

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