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06-03-2014, 07:43 PM
The campaign to combat spying programs like those used by the NSA, Reset the Net is calling for a day of action this Thursday, June 5, and some popular websites are heeding the call.
Sites such as Reddit and Imgur will feature splash screens on their sites similar to those used to protest SOPA. According to the Guardian, these splash screens will differ from the SOPA protests sites by encouraging users to download encryption and privacy tools rather than call their congressmen.
The Reset the Net campaign is offering a privacy pack of privacy software compatible with computers, tablets, and mobile phones everywhere. Part of the pack includes software to use The Onion Router, or TOR, for web browsers, and the apps Textsecure and Redphone which enable private SMS messages and calls.
Apart from websites and citizens of the internet, the ACLU, Libertarian Party, and Amnesty International are amongst many real world organizations helping to sponsor this day of action.
Michael Kieschink, CEO of CREDO Mobile, one of the sponsor companies of Reset the Net, told Wired, “until we win real reform, we will encourage users to adopt encryption tools to protect their personal communications from government abuse of the 1st and 4th amendment.”
Sites such as Reddit and Imgur will feature splash screens on their sites similar to those used to protest SOPA. According to the Guardian, these splash screens will differ from the SOPA protests sites by encouraging users to download encryption and privacy tools rather than call their congressmen.
The Reset the Net campaign is offering a privacy pack of privacy software compatible with computers, tablets, and mobile phones everywhere. Part of the pack includes software to use The Onion Router, or TOR, for web browsers, and the apps Textsecure and Redphone which enable private SMS messages and calls.
Apart from websites and citizens of the internet, the ACLU, Libertarian Party, and Amnesty International are amongst many real world organizations helping to sponsor this day of action.
Michael Kieschink, CEO of CREDO Mobile, one of the sponsor companies of Reset the Net, told Wired, “until we win real reform, we will encourage users to adopt encryption tools to protect their personal communications from government abuse of the 1st and 4th amendment.”