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<html newsdate="2014-02-11">
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<version>1</version>
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<head>
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<title>Three things to do on The Day We Fight Back</title>
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</head>
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<body class="press release">
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<h1>Three things to do on The Day We Fight Back</h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">
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This Tuesday is <a href="https://thedaywefightback.org/">a day to fight
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back</a> against mass surveillance, and here at FSFE we're proud to be
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part of the struggle.</p>
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<p>Mass surveillance is a huge problem. Governments are spying on you,
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endangering the very fabric of democracy. Corporations are asking you
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to deal away your privacy for a little convenience, with much the same
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effect.</p>
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<p>Mass surveillance is also a hard problem to solve. Essentially, we
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are up against a very human fear of dangers hidden somewhere in the
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dark. We're being told that surveillance will protect us.</p>
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<p>Our task is to make everyone understand that surveillance not only
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fails at protecting us. It also makes everyone worse off in the long
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run. Difficult, but we have to start somewhere.</p>
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<p>So here are three humble suggestions for small steps you can take
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to secure a democratic future for our societies:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Make your web browsing more secure by installing
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the <a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere">HTTPS
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Everywhere</a> extension in your browser. This will make it much
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harder for potential snoopers to intercept your connection with the
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web sites you look at, and will help to protect any data you send
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there.</li>
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<li>Generate a GPG key, and start using it to encrypt your data,
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especially your
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email. (There's <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=gnupg+introduction">help</a>
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on the web.)</li>
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<li>Write to one or more of your political representatives. Explain
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that you are deeply concerned about mass surveillance, and ask them to
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help end the practice. Be polite, brief and clear.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>See, that wasn't so hard. You have not only made yourself a
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little more secure, you have also helped others to improve their
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privacy, and have contributed to driving political change. Thank
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you!</p>
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<p>Here's a fourth thing you can do: Support FSFE
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by <a href="http://fsfe.org/fellowship/">joining the
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Fellowship</a>. FSFE is dedicated to working for freedom in the
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digital society. We need your help to carry this struggle forward in
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the years to come.</p>
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</body>
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<sidebar>
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</sidebar>
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<tags>
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<tag key="front-page"/>
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<tag key="privacy"/>
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<tag key="encryption"/>
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</tags>
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</html>
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