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<html newsdate="2014-12-03">
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<title>Get secure with a smartcard and support FSFE’s work in 2015</title>
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</head>
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<body class="press release">
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<h1>Get secure with a smartcard and support FSFE’s work in 2015</h1>
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<p newsteaser="yes">Free Software Foundation Europe is a pan-European charity,
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established in 2001 to empower users to control technology. To enable the
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organisation to intensify its work with the European Commission and to let more
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people know about Free Software, the FSFE needs another €190,000 for its work
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in 2015. Next year, the FSFE will push harder than ever to weave software
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freedom into the fabric of our society.</p>
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<p>The new European Commission is currently setting the direction of its
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policy making for the coming five years. The FSFE is in frequent contact with
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Commission staff who currently see open doors for Free Software in Brussels.
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In 2015, the FSFE wants to use this momentum to push for changes on software
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procurement, standardisation, and device sovereignty, and create real progress
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for Free Software and Open Standards.</p>
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<p>At the same time, in 2015 the FSFE will reach out to more people, and go to
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more places where people do not yet know about Free Software. The FSFE will
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expand its network of local groups throughout Europe. The organisation is
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constantly translating its increasingly popular <a
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href="/contribute/spreadtheword.html#promo-material">promotion materials</a>
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into many European languages. Local volunteers can spread the word about Free
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Software by ordering gratis promotion packs, and distributing the materials at
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libraries, cinemas, shops and in other places, greatly extending the reach of
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the Free Software message.</p>
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<p>The best way to support the FSFE's work is <a href="/join/join.html">to
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<strong>become a Fellow (a sustaining member of the FSFE)</strong></a>. All
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Fellowship contributions directly benefit the FSFE’s work towards a free
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society. Fellows receive a state-of-the-art <a href="/fellowship/card.html">
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Fellowship smartcard</a> which, together with the free GnuPG encryption
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software and a card reader, can be used to sign and encrypt e-mails, to secure
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SSH keys, to securely log into a computer from a potentially insecure machine,
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or to store the user’s hard disk encryption keys. Since the encryption key is
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stored on the card itself, it is almost impossible to steal.</p>
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<p>There is also the option to make a <a href="/donate/onetime-donation.html">
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one time donation to the FSFE</a>.</p>
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<p>To continue its work in 2015, the FSFE will need €420,000 in total. The
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organisation has already secured €230,000 thanks to existing sustaining
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members, regular donations, and merchandise sales. The FSFE requires another
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€190,000 to underwrite its work in 2015.</p>
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<ul class="hide">
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<li><a href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2014/12/01/preview-what-fsfe-did-in-2014/">Karsten Gerloff's blog entry about the FSFE's work in the last 12 months</a></li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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<sidebar promo="about-fsfe">
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<div id="related-content">
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<h3>Also Read</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2014/12/01/preview-what-fsfe-did-in-2014/">Karsten Gerloff's blog entry about the FSFE's work in the last 12 months</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>FSFE’s Funds</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="/donate/thankgnus.html">Our donors</a></li>
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<li><a href="/about/funds/funds.html">Cash flow</a></li>
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<li><a href="/donate/hardware.html">Hardware donations</a></li>
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<li><a href="/about/graphics/sponsoring/sponsoring.html">Sponsoring graphics</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</sidebar>
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<tags>
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<tag>front-page</tag>
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<tag>Fundraising</tag>
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</tags>
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</html>
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