New subject: Tomorrow: EFF/Tor Worldwide Day of Action to stop changes to Rule 41

21 Jun 2016


      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-propose...