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European Digital Rights Launched

Posted by michael on from the public-works dept.

felix.rauch writes "A new organization in Europe has been founded by 10 privacy and civil rights organizations from 7 different countries in the European Union. Members of EDRi will work together informing decision makers and the public about the upcoming threats to our privacy and civil rights. Good to hear that something good happens in these tough times for privacy and civil rights..."

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  1. Amazing! by gartogg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This new organization is composed of (among others):
    Chaos Computer Club, the internationally famous cracking society, one of the leaders in The ideals of Ethical Hacking.
    Privacy International, An international group that researches and acts on Human Rights issues regarding privacy.
    Quintessenz, a group that espouses the open source software model, and privacy rights.
    VIBE!AT another Privacy/Linux group.

    Is it just me, or does it seem like privacy is a fringe cause in Europe? Not a single large organization like America's EFF actually does anything in Europe! Correect me if I'm wrong here, but isn't this too little, too late?

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