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by northwest 4717 days ago
I know, I know, I don't even consider myself a target, at all. I don't really do this to just protect myself.

It's just that we should all do our best in order to erect the collective hurdle that the mass surveillance efforts now require. There's nothing lofty about democracy being attacked, it's very real. And don't forget that you can't really do encryption on your own, you depend on all your contacts doing it, too. Society needs to make that as normal as brushing their teeth.