PRIVACY RESOURCES FOR US, THE LITTLE PEOPLE

King George's nose butting into your life got you down? Sick of wondering if that terrorist movie script your developing might get you sent off to Gitmo? Tired of wondering if footage of you picking your nose on an empty street corner will end up on that "stupid criminals" TV show?

Well, privacy is a huge issue these days. I feel like I need to be careful what I blog about now. I've done my best to generally keep my real name off of my site and for a couple years now I have been watching what I say to any friends who might be mistaken for terrorists. I have one friend who literally looks like ObL. It's crazy. These days misunderstandings can get you in jail or worse.

So, on the heels of my post from the other night on the Point-Click-Spy system the FBI has set up (here: http://urltea.com/1ei2) I thought it would be a good idea to post some URLs to web sites I've come across that would be useful if you are concerned about all this crazy domestic spying shit. I mean, let's say you have legit concerns--what do you do? Check out these sites:

http://www.epic.org/

That's the Electronic Privacy Information Center website. There are all sorts of great resources there. From news to books to links to "what you can do" web sites. Check it out!

http://www.privacy.org/

Privacy.org is run by the folks at EPIC.org, but deals with more than just electronic stuff. It deals with things like Universal ID cards, laws that restrict rights and a bunch more stuff. They've got an RSS feed that you can grab, too. I had to dig to find it so here it is: http://www.privacy.org/index.rdf

http://votingintegrity.org/

VotingIntegrity.org isn't overtly about privacy issues, but it does cover the people who make laws about privacy issues. Not much point in worrying about your privacy if you have no way of controlling the laws. Elections are how you control the laws. Well, assuming they're not rigged. ^_^

http://eff.org

EFF is the Electronic Frontier Foundation. These guys are the ACLU for the Internet. Their site is jammed with stuff that will teach you all sorts of scary stuff regarding what our government has done to our rights on the 'net. I highly recommend this site.

OK, that's all for now. I just might update this post as I come across more privacy-oriented websites. If you come across any, feel free to send them to me or just post links in the comments (keep in mind that I reserve the right to moderate said comments). Thanks!

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