I am disappointed but not surprised by Indivisible ignoring my carefully drafted email to create a secure network for communications. They probably think I am one of the “tin foil” hat loonies but I was actually being quite reasonable and of sound judgement. But they made the choice to disregard my idea.
People are afraid of protesting because of the very real threat of being arrested and then disappeared. Indivisble is organizing activities out in the open which is practically an invite for law enforcement to keep tabs on their activities. Hell, it’s practically sending up a flare that says, “Please conduct your best surveillance on my activities.” It’s no wonder people are scared. The best protests are the ones that cannot be predicted. How do you plan them to be unpredictable? You use a private, secure, and a virtually undetectable network.
It’s like the idiots haven’t even read all of the briefings put out by the EFF. The EFF is dedicated to protecting individuals and organizations in the digital age. I just don’t get it. I want to offer Indivisible a service for free that would cost them tens of thousands of dollars in consulting and implementation fees. They blow me off as some nutcase. All I can really do is shrug my shoulders at this point and move on.
How do you convince people that the government really is spying on them without sounding crazy? I guess that’s the 64,000 dollar question. Maybe it’s going to take something happening to blow it wide open. I would’ve thought that event would’ve been Edward Snowden’s revelations; guess not.
I wonder if Indivisible will do anything at all to help individuals participating in events that it organizes. Will Indivisible help them or simply treat them as casualties of the war for freedom? This remains to be seen since they seem to be so cavalier about their communications and planning methods. I don’t really know and can’t really say but I may think twice about going to one of their events because it’s like a giant sonar ping for authorities and government surveillance agencies. I wish that were not the case though.