Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of projects/server-seizure/statement

Timestamp:

Apr 20, 2012, 2:29:01 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

Daniel Strum

Comment:

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projects/server-seizure/statement

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 In an attack on our infrastructure, our movement and the democratic Internet,
-the FBI seized a server yesterday from one of our cabinets
+the FBI seized a server yesterday from one of our cabinets in
 a colocation facility.
 
 The server is owned by our sister organization, Riseup, and is managed by ECN,
-a progressive provider in Italy.
+a progressive technology provider in Italy.
 
 While the seizure of any equipment is pernicious and
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 punishment and an attempted crackdown on the very possibility of anonymous speech online.
 
-The FBI is investigating bomb threats being made to
+The FBI has told us they are investigating bomb threats targeting the
 facilities and people at the University of Pittsburgh. They appear to believe that one of
 the servers used to transmit these threats was an anonymous e-mail server operated
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 has many serious negative implications. Anonymous e-mail is an important
 part of the Internet. One of the benefits of Internet technology is the
-ability to communicate world-wide: communication is fundamental to the
-struggles of the world's people and the continued existence of the human race.
-In a period in which our society has seen massive losses of privacy -- in
+ability to communicate world-wide and this communication is fundamental to the
+struggles of the world's people to address many of the worlds ills.
+In a period in which our society has seen massive losses of privacy in
 which just about everything we do on-line can be tracked, logged, studied and
-used for all kinds of purposes -- anonymous e-mail (and other anonymous
-communication tools) provide shade from the intrusive searchlights of ubiquitous surveillance.
+used for all kinds of purposes, anonymous internet-based
+communication tools provide shade from the intrusive searchlights of ubiquitous surveillance.
 
 Insiders who reveal government and military malfeasance, corporate whistleblowers, critics within institutions,
 organizers who fear police repression, and others involved in liberatory struggle can and do use anonymous e-mail.
 Anonymous e-mail is one of the critical tools of the democracy movement unfolding
-worldwide (including the Middle East, for example).  Without anonymous communications, such movements would
+worldwide, including the Middle East.  Without anonymous communications, such movements would
 have had even greater difficulty organizing and would face greater risks
 and repression. Without anonymous communications, our already-constrained knowledge of what
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 people by these sociopathic activities.
 
-But we cannot stop malicious anonymous e-mail without also destroying the ability to use anonymous e-mail for beneficial purposes.
-And the bomb threats continue
-to arrive at U. of Pitt after this outrageous seizure.  There is no positive outcome to this
+However, we cannot stop malicious anonymous e-mail without also destroying the ability to use anonymous e-mail for beneficial purposes.
+And the bomb threats continue to arrive at U. of Pitt after this outrageous seizure.  There is no positive outcome to this
 action by the FBI.
 
 We will defend our members' privacy and their data.
 We will also aggressively seek the return of the computer the FBI
-took from us and other legal remedies against those who collaborated in the
-violation of our rights. And we remain committed to defending the
+took and other legal remedies against those who collaborated in the
+violation of our rights. We remain committed to defending the
 use and protection of anonymous communication world-wide, and to the advancement of the internet as a tool for liberatory change.