EFF [was: torbrowser]

[Felix Lechner]

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 28 2023, Clément Lassieur wrote:

> You can check https://coveryourtracks.eff.org to see if browser
> settings make you unique.

I personally would be cautious with EFF going forward.

For over thirty years, EFF has meant a lot to me. That changed on
November 16, when I received a survey invite entitled "Help shape the
future of digital rights - participate in our community survey."

To my surprise, the questions were very personal. EFF asked for my age,
race, religion, gender identity, level of education, married status,
number of childen, and "all forms of income" including interest.

None of the items except gender identity offered a non-pushy option like
"prefer not to say."

By page 2 of 6, I found myself unwilling to complete the survey. Had I
fallen prey to a phishing attempt?

My confusion grew further when I noticed that I was on the website
forms.office.com. Would EFF really outsource the collection of my
personal data to Microsoft?

Appalled, I wrote to EFF.

Someone responded by stating that "Your Microsoft Forms survey
submission to us, should you choose to complete one, is not tied to a
unique identifier other than numbering your response. The data is
encrypted at rest by a key we control and Microsoft does not have access
to."

Looking at my browser's address bar, I noticed that the survey URL
appeared to include a personalized identifier in the parameters.

The message continued "Any personal data you share is protected in
keeping with our privacy policy (eff.org/policy) and Microsoft's service
agreement (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement)."

About five weeks later, I received a donation drive from the membership
department. It hit all the comfortable and familiar tunes that my
"rights need protection" and that "EFF is not messing around." They
assured me that "EFF has one guiding star: your freedom as a tech user."

I copied that message in below so everyone can see.

Then I cut all ties to EFF and unsubscribed from all their
communications.

Kind regards,
Felix

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Subject: EFF has a guiding star 🌠
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:28:22 +0000

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