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@resetthenet
Today, we reset the net and blocked government surveillance.
You can still be a part of Reset The Net, click here.
Reset the Net Table of Contents
What’s Reset The Net?
How we secure the web (HTTPS, HSTS & PFS)
How we secure our phones (SSL, cert pinning, PFS & more)
Run the Reset The Net splash screen on your website!
Learn about the Privacy Pack!
More ways to win against surveillance
Are you a developer? Here’s what you can do to secure the Internet
Join the Twitter Brigade
Why should I care about privacy?
Reset The Net FAQs
Press Release (May 5, 2014)
Sharing Materials you can use to share #ResetTheNet
Statement from Edward Snowden in support of Reset the Net
Reset The Net Infographic
Take back privacy by blocking mass surveillance.
Join us on June 5th - ResetTheNet.org
Check out the full infographic - https://cms.fightforthefuture.org/reset-net-infographic/
Edward Snowden's statement in support of Reset the Net
Edward Snowden issued this statement via his attorney in support of Reset the Net:
"One year ago, we learned that the internet is under surveillance, and our activities are being monitored to create permanent records of our private lives -- no matter how innocent or ordinary those lives might be. Today, we can begin the work of effectively shutting down the collection of our online communications, even if the US Congress fails to do the same. That's why I'm asking you to join me on June 5th for Reset the Net, when people and companies all over the world will come together to implement the technological solutions that can put an end to the mass surveillance programs of any government. This is the beginning of a moment where we the people begin to protect our universal human rights with the laws of nature rather than the laws of nations. We have the technology, and adopting encryption is the first effective step that everyone can take to end mass surveillance. That's why I am excited for Reset the Net -- it will mark the moment when we turn political expression into practical action, and protect ourselves on a large scale. Join us on June 5th, and don't ask for your privacy. Take it back."
-Edward Snowden
#ResetTheNet Sharing Resources
We need everyone's help to kick off Reset the Net on June 5th. Whether you're an individual with 20 friends or an organization with 2 million members, please use the materials below to spread the word.
Scroll down to the bottom for sample email text to send to lists.
Step 1:
Please join this Thunderclap with your Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr to help promote the privacy pack on June 5th: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/10619-reset-the-net
Step 2:
Please tweet about your participation in Reset the Net using #ResetTheNet:
Sample tweet text:
The countdown has started! Less than a week before we #ResetTheNet and take back our privacy. Join us on June 5th! http://ResetTheNet.org
On June 5th we will #ResetTheNet and turn off government surveillance. Are you in? http://ResetTheNet.org
We’re joining #ResetTheNet to shut down mass surveillance with technology and action. Learn more: http://resetthenet.org
On June 5th we will #ResetTheNet to make mass surveillance too expensive to continue. Join us! http://resetthenet.org
Stop the oppression and take back your privacy. Join the movement to #ResetTheNet - https://www.resetthenet.org/
Are you ready to take back your privacy?Join the movement to #ResetTheNet and end mass spying: http://www.resetthenet.org pic.twitter.com/FIOWMJDAVh
On June 5th, we take back our privacy. #ResetTheNet to end mass surveillance. RT & Join us: https://www.resetthenet.org/ pic.twitter.com/9Vt8wi2r2T
Enough is enough. Time to take our privacy back. #ResetTheNet. http://resetthenet.org
The more we learn about #NSA, the clearer it is that tweaks & fixes are not enough. we have to http://ResetTheNet.org
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One year ago today, the way we think about the Internet changed forever.
Edward Snowden blew the whistle on one of the worst human rights abuses in history: the U.S. government has been secretly monitoring our phone calls, webcams, texts, chats, real-time location, and reading habits -- literally everything we do online and with our phones.
Finally, there’s something you can do about it that will make a difference right now.
Click here to join Reset the Net and kick the government off of your computer and phone.
In the year since we first learned the lurid details of the NSA’s dragnet spying operation, a massive wave of opposition has echoed across the globe. Millions have taken action online and in the streets with one clear message: mass surveillance by any government is illegitimate. It violates our right to be ourselves, and undermines freedom of speech and democracy.
Despite the massive public outcry, a whole year after the revelations Congress has done nothing. The NSA is still tapping our phones and computers, while politicians endlessly debate our rights away.
We have no choice but to take matters into our own hands. Click here to learn how you can help Reset the Net.
We have to power to protect our privacy -- and reclaim the Internet – right now. The Snowden documents show that the NSA is relentless and corrupt, but they're not invincible. We know encryption works -- the proof is in the fact that the U.S. government still doesn’t know what documents Edward Snowden took.
Most of us haven’t tried using privacy tools yet. We use the Internet and feel icky knowing the government is watching and recording our every move. But the reality is that it’s easier than you think to take a few simple steps and protect your privacy and the privacy of your loved ones. The more of us that use basic encryption tools, the safer we all are.
Click here to get the Reset the Net “Privacy Pack” -- easy to use tools to protect your freedom.
Today thousands of people -- and some of the most popular websites and apps on the web -- are taking concrete steps to secure their part of the Internet and make suspicionless, dragnet-style surveillance exponentially more difficult and expensive for governments to conduct.
Today we’re coming together to make a better, safer web, and a better, freer world. Everyone has a role to play. Tell your friends.
Press Release: Companies & Organizations Announce Plan to "Reset the Net"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2014
Media Contacts:
Tiffiniy Cheng & Evan Greer, Fight for the Future
Phone: 978-852-6457, 413-367-6255
Email: [email protected]
Tech companies, diverse organizations and thousands of individuals announce plan to “Reset the Net” on anniversary of first Snowden surveillance story
Popular companies and sites including reddit, imgur, DuckDuckGo, CREDO Mobile, and BoingBoing stand with diverse coalition of organizations, plan to announce security improvements while thousands of Internet users oppose mass surveillance by adopting encryption technology
Today, a coalition of thousands of Internet users, companies and organizations launched a campaign for a day of action to “Reset The Net” on June 5th, 2014, the anniversary of the first NSA surveillance story revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Tens of thousands of internet activists, companies and organizations committed to preserving free speech and basic rights on the Internet by taking steps to shutting off the government’s mass surveillance capabilities.
Watch the campaign video and see a full list of participants here: http://ResetTheNet.org
More than 20 organizations and companies support the launch of the campaign including Fight For The Future (who initiated the campaign) along with reddit, CREDO Mobile, Imgur, Greenpeace, Libertarian Party, FireDogLake, Thunderclap, DuckDuckGo, Disconnect.Me, Demand Progress, Access, Free Press, Restore the Fourth, AIDS Policy Project, PolitiHacks, OpenMedia, Free Software Foundation, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Code Pink, Popular Resistance, Participatory Politics Foundation, BoingBoing, Public Knowledge, Amicus, New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Student Net Alliance, and the Center for Democracy and Technology.
Organizations and companies across the technology industry and political spectrum oppose the bulk collection of data on all internet users. Reset The Net is a day of action to secure and encrypt the web to shut out the government’s mass surveillance capabilities.
The Reset The Net website details the coalition of companies and organizations which are participating, either by improving their own security for users or promoting privacy tools to their members. Internet users are invited to join in on the day of Reset The Net to install privacy and encryption tools and secure their personal digital footprint against intrusive surveillance.
Below are statements by representatives of several organizations participating in Reset The Net.
For a complete list, go to https://www.resetthenet.org/
To schedule an interview with an organizer from one of these groups, contact:
Tiffiniy Cheng or Evan Greer, Fight for the Future
Phone: 978-852-6457, 413-367-6255
Email: [email protected]
“Freedom to be yourself is everything. No government can take that away from us, so we're going to use the power we have to take it back,” said Tiffiniy Cheng, co-founder of Fight for the Future, “Now that we know how mass surveillance works, we know how to stop it. That's why people all over the world are going to work together to use encryption everywhere and make it too hard for any government to conduct mass surveillance. There are moments in history where people and organizations must choose whether to stand on the side of freedom or tyranny. On June 5th, the Internet will show which side it’s on.”
"We can take back control of our personal and private data one website, one device, one Internet user at a time," said Erik Martin, General Manager of reddit, "We're proud to stand up for our users' rights and help Reset the Net."
"A year after Snowden's shocking revelations, the NSA is still spying on innocent Americans without a warrant," said Michael Kieschnick CEO of CREDO Mobile. "CREDO will continue to demand Congress and the president take action to stop unconstitutional mass warrantless surveillance, and until we win real reform, we will encourage users to adopt encryption tools to protect their personal communications from government abuse of the 1st and 4th amendment."
“A year ago, the world awakened to the reality that the freedom, openness, and security of the internet is gravely at risk. In the wake of mass spying revelations, it is becoming ever more clear that robust encryption practices must be used by all internet platforms in order to protect the privacy of internet users,” said Amie Stepanovich, Senior Policy Counsel at Access. “Access has launched the Data Security Action Plan, which outlines actionable steps that can be taken to protect against unauthorized surveillance - we hope that companies will use the Action Plan as a guide as they look for ways to help Reset the Net.”
"As the NSA and other intelligence authorities continue to undermine the basic security of the Internet ecosystem, it's become clear that we need to build new legal and technical firewalls against overreaching government surveillance," said Kevin Bankston, Policy Director of New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute. "The Open Technology Institute is excited to support Reset the Net and highlight the need for all of us--both individual internet users and the companies that serve them--to take full advantage of encryption and other security tools that can help protect our private data against snoops, spies, criminals and creeps."
“The Libertarian Party enthusiastically joins Reset the Net,” said Carla Howell, Political Director for the Libertarian National Committee. “Over thirty Libertarian candidates running for federal office this year have pledged to shut down the NSA and invite Edward Snowden to return home a free man. He should be granted an immediate presidential pardon, awarded the American Medal of Freedom, and applauded for blowing the whistle on the NSA’s abuse of the Constitution.”
Joe Hall of Center for Democracy and Technology said, "Legal and architectural changes to push back against mass surveillance happen very slowly, but all of us with a computer, an app, or a website can take matters in our own hands now and Reset the Net from the bottom up."
Steve Anderson, Executive Director of OpenMedia.org, said: “At the end of the day, we’re going to have to create accountability for governments that are spying on their citizens. And it’s sad that people feel they need to route around what their government is doing - this shows just how far governments have grown out of touch with their citizens. It’s so important that people speak out in any way they can about surveillance, and using encryption technologies is one way to do that.”
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Fight for the Future works to excite the Internet to fight for the public good, our basic rights and freedoms. Founded in 2011, we're known for effective, viral organizing and mass engagement through the distributed organizing platforms we've built, including the SOPA protests in the winter of 2012-2013 and the Internet Defense League. For more information, visit www.fightforthefuture.org or our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Reset the Net FAQ
Since the NSA and other governments are attacking our privacy from so many angles, it's hard to see a path forward, and it's easy to slide into paralyzing skepticism.
But we can't let skepticism or a sense or that the NSA is omnipotent (they aren't) become an excuse for doing nothing.
The Snowden docs have given us the best blueprint you could ever have of a secretive institution's inner workings. Experts have analyzed this blueprint and, like the Death Star, there is a weakness: we can't stop targeted hacking, but we can stop mass surveillance, by taking some straightforward steps, together.
Skepticism and paranoia are welcome here, to a point. This FAQ is our attempt to shine a light through some common doubts, and show a path forward. We hope it helps. Read on...
Why should I care about privacy, when I have nothing to hide?
We get this a lot. There are a million answers (our favorite short one is "Nothing to hide? Really?") but here's something thoughtful and comprehensive to share with a friend the next time it comes up. The short version? None of the freedom and progress we've won over the past century would have been possible without the freedom to change things (starting with our own lives first) that privacy gives us.
Twitter Brigade
If we can get the Internet's most popular websites and apps to step up security, the NSA is in serious trouble. Especially if we can get them to add end-to-end encryption.
We've got to start somewhere. Here’s a list of tweets with a a few things major companies should totally do as soon as they can to protect our privacy. Who knows? To limit the damage the NSA has done to their reputations, they might listen.
Start your engines... here's the list!
Are you a developer? Here are some software projects that actually threaten the NSA.
This is a quick and by no means exhaustive list. But here are some projects that can project us against mass surveillance, at scale.
Here are our top picks, in terms of where a small number of people with serious skills could have an impact.
More ways to win against mass surveillance.
First, there are tons of ways to fight back against NSA surveillance. Anything that makes the Internet or individuals using it safer and more secure makes mass surveillance harder, for the NSA and for any other government.
It can start with you. These super-easy encryption tools let you talk, chat, and text with pretty strong privacy. If everyone used them, that would go a long way to shutting down mass surveillance. So, be the first. And tell your friends. In the end, beating the NSA could be that simple.
At the same time, we need to think about scale: how can we get absolutely massive numbers of people using end-to-end encryption? What's your best soapbox? What's the biggest circle of people you can get to where, if you showed them a way to take back their privacy, they'd listen, and try it out? Here are some specifics.
The Privacy Pack
The Reset the Net privacy pack will be a selection of software and tips tailored to common computers, phones, and tablets that literally anyone can use.
Our goal is to accommodate literally everyone, and offer bonus tools and instructions for more technical users. Since the tools will be pretty much universal, it should be easy for people to share the privacy packs with friends.
It'll provide tools and tips for iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, and GNU/Linux, and everything will be free software.
Here's what we're offering...
The Reset the Net splash screen
If you have a website (or a mobile app!) run the “Reset the Net” splash screen or banner as a part of the biggest backlash against mass surveillance on June 5th, to help protect as much of the Internet as possible and take a stand for privacy. Link them to the privacy pack.
Splash screen:
Add this script right before the </body> tag. (See demo)
<script type="text/javascript"> window._idl = {}; _idl.variant = "modal"; _idl.campaign = "reset-the-net"; (function() { var idl = document.createElement('script'); idl.type = 'text/javascript'; idl.async = true; idl.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://' : 'http://') + 'members.internetdefenseleague.org/include/?url= ' + (_idl.url || '') + '&campaign=' + (_idl.campaign || '') + '&variant=' + (_idl.variant || 'modal'); document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(idl); })(); </script>
You won't see it right away because it is set to go live at midnight on June 5th. To see it on your site, you can also add ?_idl_test=1 to the end of any page URL configured to display the alert and see it pop up, e.g. http://www.fightforthefuture.org/?_idl_test=1
For further instructions or plugins for WordPress etc., click here.
Banner:
For a smaller banner at the bottom of your page, add this script right before the </body> tag. (See demo)
<script src="//fightforthefuture.github.io/reset-the-net-banner/banner/rtn.js" async></script>
Splash screen (alternate version):
If you're having issues, here's an alternate way to add the splash screen.
<script src="//fightforthefuture.github.io/reset-the-net-widget/widget/rtn.js" async></script>
The script is set to hide until the day of. So it’s working properly if you don’t see anything.
To see what your page will look like with the alternate splash screen on, (re)load your page with #ALWAYS_SHOW_RTN_WIDGET in the URL. For example: https://www.thunderclap.it/#ALWAYS_SHOW_RTN_WIDGET
Can your site run the splash screen? Email us now, or sign up on Reset the Net
How we secure our phones (SSL, cert pinning, PFS & more)
As big a deal as the web is, phones and tablets are even bigger. The number of mobile devices out there already dwarfs the number of desktops. Smartphones are getting so useful and so cheap, it’s clear we’re heading to a world where every family and then every person on the planet has one. That means right now, every mobile app maker shares in the responsibility for the future privacy of everyone on the planet. The good news? Mobile apps are in a position to make mass surveillance extremely difficult for government spies.
If we make the right moves now, the explosive growth of smartphones can become the NSA's worst nightmare. Here's how.
How we secure the web (HTTPS, HSTS & PFS)
For many of us, communicating, reading, working, and socializing on the Internet starts and ends with the web. So, any push to end mass surveillance must start there.
HTTPS, HSTS, and PFS (perfect forward secrecy) are powerful tools that make mass spying much more difficult. Until websites use them, we're sunk: agencies like the NSA can spy on everything. Once they're ubiquitous, mass surveillance is much harder and more precarious--even if you're the NSA.
Here's how sites can do their part to end mass surveillance, what it gets us, and why it matters so much to Reset the Net and the overall fight.
Let's get started
By June 5th, do something to reset your part of the web. Figure out how you can shut off the parts the government has invaded and start using new technology that directly interferes with dragnet surveillance. Don't just do it alone, tell everyone that you're helping to Reset the Net.
No data should be sent in the clear. Ever. Websites can add SSL. Email services can add START-TLS. Large companies must encrypt links between data centers.
End-to-end crypto can be massively popular. There is no reason why a free software app with end-to-end crypto can’t get as popular as Skype or Whatsapp. Got the skills? Start fresh now, help make an existing app more popular & viral, or add strong crypto to an already-popular product. For inspiration: Adium, Pidgin, OTR, TextSecure,LEAP, ChatSecure, SecureDrop, Tor, DuckDuckGo, Disconnect.Me, GPGtools.
Users have power. You don’t have to be an engineer to join the fight. We can push companies to do the right thing and vote with our feet, by evangelizing the best secure tools.
Be a hero. Don’t just run down a checklist. Think about where your skills & relationships can potentially protect millions. Where can you and your friends use crypto to hit the NSA the hardest?