3NCRYP7ION is NOT a Crime!

3ncryp7ion is NOT a Crime!

Editors Note: In the first posting of the article, in my rush to get a blog post up I did not do my research thoroughly and I falsely attributed some statements to the French PM.  I have since edited this post, removing those incorrect statements and providing a link as a reference.  

This project came to light because of the recent terrorist attacks in France; a sad day indeed for the people of France, the families of those slain and for freedom of expression. The response by the people of France and the world was an amazing thing to witness, peoples of every nation banding together in solidarity to stand up against those that would attempt to quell freedom of expression, but then, some equally horrifying happened. Just days after the events and the rallies and marches, some European leaders, namely British PM David Cameron came out and floated some ideas for new laws that would weaken or eventually cripple encryption!  What the Verge called a "European Patriot Act". What irony there was in that statement and the follow up by other countries struggle to fight terrorism, support freedom of expression, but staunch privacy rights!

This did not sit well with me and many others in our community so I decided to do something about it, raise awareness and some money to help defend and educate people about not only encryption, but about privacy rights in general. So I created a shirt. Yeah, I know how it all sounds, but what better way to show your support and hopefully, get others to think about exactly how serious this issue is to everyone, even if they don't know why encryption is so important. If even one person asks you about your shirt and what it means, you'll have the opportunity to educate someone that might otherwise never have even bothered to think about this issue.

To order your shirt(s), go here -> 3ncryp7ion is NOT a Crime!

100% of the proceeds will go to somegreat charities, namely, Hackers for Charities and the EFF.
Hackers for Charities is doing great work in Africa to not only educate people in the use of computers, but also providing training for people who want to gain employment in the field. They also help provide internet access to remote villages and people that otherwise might not ever have that opportunity.
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) does a lot of work on behalf of computer users and the general public world wide by raising awareness of the various laws that are written involving computers and their communications and monitoring,

Please check out the charities here and when ordering, please specify which charity you would like to receive your money. (all un-allocated funds will be split between the two charities equally)

Hackers for Charities

EFF

Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement in this project. It means a lot to me and I can see that it means a lot to many of you as well! I would also encourage other, more well-known bloggers out there to take up this cause and help raise awareness of the madness that is being proposed the help keep us "SAFE"

NOTE: For anyone ordering shirts that require international shipping, the shirt site does NOT support this, but I do and I will make that happen. just click on the Contact link on the site and send me an email with your order request and I will get back to you with the details.