Comment on YSK: There's a protest today at noon at your state capitol.
newnton@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
I heard from some of my more active friends that none of the usual leaders or orgs they know of were a part of founding this and there’s some suspicion it was created by right wingers to collect data; can anyone speak to this?
PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 4 hours ago
What do you mean “to collect data”?
Attending a protest opens you up to people knowing you attended a protest. That’s pretty fucking unfortunate, but why would this one be different from any other protest in that regard?
ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest
newnton@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
I’m just echoing some suspicions I’ve heard from more knowledgeable friends and was asking, I don’t really know enough detail to have any opinion myself; sorry if it’s a silly question.
I’ve just heard that organizers coming out of it/ the Reddit accounts that originally elevated it seemed astroturfeyand there’s concern there, and I’ve seen some more paranoid ideas thrown around about it but idk
PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 hours ago
Fascinating. Can you ask your friends for more details? Surely for such an urgent concern, they’d be happy to share with you so you can pass on an important warning about it.
ryokimball@infosec.pub 3 hours ago
My suspicion of these “data collecting” / honey pot claims are that the claims themselves are suppression tactics
newnton@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
I definitely will ask, that’s what I was trying to do with my original comment. It seems like it’s not a widely shared concern which I’m very glad to see.
I definitely don’t mean to discourage attendance or anything like that, I totally agree with you that as long as people are cautious about PII, etc. there shouldn’t be more risk here than at any other protest