<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>I like the principles supported by OpenMedia, but I question their methods, approach and effectiveness.<br></div><div>I find I have more respect for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), which is American.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Does anything more like the EFF currently exist in Canada?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Looking around, what I have found are some university groups.<br></div><ul><li>U of Ottawa: <span class="mw-page-title-main">Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic:</span> <a href="https://cippic.ca/index.php?q=en/">https://cippic.ca/index.php?q=en/</a><br></li><li>U of Toronto: Citizen Lab: <a href="https://citizenlab.ca/">https://citizenlab.ca/</a><br></li></ul><div><br></div><div>On Tue, Oct 4, 2022, at 6:19 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div>I need a place to vent.. <br></div><div><br></div><div>For several years now, I have supported OpenMedia's various causes, as their views often aligned with mine.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Recently, I got an email from a "Dogwood" organization that seems to want to stop logging in BC. They say they got my address from OpenMedia. I found this very disturbing that an organization devoted to protecting our online issues/privacy/access/etc., would give away my email address.<br></div><div><br></div><div>No offence to people in BC, but I value my online privacy more than I value some forests. (not that I don't want to protect our forests, of course)<br></div><div><br></div><div>To make matters worse, unsubscribing from Dogwood seems to involve completing complicated insurance forms while mixing cement.. or something equally difficult. I've tried twice now, but I still don't think I got it right.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Very not pleased. Much grumpy.<br></div><div><br></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>kwlug-disc mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br></div><div><a href="https://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org">https://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>