I signed a petition yesterday.
I never signed petitions before, because I don't believe petitions often achieve their stated goals.
But I did it anyway, because I wanted to see the number on the signatory list to go up. I wanted the number of supporters of privacy to go up.
So I signed it and the number went up by one. And then I sat there for half an hour watching the number go up every few seconds.
And then it dawned on me that petitions like that achieve a different goal. They show support to me and to us. It's me who is seeing the number of supporters of Privacy growing and it gives me comfort. It reminds me that I am not alone in this world. That I'm not the only sane person that thinks Privacy is a norm, not an exception.
I'm not the only sane person that sees Keonne and Bill are being unjustly jailed. They didn't break any existing law. There was no discovery of facts before jury. There were no victims presented to the court. There was no court of justice.
There was a system established in such a way, that no due process is needed anymore to put someone in jail.
Two people will be sitting in a cage, just because someone wanted them in a cage.
I think it's wrong.
I like that more people are saying out loud - "Hey, it's wrong!". I like this number go up.
If you also like seeing this number go up, then you can make it go up by at least one:
Change.org
Have you seen this petition yet?
Stand Up for Freedom: Pardon the Innocent Coders Jailed for Building Privacy Tools!