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EFF has been taken over by privacy zealots. They used to be more focused on what their name says: freedom. That is, fighting censorship and regulation of the internet.

And the privacy folks love their hyperbole

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It’s hardly a new idea to count privacy as part of freedom.

Yeah, but privacy used to be a part of the mission, with the understanding that privacy was a good thing but not the only thing. It seems like over the years the focus has shifted to privacy being the ultimate goal, and every other aspect of the mission happens in the name of privacy. And there's no acceptance of the idea that some well-informed people are willing to make a decision to sacrifice some privacy in exchange for convenience or cost, anybody who considers sacrificing some of their own privacy is treated as a moron who needs to be protected from themselves.

They’ve definitely zeroed in on it. I think it is understandable, though, from their position—privacy seems most acutely at-risk, at least stateside, and the vast majority of people affected aren’t among those well-informed.

> what their name says: freedom.

Not necessarily disagreeing with your actual point, but neither of the F's in EFF stands for "freedom".

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