Ron Deibert, the head of the prominent digital human rights groups Citizen Lab, sounds the alarm at the Black Hat security conference about the "dramatic descent into authoritarianism," but one that the cyber community can help to defend against.
As long as we’ve got some vestiges of free speech and free association available to us we need to do what we can to organize and sow the seeds of resistance. They’re not coming for us yet, although I suspect they likely will eventually. But if you’re already too afraid that they’ll be coming for you to do what needs to be done, then they’ve already won. And I don’t think they have. Resistance is the only choice that makes sense. But as you said, it’s just my opinion. I’m allowed to share my thoughts and opinions though, at least for now, and I will do so.
As long as we’ve got some vestiges of free speech and free association available to us we need to do what we can to organize and sow the seeds of resistance. They’re not coming for us yet, although I suspect they likely will eventually. But if you’re already too afraid that they’ll be coming for you to do what needs to be done, then they’ve already won. And I don’t think they have. Resistance is the only choice that makes sense. But as you said, it’s just my opinion. I’m allowed to share my thoughts and opinions though, at least for now, and I will do so.