On 05/04/2015 14:13, Mike Godwin wrote:
Lilburne writes:
"> My friends and colleagues at EFF, Access Now, and elsewhere -- as well
as individual scholars and commentators like
Marvin Ammori -- know me,
"Those will all be Google shills correct?"
Incorrect. My work, and EFF's work, to take two example, predate
Google's involvement in public policy by 15 years.
Really! Seems that the EFF et al have been shilling for tech
corporations at the expense
of consumers for about 15 years or so. The others from the day before
they formed.
I understand that for "keyboard cowboys" it
may be hard to understand
that mere agreement with a corporation some of the time does not equal
being a "shill" and does not entail agreeing with a corporation all
the time. But those of us who actually do activism and public policy
work know who we are and why we do it.
Its not a case of 'sometimes' its nigh on all the time. You'd be more
accurate to list the
dozen or so times in the last 15 years when the EFF hasn't played drum
major to corporate
tech, beating out a voodoo rhythm to entrance the unwary.
In those contexts, I've never heard of you before.
Tell us more about
your activism and public-policy work!
Well one thing I don't need to go about name dropping to justify my words.