> On Jul 14, 2017, at 12:36 AM, Rachael <ract...@mail.com> wrote: > > All this talk of Riseup being anti-capitalist and people being selective > about their invites is rather amusing. > > Maybe people on this listserve are not aware that Riseup.net (along with > LEAP) are listed as receiving over $250,000 USD from government funding. > And that was only the funding which could be confirmed. The few public > records I did receive are full of heavy redactions. Netherlands and > Sweden still have classified documents, but refuse to release them. > Along with some European governments, the US Department of State was > also involved in this funding mechanism. > > I would really like Riseup.net to publicly say whether or not Riseup.net > still receives government funding or support. Hopefully, Riseup.net will > publicly disclose the funding it has received. > > Link to documentation (use search term "riseup") > http://piratetimes.net/wp-uploads/news/2015/02/Q1-DDP-2014.pdf > >
This is why I feel it's a good idea to own your domain name, your own physical server, and run software you've configured yourself as much as possible - including your email server. Obviously having a colo'd mail server you maintain yourself doesn't solve everything - do you trust the data center? Don't forget anything sent plain text over the wire is liable for trivial interception by US/allied SIGINT apparatus... And there is some cost involved, although at least these costs are up front and don't involve fuck-knows-what happening with whatever private data you provided to google or yahoo (or riseup ;)