On Wed Jan 16 15:07:47 2013, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > > I must admit that your asking this question as a CDT staffer is > suspect; isn't CDT funded by Microsoft?
Yes, of course. We get something like 34% of our annual budget ([as of 2011][0]) from corporate contributions and MSFT certainly funds us generally as well as for specific projects. CDT splits its' focus between advocacy and promoting innovation because we think some of the best things happen when that combined momentum exists. The reason I ask this is more benign, I'd say: we expect the Obama administration to put forward an [update to CALEA this year][1] that sounds like it will impose backdoor obligations on secure communications tools in the US. This is exceedingly concerning to us and it struck me here that a more general focus of efforts like this will be very helpful for efforts later this year. best, Joe [0]: http://cdt.org/financialsdocs/CDT2011FundingbyCategory.pdf [1]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57428067-83/fbi-we-need-wiretap-ready-web-sites-now/ -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall Senior Staff Technologist Center for Democracy & Technology 1634 I ST NW STE 1100 Washington DC 20006-4011 (p) 202-407-8825 (f) 202-637-0968 [email protected] PGP: https://josephhall.org/gpg-key -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
