Using her background in nonprofit communications, she built an interactive Google Map titled, “Who is Profiting from ICE?” It plots the contractors across the country who work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out the Trump administration’s deportation policies.
The U.S. government found her website, too – and labeled it a tool for domestic terrorism, according to a secret intelligence bulletin obtained by USA TODAY. It’s the latest example of the Trump administration cracking down on dissent it says could veer into political violence.
You would be surprised how little even members of the EFF understand technology. The broader organization and the people writing their articles may understand, but the well-meaning activists that make up their membership may be completely uninformed - and unaware that they are uninformed, or may believe that the trade-off of broader outreach or ease of use for potential new members is worth, ironically, the breach of privacy and security.