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Oakland Privacy Group will be meeting again this Saturday at 6pm in
Sudo Room's classroom to organize to stop Oakland's proposed
Department of Homeland Security-funded spy center, the so-called
"Domain Awareness Center". We had an <i>amazing</i> show of support
at Tuesday night's meeting at City Council, with more than 100
protesters showing up despite the rain and more than 80 people
signing up to speak. It garnered lots of press - locally, as well as
nationally - despite us only having had one planning meeting, a few
days prior. I think many of us feel emboldened after our showdown
with City Council and we are looking to come back 100x stronger the
next time we square off with them. We'd love for you to attend the
planning meeting, if you'd like to join forces or simply want to
learn more about this creepy spy center.<br>
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Here's a little background info on the spy center City of Oakland is
trying to build:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4uRpy_5V0Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4uRpy_5V0Y</a>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/technology/privacy-fears-as-surveillance-grows-in-cities.html?pagewanted=all">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/technology/privacy-fears-as-surveillance-grows-in-cities.html?pagewanted=all</a>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/oakland-accepts-federal-funds-for-controversial-vast-surveillance-setup/">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/oakland-accepts-federal-funds-for-controversial-vast-surveillance-setup/</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/oaklands-creepy-new-surveillance-program-just-got-approved">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/oaklands-creepy-new-surveillance-program-just-got-approved</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center">http://oaklandwiki.org/Domain_Awareness_Center</a>
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Hope to see you there tomorrow!<br>
<br>
John<br>
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