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Ask HN: How can I help digital privacy and activism by slinging code?
Writing code seems like my highest leverage activity. Where can I help? In light of the recent US election, I'd like to contribute. Ideally it'd be around secure communications, digital privacy, and helping activists spread their message and organize.
- micaksica 10y agoWelcome to the fray. First: decide what your skills are, and where you can contribute. Try the Tor Project first: https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/volunteer.html.en https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/volunteer.html.en The community is great there and very accepting of newbies that have the skills. Signal / open whisper systems also are open source and accept pull requests: https://github.com/whispersystems/ https://github.com/whispersystems/ Read the anonbib: http://freehaven.net/anonbib/ http://freehaven.net/anonbib/ Also, there are other mixnet/darknet projects that could use help, such as i2p: https://geti2p.net/en/get-involved https://geti2p.net/en/get-involved And if you want decentralized, mesh communications, cjdns and the Hyperboria experiment: https://hyperboria.net/ https://hyperboria.net/ Don't forget: if you are a developer, you actually make money, too. Vote with your dollars as well - donate to these persons. Many are 501c3's and it is tax deductible for you.