@darkwolf GrapheneOS is an open source privacy project with a development team spread around the world. It exists to protect people from corporate and government surveillance.
GrapheneOS isn't a business and our legal entity is a Canadian non-profit organization.
GrapheneOS is entirely funded by donations. The majority of the donations are made via cryptocurrency.
We pay people an hourly rate set in USD or CAD. We currently pay around 14 people with Ethereum donations and 1 person with CAD.
Replying to @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
@darkwolf People's conversations, thoughts and financial transactions have been largely private for most of human history. Law enforcement still managed to do their jobs. They can continue to do so in a world where privacy technologies preserve historical privacy norms.
We use and support open source projects working on restoring the privacy provided by cash including Monero. Moving from cash to credit cards, PayPal, etc. is an ongoing privacy disaster. Bitcoin and Ethereum currently are too.
Replying to @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
@GrapheneOS @darkwolf "Law enforcement still msnaged to do their jobs."
WTF are you talking about?
Replying to @hrast@sunny.garden
@hrast @GrapheneOS @darkwolf Police solved crimes long before everyone’s conversations and purchases were stored in databases. Privacy doesn’t prevent investigations. It means surveillance should target suspects through due process, not the entire public.
Replying to @ghostlinguist@mastodon.social
@ghostlinguist @hrast @GrapheneOS @darkwolf
This reminds me of how Phil Zimmermann explained the importance of PGP back in 1991:
What if everyone believed that law-abiding citizens should use postcards for their mail? If a nonconformist tried to assert his privacy by using an envelope for his mail, it would draw suspicion. Perhaps the authorities would open his mail to see what he's hiding.
Don't let the status quo get in the way of progress. Don't let corner cases justify stripping away essential liberties.