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I'm not even a US/UK/EU citizen.

Is there any way I can contribute?

Or do I just sit and watch the world burn as policymakers elsewhere indirectly make policies that might inadvertently affect people far far away as well?

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There are groups that are trying to counter it that you can donate to and/or work with. The media, including social media, likes "This person from ____ is worried about how ____ will impact Americans and the rest of the world" narratives, if you feel like writing or reaching out to journalists that report on these topics.

Learn cryptography, write cryptographic software, it's really important that people out of the US do so. Because if a bill like this passes we will need software without backdoors.

Donate to the EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/congress-must-stop-gra...

I'm just worried that in the rare event that I travel to the west will somebody be like "Well, here's the foreigner who funded to sabotage what our government wanted! Go away!" and get myself banned from entering <Western-country>.

Off-topic: Happy to see your reply here, Beej. I love the books you have authored :)

EFF really failed to connect the dots here.

I don't see how, from a plain reading of the bill's text, one can argue what their letter claims.

Can someone connect these dots?

On behalf of one of those countries, I’m sorry.

Ah don't be it's not your fault.

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