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sk2020 on Oct 19, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Moxie Marlinspike has a plan to reclaim our privac...

Is there a reason to suspect Brian Acton’s motives? I’m always skeptical of celebrity-hackers, but I don’t know why I should be worried about Acton in particular.

walrus01 on Oct 20, 2020 [–]

I sincerely hope that he is like a younger version of Mitch Kapor, who used his money to launch the EFF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kapor

I would be very disappointed if I found out that Acton had any hidden motivations behind his philanthropic support.

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