EFF has turned a corner
Clearly they're now playing the "heated rhetoric" game at this point, trying to make us all feel better by venting on our behalf (and maybe drumming up financial support from those who see that as a positive thing).
Thing is that, as others have pointed out, EFF's proposal is DOA and even if it were implemented won't solve the problem.
What's really needed is a private non-profit with the technical expertise to do serious computer security research and open source distribution, that would include counter-surveillance technologies. The more diverse the funding and staff, the better. The time for advocacy is long past. Now is the time for action. I can't see how a U.N. agency could make a meaningful contribution in that respect, especially given the divided loyalties within the governments of its member states (where "us" is the politicians, bureaucrats and their friends and "us" is almost always the general public).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
