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Today is a day of action and protest against mass surveillance by our governments: The Day We Fight Back.

Aptly, the first thing in my Twitter stream when I opened my laptop this morning  was the inventor of the Web re-tweeting the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s message…

Things move quickly, our lives are busy. Today, though, take the opportunity of The Day We Fight Back to stop and ask – what kind of a world do you want to live in? What future do we want to choose? What kind of Web do we want to live with around us?

Then do one thing – or a few things – to mark your intent, to take small steps toward the future you want.

Here’s what I’m doing:

• Adding my voice to the chorus of dissent –  by signing the EFF petition and adding their banner to my website.
• Supporting those who are fighting for our online freedom every day – by  re-joining the Open Rights Group in the UK, that campaigns for internet freedom and making a donation.
• Learning more about how to take control of my data and security personally – by attending a Cryptoparty this evening where people will be learning how to lock down their devices and manage their online data. I’m hoping to help hold more of these for friends, colleagues and clients in the future.

Spread the word. Tell others what today means and what you are doing to support it…