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Someone has asked me to remind list members of the privacy settings
of the list.<br>
<br>
Best Bits is a civil society coalition, but we do not limit who can
join the mailing list. Therefore there are some lurkers/observers
from governments and corporations, including (in both cases) those
who are the subject of the current PRISM/NSA scandal.<br>
<br>
As a subscriber, your details are visible to other authenticated
subscribers via the list website at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/review/bestbits">http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/review/bestbits</a>. (That list setting
has been debated in the past, but the consensus at the time was for
openness.)<br>
<br>
If there is the desire for a parallel closed list, then there is no
technical barrier to creating one. Most recently I had proposed
that the "EC" sub-list, which is tasked with developing a proposal
on enhanced cooperation for discussion at our next face-to-face
meeting, be closed, but this was opposed by some, so it remains open
too.<br>
<br>
If anyone has thoughts on the above, you can share them in this
thread, or privately if you prefer.<br>
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