Fixed it for you.
Similar arrangements exist in other countries. In France, for instance, it looks like this:
So it's really not that bad. I don't know the specifics of this exact thing, but if it's anything like the French Freebox, which is an opt-out service, it isn't all that bad.
Okay we'll get things started! Here are some privacy related companies that have signed up to participate in Reset the Net. Anyone have experience with them, think they should get ads?
SpiderOak PrivateRelay Private Internet Access (VPN) Briar Wickr HTTPS Everyhere (by EFF)
Goldenfrog / Vypr VPN LeastAuthority PrivateRelay LavaBoom
AVG Amicus Automattic Bluehost Boing Boing CREDO Mobile CheapAir Cheezburger
Chroma Studios Citysearch Crowdtilt Disconnect Etsy Fark Foursquare Free Range Studios GSM Nation
Gfycat Grooveshark
Kickstarter Lesbians Who Tech Meetup MetaFilter Miss Dream
Netflix Piwik Pluralsight Pocketnow Private Internet Access QWANT Reddit ShockWired StartMail Tagged Thunderclap Tumblr Upworthy Urban Dictionary VHX Vimeo Wikia Y Combinator adafruit iFixit
I think there should be a clear focus on trying to promote as much free and open source software as possible, especially tools that encrypt communications or ensure anonymity in their users.
Please consider promoting The Tor Browser Bundle for anonymous internet usage over say a VPN. There are arguments that this is a better way to keep your privacy, since a VPN doesn't exactly hide where you are communicating from. Tor does just that.
Also, Orbot on Android let's you tunnel applications over Tor, even on mobile. It's stupid simple if you have a rooted phone too.
I am very happy that you have included Pidgin with OTR and Adium for the desktop ChatSecure on mobile is perfect for Android and iOS users who want to XMPP on the go.
Thank you for including TextSecure and Redphone, Moxie doesn't get enough credit for his work.
Good plugins for browsers include HTTPS Finder, HTTPS Everywhere, and Privacy Badger, I'm sure there are more, but I cannot remember at this time.
Now that I think about it, maybe a link to a site like https://prism-break.org might be a good idea. They've been working for the past year on making an easy to use site that lists everything a user can do to try and reclaim their privacy.
Thank you for this work, I'm hoping to do my part on educating family members to adopt better tech habits. The more people use these tools, from all walks of life, the safer we will all be.
AnonymousOS isn't secure, it's been taken down by its host and nobody knows what kind of code is running in them. I wouldn't recommend it at all.
If you want to hand out something to people at rallies and such, Tails would be the better option, much more credible. You could either make a bunch of bootable USB sticks or burn it on some CD's. https://tails.boum.org
/u/Katie_Pornhub said that Pornhub and it's network would be participating. I'm at work, so can't verify.
Edit: Can ANYONE verify??
Edit 2: Here's her post on /r/technology saying that they would participate.
As far as Civil law, this will give you a hint as to online jurisdiction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlovich_v._Superior_Court http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3858330908405708600&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr
It talks about states, but jurisdiction rules are pretty similar in terms of bringing foreign parties in to US courts.
TL;DR, if you put something up on a website, and there's some chance that somebody in some state somewhere is particularly harmed by it, that's still not enough for (civil) jurisdiction. You need more.
I don't know how criminal jurisdiction works, but I think it's harder to get.
So did Dotcom come to America? If he's physically here, all bets are off (in civil law), but they can't just demand he come stand trial.
Private Internet Access is also another fantastic vpn that's part of Reset The Net. They keep the bare minimum amount of information they need from you to satisfy legal requirements and they don't track any of your activity.