One day Nick got a visit from the FBI demanding he give them data on one of his customers. They asked for it in the form of a National Security Letter or NSL. Something wasn’t right about this letter. It seemed to violate the constitution. So he set out to change the law.Learn more about Nicks work at <a href="https://calyxinstitute.org/">calyxinstitute.org</a> and <a href="https://www.phreeli.com/">phreeli.com</a>.Check out Cindy’s book <a href="https://amzn.to/4gXuK2J">Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance</a> (https://amzn.to/4gXuK2J).<h3>Sponsors</h3>Support for this show comes from <a href="https://www.threatlocker.com/">ThreatLocker®</a>. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastructure from the ground up. With ThreatLocker® Allowlisting and Ringfencing™, you gain a more secure approach to blocking exploits of known and unknown vulnerabilities. ThreatLocker® provides Zero Trust control at the kernel level that enables you to allow everything you need and block everything else, including ransomware! Learn more at <a href="https://www.threatlocker.com/">www.threatlocker.com</a>.Support for this episode comes from <a href="https://www.netsuite.com/darknet">NetSuite</a>. NetSuite gives you visibility and control of your financials, planning, budgeting, and of course - inventory - so you can manage risk, get reliable forecasts, and improve margins. NetSuite helps you identify rising costs, automate your manual business processes, and see where to save money. KNOW your numbers. KNOW your business. And get to KNOW how NetSuite can be the source of truth for your entire company. Visit <a href="https://www.netsuite.com/darknet">www.netsuite.com/darknet</a> to learn more.This show is sponsored by <a href="http://mazehq.com/darknet">Maze</a>. Maze uses AI agents to triage and remediate cloud vulnerabilities by figuring out what’s actually exploitable, not just what’s theoretically risky. They remove the noise, prioritize vulns that matter, and manage remediation, so your team stops wasting time on meaningless vulns. Visit <a href="http://mazehq.com/darknet">MazeHQ.com/darknet</a> for more information.<a href="https://darknetdiaries.com/sponsors/">View all active sponsors.</a><h3>Sources</h3><ul>
<li><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/11/gagged_for_6_years_nick_merrill">https://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/11/gagged_for_6_years_nick_merrill</a></li>
<li><a href="https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/u-s-nicholas-merrill-v-loretta-e-lynch-14-cv-9763-vm/">https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/u-s-nicholas-merrill-v-loretta-e-lynch-14-cv-9763-vm/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://clearinghouse.net/case/12966/">https://clearinghouse.net/case/12966/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/06/fbi-national-security-letter-gag-order-nick-merrill">https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/06/fbi-national-security-letter-gag-order-nick-merrill</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.aclu.org/documents/national-security-letters">https://www.aclu.org/documents/national-security-letters</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eff.org/cases/re-matter-2011-national-security-letter">https://www.eff.org/cases/re-matter-2011-national-security-letter</a></li>
<li>Cindy’s Book: <a href="https://amzn.to/4gXuK2J">Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance</a>
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