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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by qb45 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @01:25PM (#14411740)
Off the top of my head, examples of people who have more means and expertise than a random HN commenter:

1. nonprofits like EFF

2. investigative journalists who search for truth and expose corruption instead of writing emotional pieces telling people what to think and helplessly worry about.

3. software, hardware and network engineers building end-to-end secure systems as opposed to ones designed for mining user data which inadvertently (or deliberately, you decide ;)) end up being abused by spies and hackers.

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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by matt4077 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:58PM (#14412521)
OP was answering the question "What can I do–should I donate to the EFF or what". Your 1. and 2. directly depend on a public that is engaged, and arguably the people doing (3) also form their opinions based on publicly accessible journalism, including the John Oliver-pieces (which happen to be 30-minute exposés with lots of real journalism going into them, on mostly neglected topics like the injustice of court fees and bonds)
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