Riseup
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| Company type | Private |
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| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington , USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Riseup Black |
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| Website | Official website  |
Riseup is a volunteer-run collective providing secure email account, email list, VPN, online chat, and other online services; the organization was launched by activists in Seattle in 1999.[1]
Its mission is to support liberatory social change via fighting social control and mass surveillance through distribution of secure tools. It lists its purpose as "... aid[ing] in the creation of a free society, a world with freedom from want and freedom of expression, a world without oppression or hierarchy, where power is shared equally."[2]
As of 2013, they feature 6 million subscribers spread across 14,000 lists.[1] Their projects have included the StopWatching.Us petition against global surveillance disclosures revealed by Edward Snowden.[1]
In January 2015 the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) criticized the arrests of anarchists in Spain which were reported to have been partially attributed to the 'extreme security measures' of using Riseup.[3][4]
Products
Riseup provides products to facilitate secure communications, including use of strong encryption, anonmyizing services, and minimal data retention, aimed at individuals and non-profit and activist groups. Riseup's two most popular features are secure email and mailing list management services.
The email service is available through IMAP, POP3, and a web or shell interface. The web interface is a variant of Roundcube.
7.2 million users are subscribed to lists hosted on Riseup's network, as of November 2015.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Pangburn, DJ (11 September 2013). "Inside the Effort to Crowdfund NSA-Proof Email and Chat Services". Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "About Us - help.riseup.net". Retrieved 2016-06-01.
- ^ Kayyali, Nadia (16 January 2015). "Security is Not a Crime—Unless You're an Anarchist". Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Baker, Jennifer (14 Jan 2015). "Warning: Using encrypted email in Spain? Do not pass go, go directly to jail". Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Riseup.net on Twitter: "Finished switching new list servers..."". Twitter. 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
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