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GNOME Privacy Campaign Annual Report article

Due to events in 2012 such as CISPA, computer user's privacy became a topic of concern receiving considerable industry and media attention. Users became more aware of their privacy and to what extent it was being exposed and exploited by software companies and government agencies.

As a free software project, the GNOME project is in a unique position to implement features that strengthen users privacy. This was highlighted by the computer security researcher Jacob Appelbaum at GUADEC 2012. Running a fundraiser centered around privacy was therefore a logical step for the GNOME Foundation.

The campaign was launched in December 2012 and successfully collected $20,000 USD during the next seven months. These funds will be used to strengthen and implement new privacy features in GNOME. The end of the campaign of course doesn't represent the end of the Foundation's privacy efforts.

As a non-profit charity, the GNOME Foundation is dependent on its financial supporters, we encourage parties to either join the advisory board or make an individual donation as part of the Friends of GNOME program.