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# liberethos_paradigm
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Information and tools to facilitate ethical consumption of goods and services.
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Our mission: supply information and tools to facilitate ethical consumption of goods and services.
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The following catalogs include blacklists, whitelists, and graylists of financial institutions:
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* [banks in the US](usa_banks.md)
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* [brokerages in the US](usa_brokerages.md)
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* [insurance companies in the US](usa_insurance_companies.md)
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# Why ALEC members are blacklisted
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American Legislative Exchange Council ("ALEC") is a right-wing super PAC and bill mill that puts corporate interests above the interest of human beings. ALEC:
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* [fights environmental protections](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Environment,_Energy,_and_Agriculture)
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* [fights gun control](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Guns,_Prisons,_Crime,_and_Immigration)
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* [fights healthcare](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Health,_Pharmaceuticals,_and_Safety_Net_Programs)
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* [fights immigration](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Guns,_Prisons,_Crime,_and_Immigration)
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* [fights worker's rights](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Worker_Rights_and_Consumer_Rights)
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* [fights consumer protections](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Worker_Rights_and_Consumer_Rights)
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* [fights public education](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Privatizing_Public_Education,_Higher_Ed_Policy,_and_Teachers)
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* fights women's rights
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* fights voter rights ([supports voter suppression policy](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Democracy,_Voter_Rights,_and_Federal_Power))
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* [finances republicans](https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Civil_Justice_Task_Force#Politicians)
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* supports the NRA
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Countless companies were ALEC members historically, but most of them discontinued membership and renounced it likely to avoid boycott.
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Companies that continue to renew their ALEC membership are right-wing die-hards unlikely to join team humanity. So they are blacklisted.
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The OK hand sign (👌) indicates that the financial institution still today supports the above-mentioned right-wing agenda through ALEC membership.
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# Why Tor-hostile FIs are blacklisted
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Financial institutions that are aggressively Tor-hostile are automatically blacklisted.
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<details>
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<summary>Why access to banks, brokerages, and insurance companies over Tor matters</summary>
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If Tor were used exclusively for anonymity, it would be useless in the
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context of consumers accessing and controlling their financial
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accounts. But that's not the case. Tor prevents your ISP from
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snooping on where you bank. ISPs collect data on their own customers
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and exploit it for profit in the US. Under Obama it became illegal
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for an ISP to sell data collected on their customers without express
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consent. As if that's not already useless thanks to an abundant supply
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of consumers who will agree to anything without reading it, Trump
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<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-measure-let-isps-sell-your-data-without-consent-n742316">reversed</a>
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Obama's policy in 2017 to render consumers completely powerless. Tor
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is a free tool to protect from excessive disclosure of where your
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assets are. Thus when a financial institution blocks Tor, it prevents you
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from taking basic self-defense measures. This trend undermines the
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supplier-client relationship whereby we expect the supplier to serve
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the customer's interest. It's not just anti-privacy, it's
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anti-consumer.
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Non-Tor users generally reveal their physical location to their bank or insurance company
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every time they login. If all banks and insurance companies didn't care where you reside,
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this wouldn't be a problem. But some financial institutions care more than others and
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beyond reason. Banks typically
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[collect your IP address](https://web.archive.org/web/20201024203113/www.decorahbank.com/legal-information/privacy-policy)
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and one bank even outright admits in their
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[privacy policy](https://web.archive.org/web/20210206141004/https://beneficialstatebank.com/uploads/files/BSB-Consumer-Privacy-Act-CCPA-Privacy-Notice-Current-6.4.2020.pdf#page=2)
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that they collect geolocation data from customers' IP addresses. For
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nomads/world travelers banks can make their lives hell if their
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profile doesn't seem to match up with their lifestyle. Some banks
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will close an account if a customer moves out of their service area.
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Insurance companies will question whether you're still eligible for
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the policy you have, as they may want to raise your premiums or cancel
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your policy if they suspect you're not where your policy is written.
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If you want to take a job away from home for a year or two, Tor gives
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you the necessary privacy to do that free of hassle and nannying.
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</details>
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<details>
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<summary>Why non-Tor users should also boycott Tor adversaries</summary>
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Suppose you never leave home, and you're not bothered if your ISP
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collects data on where you bank to then sell to data brokers who can
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then sell it to debt collectors. If you're ethical nonetheless, then
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you still boycott those who marginalize Tor users. These quotes
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elaborate on that moral duty:
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"*If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the
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side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a
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mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate
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your neutrality.*" --Desmond Tutu
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"*Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you
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have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about
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free speech because you have nothing to say.*" --Edward Snowden
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To expand on Snowden's philosophy, it's extremely selfish to refuse to
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defend a right that others need on the basis that you don't personally
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need it now or in the future. Moreover, indirect benefits should not
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be overlooked. Human rights activists need civil liberties more than
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others, but we all need activists to make the world better for
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everyone. Moral duties to you derive from that.
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Tor is becoming less usable because the growing majority non-Tor users
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are patronizing businesses that marginalize Tor users.
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"*Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are
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less free.*" --Edward Snowden
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To neglect to use Tor is to subject yourself to unnecessary
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observation. In the context of banking and finance, this in turn
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reduces your freedom of movement.
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</details>
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The eye (👁) indicates that account access is restricted and exclusive to non-Tor users,
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who must expose their IP address to the FI and who must expose their FI to their ISP.
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# Why FIs in CloudFlare's walled-garden are blacklisted
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Financial institutions that proxy their services through CloudFlare are
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blacklisted automatically for taking a profoundly stupid risk with
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consumer's sensitive financial data. CloudFlare holds the SSL keys
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for every connection and sees all the traffic including username and
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unhashed password. CloudFlare has proven to be untrustworthy with
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sensitive information (demonstrated by CloudFlare's doxxing of the
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identities of child porn whistle blowers). Apart from the
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unacceptably high security risk of having a CloudFlare MitM, there are
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countless [ethical problems](rap_sheets/cloudflare.md) with being an
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enabler of CloudFlare.
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The storm cloud (🌩) indicates that account access is restricted and exclusive per CloudFlare's will and customers who do get access are forced to share sensitive transaction data with CloudFlare, Inc. (a privacy abuser).
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# Why CISPA supporters are graylisted
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The [Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Intelligence_Sharing_and_Protection_Act)
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was a bill to bypass the 4^(th) amendment to promote a system of unwarranted
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mass surveillance through information sharing between the government and private sector.
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Congress blocked the bill, but it was later reincarnated as CISA and it passed.
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Unlike ALEC lobbying, CISPA was a one-off event far in the past, and over 800 companies supported it.
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Since it does not necessarily reflect the company's recent stance or influence,
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supporters are graylisted instead of blacklisted. They should still be avoided in
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favor of a whitelisted competitor, but they are considerably less evil than those that are blacklisted.
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The spook (🕵) indicates that the financial institution lobbied for a police surveillance state in favor of CISPA.
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# Why FIs that force their staff to take a drug test are graylisted
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Drug testing employees is an assault on the privacy and lifestyle of employees and staff outside the workplace.
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In most cases involving medicinal marijuana states, the drug test also harms the healthcare of employees by
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intervening in doctors' prescriptions. Normally drug testing would justify blacklisting, but the problem is so
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widespread nationwide that the whitelist tends to be overly small. Drug testing also does not do significant
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harm to consumers, so companies that drug test are graylisted.
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The test tube (🧪) indicates that the financial institution abuses their staff through forced drug testing.
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# Why Amazon and Google-hosted FIs are graylisted
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Amazon is behind [countless evils](rap_sheets/amazon.md). It's paramount to boycott
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Amazon for anyone who cares about human rights, privacy, or the
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environment. Amazon also has had several data breaches-- Capital One,
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Juspay, Swiggy, etc., so it's a bad idea to trust custodians who use
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AWS with the security of your money. Google is also evil. Not the degree of evil
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that Amazon has achieved, but Google is in the fossil fuel business among
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other evils. Google is also a central tech giant which (like Amazon) serves
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as a central point of surveillance and also carries the risks of having
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a huge number of insiders who can abuse the data. The size of the Amazon and Google
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datacenters also makes them a likely target for outside hackers due to the high
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rewards of compromise.
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Akamai is not known to have a significant history of wrongdoing on the scale of Amazon or Google.
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There is cause for concern in terms of security though because it's large enough to serve as a
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central monitoring point where breaches and compromise is still considerable.
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Akamai-hosted financial institutions are not graylisted for that reason alone.
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In the end, you're the judge.
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Financial institutions hosted on GAFAM (Google Amazon Facebook Apple Microsoft) are graylisted.
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The wrongdoing is indirect and in the end taking a security risk doesn't necessarily lead to a breach.
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Of course it's still ethically favorable to choose a whitelisted financial institution if possible.
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#!/bin/bash
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# lobbying data to incorporate in the future: https://disclosurespreview.house.gov/
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# Syntax: gen_fi_table.sh <bank|brokerage|CU|insurer> [text]
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#
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# Add "text" option to write the tables in simple text and the legend in markdown.
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# Without the text option, all output will be fully markdown.
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#
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# Lobbying data to incorporate in the future: https://disclosurespreview.house.gov/
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typeset -r db_file=$(mktemp --dry-run --suffix=.db)
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typeset -A sym=([red_circle]=$'\xF0\x9F\x94\xB4'
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[green_circle]=$'\xf0\x9f\x9f\xa2'
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[test_tube]=$'\xf0\x9f\xa7\xaa'
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[cloud_lightening]=$'\xf0\x9f\x8c\xa9'
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[detective]=$'\xf0\x9f\x95\xb5'
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[okhand]=$'\xF0\x9F\x91\x8C'
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[eye]=$'\xf0\x9f\x91\x81')
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#local red_circle='🔴'
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#local green_circle='🟢'
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#local test_tube='🧪'
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#local cloud_lightening='🌩'
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#local detective='🕵'
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#local okhand='👌'
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#local eye='👁'
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table_populate()
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{
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# fiTbl: "financial institution table"
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("Axos Invest","https://www.axosinvest.com",1,1,
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"Axos Bank is jailed in CloudFlare and Axos Invest will be soon. Investors who get blocked by that will have to pay $5/month for paper statements.");
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insert into fiTbl (name,url,antitor,notes) values ("IEX","https://iextrading.com/trading",1,"an alternative to conventional stock markets; **Google-Cloud hosted**");
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insert into fiTbl (name,url,antitor,notes) values
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("Firstrade","https://firstrade.com",1,"whole site is Tor-hostile (468 error)");
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insert into fiTbl (fi_kind,name,url,cispa,dt,notes) values ("insurer","Ameriprise Financial","https://www.ameriprise.com",1,1,"akamai hosted");
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insert into fiTbl (fi_kind,name,url,antitor) values ("insurer","Amica","https://www.amica.com",1);
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insert into fiTbl (fi_kind,name,parent,notes) values ("insurer","American Strategic Insurance (ASI)","Progressive","no website, only an access-restricted MS LinkedIn page");
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insert into fiTbl (fi_kind,name,url,dt,notes) values ("insurer","Berkshire Hathaway","https://berkshirehathaway.com",1,"Berkshire Hathaway is not directly an ALEC member, but BH wholly owns ALEC members (e.g. Geico and Fruit of the Loom");
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insert into fiTbl (fi_kind,name,url,dt,notes) values ("insurer","Berkshire Hathaway","https://berkshirehathaway.com",1,"Berkshire Hathaway is not directly an ALEC member, but BH wholly owns ALEC members (e.g. Geico and Fruit of the Loom)");
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insert into fiTbl (fi_kind,name,url,hrecaptcha,cflogin,cispa) values ("insurer","Brown & Brown Insurance","https://bbinsurance.com",'unavoidable',1,1);
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insert into fiTbl (fi_kind,name,url,notes) values ("insurer","CUNA Mutual","https://www.cunamutual.com","Feeds LMG through TruStage.");
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insert into fiTbl (fi_kind,name,url) values ("insurer","Erie","https://www.erieinsurance.com");
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EOF
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};#table_populate
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gen_md()
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table_text()
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{
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local fi_kind=$1
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#local red_circle='🔴'
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local red_circle=$'\xF0\x9F\x94\xB4'
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#local green_circle='🟢'
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local green_circle=$'\xf0\x9f\x9f\xa2'
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#local test_tube='🧪'
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local test_tube=$'\xf0\x9f\xa7\xaa'
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#local cloud_lightening='🌩'
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local cloud_lightening=$'\xf0\x9f\x8c\xa9'
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#local detective='🕵'
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local detective=$'\xf0\x9f\x95\xb5'
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#local okhand='👌'
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local okhand=$'\xF0\x9F\x91\x8C'
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#👁
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local eye=$'\xf0\x9f\x91\x81'
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printf '\n%s\n' '# Whitelist'
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printf %s '| *'"$fi_kind"'* | *ALEC member* | *Tor-hostile* | *sensitive info exposed to CloudFlare* | *supported CISPA* | *forced drug testing of staff* | *notes* |
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# .ft B (bold font)
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# .ft I (italics font)
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# .ft P (previous font)
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# .ll 6i (6 inch width)
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for lst in white gray black
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do
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if [[ "$lst" == black ]]
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then
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url_clause="''"
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else
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url_clause="case when url like '_%' then char(10)||'('||replace(url,'https://','')||')||||||' else '' end"
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fi
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printf %s "# ${lst^}"'list
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.TS
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box tab(|);
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c|c|c|c|c|c|c.
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.ft BI
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'"$fi_kind"' | ALEC | Tor- | sensitive info | supported | forced drug | notes
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| member | hostile | exposed to | CISPA | testing of |
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.ft P
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.T&
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l|l|l|l|l|l|lp40.
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'
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sqlite3 "${db_file}" "select case when url like '_%' then '|['||name||']('||url||')' else '|'||name end,
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case when alec then '$okhand' else 'n' end,
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case when antitor then '$eye' else 'n' end,
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case when cflogin then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when cispa then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when dt then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when notes is null then '|' else notes||'|' end
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from fiTbl where fi_kind = '$fi_kind' and lst_kind = 'white'
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sqlite3 "${db_file}" "select substr(name,1,(select max(length(url)) from fiTbl where fi_kind = '$fi_kind')),
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case when alec then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when antitor then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when cflogin then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when cispa then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when dt then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when notes is null then '' else 'T{
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.ll 6i
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'|| replace(replace(notes,'[',''),']',' ') ||'
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T}' end||
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$url_clause
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from fiTbl where fi_kind = '$fi_kind' and lst_kind = '$lst'
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order by name collate nocase;"
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printf '\n%s\n' '# Graylist'
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printf %s '| *'"$fi_kind"'* | *ALEC member* | *Tor-hostile* | *sensitive info exposed to CloudFlare* | *supported CISPA* | *forced drug testing of staff* | *notes* |
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printf %s '.TE
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'
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done
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}; #table_text
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table_md()
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{
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local fi_kind=$1
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for lst in white gray black
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do
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if [[ "$lst" == black ]]
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then
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name_clause="'|'||name"
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else
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name_clause="case when url like '_%' then '|['||name||']('||url||')' else '|'||name end"
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fi
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printf %s "# ${lst^}"'list
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'
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sqlite3 "${db_file}" "select case when url like '_%' then '|['||name||']('||url||')' else '|'||name end,
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case when alec then '$okhand' else 'n' end,
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case when antitor then '$eye' else 'n' end,
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case when cflogin then 'y' else 'n' end,
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case when cispa then '$detective' else 'n' end,
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case when dt then '$test_tube' else 'n' end,
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sqlite3 "${db_file}" "select $name_clause,
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case when alec then '${sym[okhand]}' else 'n' end,
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case when antitor then '${sym[eye]}' else 'n' end,
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case when cflogin then '${sym[cloud_lightening]}' else 'n' end,
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case when cispa then '${sym[detective]}' else 'n' end,
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case when dt then '${sym[test_tube]}' else 'n' end,
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case when notes is null then '|' else notes||'|' end
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from fiTbl where fi_kind = '$fi_kind' and lst_kind = 'gray'
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from fiTbl where fi_kind = '$fi_kind' and lst_kind = '$lst'
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order by name collate nocase;"
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printf '\n%s\n' '# Blacklist'
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printf %s '| *'"$fi_kind"'* | *ALEC member* | *Tor-hostile* | *sensitive info exposed to CloudFlare* | *supported CISPA* | *forced drug testing of staff* | *notes* |
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'
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sqlite3 "${db_file}" "select '|'||name,
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case when alec then '$okhand' else 'n' end,
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case when antitor then '$eye' else 'n' end,
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case when cflogin then '$cloud_lightening' else 'n' end,
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case when cispa then '$detective' else 'n' end,
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case when dt then '$test_tube' else 'n' end,
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case when notes is null then '|' else notes||'|' end
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from fiTbl where fi_kind = '$fi_kind' and lst_kind = 'black'
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order by name collate nocase;"
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cat <<'EOF'
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# Why ALEC members are blacklisted
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American Legislative Exchange Council ("ALEC") is a right-wing super PAC and bill mill that puts corporate interests above the interest of human beings. ALEC:
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* [fights environmental protections](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Environment,_Energy,_and_Agriculture)
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* [fights gun control](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Guns,_Prisons,_Crime,_and_Immigration)
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* [fights healthcare](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Health,_Pharmaceuticals,_and_Safety_Net_Programs)
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* [fights immigration](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Guns,_Prisons,_Crime,_and_Immigration)
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* [fights worker's rights](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Worker_Rights_and_Consumer_Rights)
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* [fights consumer protections](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Worker_Rights_and_Consumer_Rights)
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* [fights public education](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Privatizing_Public_Education,_Higher_Ed_Policy,_and_Teachers)
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* fights womens rights
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* fights voter rights ([supports voter suppression policy](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Democracy,_Voter_Rights,_and_Federal_Power))
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* [finances republicans](https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Civil_Justice_Task_Force#Politicians)
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* supports the NRA
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Countless companies were ALEC members historically, but most of them discontinued membership and renounced it likely to avoid boycott.
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Companies that continue to renew their ALEC membership are right-wing die-hards unlikely to join team humanity. So they are blacklisted.
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EOF
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cat <<EOF
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The OK hand sign ($okhand) indicates that the financial institution still today supports the above-mentioned right-wing agenda through ALEC membership.
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EOF
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cat <<'EOF'
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# Why Tor-hostile FIs are blacklisted
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Financial institutions that are aggressively Tor-hostile are automatically blacklisted.
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<details>
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<summary>Why access to banks, brokerages, and insurance companies over Tor matters</summary>
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If Tor were used exclusively for anonymity, it would be useless in the
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context of consumers accessing and controlling their financial
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accounts. But that's not the case. Tor prevents your ISP from
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snooping on where you bank. ISPs collect data on their own customers
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and exploit it for profit in the US. Under Obama it became illegal
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for an ISP to sell data collected on their customers without express
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consent. As if that's not already useless thanks to an abundant supply
|
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of consumers who will agree to anything without reading it, Trump
|
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<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-measure-let-isps-sell-your-data-without-consent-n742316">reversed</a>
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Obama's policy in 2017 to render consumers completely powerless. Tor
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is a free tool to protect from excessive disclosure of where your
|
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assets are. Thus when a financial institution blocks Tor, it prevents you
|
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from taking basic self-defense measures. This trend undermines the
|
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supplier-client relationship whereby we expect the supplier to serve
|
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the customer's interest. It's not just anti-privacy, it's
|
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anti-consumer.
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|
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Non-Tor users generally reveal their physical location to their bank or insurance company
|
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every time they login. If all banks and insurance companies didn't care where you reside,
|
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this wouldn't be a problem. But some financial institutions care more than others and
|
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beyond reason. Banks typically
|
||||
[collect your IP address](https://web.archive.org/web/20201024203113/www.decorahbank.com/legal-information/privacy-policy)
|
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and one bank even outright admits in their
|
||||
[privacy policy](https://web.archive.org/web/20210206141004/https://beneficialstatebank.com/uploads/files/BSB-Consumer-Privacy-Act-CCPA-Privacy-Notice-Current-6.4.2020.pdf#page=2)
|
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that they collect geolocation data from customers' IP addresses. For
|
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nomads/world travelers banks can make their lives hell if their
|
||||
profile doesn't seem to match up with their lifestyle. Some banks
|
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will close an account if a customer moves out of their service area.
|
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Insurance companies will question whether you're still eligible for
|
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the policy you have, as they may want to raise your premiums or cancel
|
||||
your policy if they suspect you're not where your policy is written.
|
||||
If you want to take a job away from home for a year or two, Tor gives
|
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you the necessary privacy to do that free of hassle and nannying.
|
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</details>
|
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|
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<details>
|
||||
<summary>Why non-Tor users should also boycott Tor adversaries</summary>
|
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Suppose you never leave home, and you're not bothered if your ISP
|
||||
collects data on where you bank to then sell to data brokers who can
|
||||
then sell it to debt collectors. If you're ethical nonetheless, then
|
||||
you still boycott those who marginalize Tor users. These quotes
|
||||
elaborate on that moral duty:
|
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|
||||
"*If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the
|
||||
side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a
|
||||
mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate
|
||||
your neutrality.*" --Desmond Tutu
|
||||
|
||||
"*Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you
|
||||
have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about
|
||||
free speech because you have nothing to say.*" --Edward Snowden
|
||||
|
||||
To expand on Snowden's philosophy, it's extremely selfish to refuse to
|
||||
defend a right that others need on the basis that you don't personally
|
||||
need it now or in the future. Moreover, indirect benefits should not
|
||||
be overlooked. Human rights activists need civil liberties more than
|
||||
others, but we all need activists to make the world better for
|
||||
everyone. Moral duties to you derive from that.
|
||||
|
||||
Tor is becoming less usable because the growing majority non-Tor users
|
||||
are patronizing businesses that marginalize Tor users.
|
||||
|
||||
"*Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are
|
||||
less free.*" --Edward Snowden
|
||||
|
||||
To neglect to use Tor is to subject yourself to unnecessary
|
||||
observation. In the context of banking and finance, this in turn
|
||||
reduces your freedom of movement.
|
||||
</details>
|
||||
|
||||
EOF
|
||||
cat <<EOF
|
||||
The eye ($eye) indicates that account access is resticted and exclusive to non-Tor users,
|
||||
who must expose their IP address to the FI and who must expose their FI to their ISP.
|
||||
|
||||
EOF
|
||||
cat <<'EOF'
|
||||
# Why FIs in CloudFlare's walled-garden are blacklisted
|
||||
|
||||
Financial institutions that proxy their services through CloudFlare are
|
||||
blacklisted automatically for taking a profoundly stupid risk with
|
||||
consumer's sensitive financial data. CloudFlare holds the SSL keys
|
||||
for every connection and sees all the traffic including username and
|
||||
unhashed password. CloudFlare has proven to be untrustworthy with
|
||||
sensitive information (demonstrated by CloudFlare's doxxing of the
|
||||
identities of child porn whistle blowers). Apart from the
|
||||
unacceptably high security risk of having a CloudFlare MitM, there are
|
||||
countless [ethical problems](rap_sheets/cloudflare.md) with being an
|
||||
enabler of CloudFlare.
|
||||
|
||||
EOF
|
||||
cat <<EOF
|
||||
The storm cloud ($cloud_lightening) indicates that account access is resticted and exclusive per CloudFlare's will and customers who do get access are forced to share sensitive transaction data with CloudFlare, Inc. (a privacy abuser).
|
||||
|
||||
EOF
|
||||
cat <<'EOF'
|
||||
# Why CISPA supporters are graylisted
|
||||
|
||||
The [Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Intelligence_Sharing_and_Protection_Act)
|
||||
was a bill to bypass the 4th amendment to promote a system of unwarranted
|
||||
mass surveillance through information sharing between the government and private sector.
|
||||
Congress blocked the bill, but it was later reincarnated as CISA and it passed.
|
||||
Unlike ALEC lobbying, CISPA was a one-off event far in the past, and over 800 companies supported it.
|
||||
Since it does not necessarily reflect the company's recent stance or influence,
|
||||
supporters are graylisted instead of blacklisted. They should still be avoided in
|
||||
favor of a whitelisted competitor, but they are considerably less evil than those that are blacklisted.
|
||||
|
||||
The spook (🕵) indicates that the financial institution lobbied for a police surveillance state in favor of CISPA.
|
||||
|
||||
# Why FIs that force their staff to take a drug test are graylisted
|
||||
|
||||
Drug testing employees is an assault on the privacy and lifestyle of employees and staff outside the workplace.
|
||||
In most cases involving medicinal marijuana states, the drug test also harms the healthcare of employees by
|
||||
intervening in doctors' prescriptions. Normally drug testing would justify blacklisting, but the problem is so
|
||||
widespread nationwide that the whitelist tends to be overly small. Drug testing also does not do significant
|
||||
harm to consumers, so companies that drug test are graylisted.
|
||||
|
||||
The test tube (🧪) indicates that the financial institution abuses their staff through forced drug testing.
|
||||
|
||||
# Why Amazon and Google-hosted FIs are graylisted
|
||||
|
||||
Amazon is behind [countless evils](rap_sheets/amazon.md). It's paramount to boycott
|
||||
Amazon for anyone who cares about human rights, privacy, or the
|
||||
environment. Amazon also has had several data breaches-- Capital One,
|
||||
Juspay, Swiggy, etc., so it's a bad idea to trust custodians who use
|
||||
AWS with the security of your money. Google is also evil. Not the degree of evil
|
||||
that Amazon has achieved, but Google is in the fossil fuel business among
|
||||
other evils. Google is also a central tech giant which (like Amazon) serves
|
||||
as a central point of surveillance and also carries the risks of having
|
||||
a huge number of insiders who can abuse the data. The size of the Amazon and Google
|
||||
datacenters also makes them a likely target for outside hackers due to the high
|
||||
rewards of compromise.
|
||||
|
||||
Akamai is not known to have a significant history of wrongdoing on the scale of Amazon or Google.
|
||||
There is cause for concern in terms of security though because it's large enough to serve as a
|
||||
central monitoring point where breaches and compromise is still considerable.
|
||||
Akamai-hosted financial institutions are not graylisted for that reason alone.
|
||||
In the end, you're the judge.
|
||||
|
||||
Financial institutions hosted on GAFAM (Google Amazon Facebook Apple Microsoft) are graylisted.
|
||||
The wrongdoing is indirect and in the end taking a security risk doesn't necessarily lead to a breach.
|
||||
Of course it's still ethically favorable to choose a whitelisted financial institution if possible.
|
||||
EOF
|
||||
};#gen_md
|
||||
printf $'\n'
|
||||
done
|
||||
};#table_md
|
||||
|
||||
table_populate
|
||||
|
||||
gen_md "${1,,}"; # the CLI arg must be one of: 'bank', 'brokerage', 'CU', or 'insurer'
|
||||
case "$2" in
|
||||
txt|text)
|
||||
table_text "${1,,}" | tbl | nroff -Tascii | uniq
|
||||
;;
|
||||
*)
|
||||
table_md "${1,,}"; # the CLI arg must be one of: 'bank', 'brokerage', 'CU', or 'insurer'
|
||||
;;
|
||||
esac
|
||||
|
||||
cat input_docs/table_legend.md
|
||||
|
|
|
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
|
|||
|
||||
# Whitelist
|
||||
|
||||
| *insurer* | *ALEC member* | *Tor-hostile* | *sensitive info exposed to CloudFlare* | *supported CISPA* | *forced drug testing of staff* | *notes* |
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||
|[American Family Insurance](https://www.amfam.com)|n|n|n|n|n||
|
||||
|
@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
|
|||
|[The General](https://thegeneral.com)|n|n|n|n|n|parent: American Family Insurance; only writes auto policies; certified as [Great Place to Work](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7003720)|
|
||||
|
||||
# Graylist
|
||||
|
||||
| *insurer* | *ALEC member* | *Tor-hostile* | *sensitive info exposed to CloudFlare* | *supported CISPA* | *forced drug testing of staff* | *notes* |
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||
|[Allianz](https://allianz.com)|n|n|n|🕵|🧪|**Amazon AWS-hosted**|
|
||||
|[Ameriprise Financial](https://www.ameriprise.com)|n|n|n|🕵|🧪|akamai hosted|
|
||||
|[Berkshire Hathaway](https://berkshirehathaway.com)|n|n|n|n|🧪|Berkshire Hathaway is not directly an ALEC member, but BH wholly owns ALEC members (e.g. Geico and Fruit of the Loom|
|
||||
|[Berkshire Hathaway](https://berkshirehathaway.com)|n|n|n|n|🧪|Berkshire Hathaway is not directly an ALEC member, but BH wholly owns ALEC members (e.g. Geico and Fruit of the Loom)|
|
||||
|[Gen Re](https://www.genre.com)|n|n|n|n|n|parent: Berkshire Hathaway; akamai hosted, but transactional site www.genre-connect.com is not. The documentation ("Knowledge" link) is CloudFlared.|
|
||||
|[Grange Mutual](https://www.grangeinsurance.com)|n|n|n|n|🧪||
|
||||
|[Homesite Insurance Group (aka Midvale Home & Auto)](https://go.midvaleinsurance.com)|n|n|n|n|n|affiliated with American Family Insurance; landing page is Fastly-hosted; quoting page is AWS-hosted & Tor-hostile; login page has no issues|
|
||||
|
@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
|
|||
|[Stewart Information Services Corporation](https://www.stewart.com/en.html)|n|n|n|n|🧪|**Amazon AWS-hosted**|
|
||||
|
||||
# Blacklist
|
||||
|
||||
| *insurer* | *ALEC member* | *Tor-hostile* | *sensitive info exposed to CloudFlare* | *supported CISPA* | *forced drug testing of staff* | *notes* |
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||
|21st Century|n|n|n|n|n|parent: Farmers|
|
||||
|
@ -58,6 +60,7 @@
|
|||
|TruStage|n|n|n|n|n|parent: CUNA Mutual; home and auto policies underwritten by Liberty Mutual (LMG)|
|
||||
|USAA|n|👁|n|🕵|🧪|sponsors Fox News|
|
||||
|Western Mutual|n|n|🌩|n|n|**forced h/reCAPTCHA**|
|
||||
|
||||
# Why ALEC members are blacklisted
|
||||
|
||||
American Legislative Exchange Council ("ALEC") is a right-wing super PAC and bill mill that puts corporate interests above the interest of human beings. ALEC:
|
||||
|
@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ American Legislative Exchange Council ("ALEC") is a right-wing super PAC and bil
|
|||
* [fights worker's rights](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Worker_Rights_and_Consumer_Rights)
|
||||
* [fights consumer protections](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Worker_Rights_and_Consumer_Rights)
|
||||
* [fights public education](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Privatizing_Public_Education,_Higher_Ed_Policy,_and_Teachers)
|
||||
* fights womens rights
|
||||
* fights women's rights
|
||||
* fights voter rights ([supports voter suppression policy](https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/Democracy,_Voter_Rights,_and_Federal_Power))
|
||||
* [finances republicans](https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Civil_Justice_Task_Force#Politicians)
|
||||
* supports the NRA
|
||||
|
@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ Countless companies were ALEC members historically, but most of them discontinue
|
|||
Companies that continue to renew their ALEC membership are right-wing die-hards unlikely to join team humanity. So they are blacklisted.
|
||||
|
||||
The OK hand sign (👌) indicates that the financial institution still today supports the above-mentioned right-wing agenda through ALEC membership.
|
||||
|
||||
# Why Tor-hostile FIs are blacklisted
|
||||
|
||||
Financial institutions that are aggressively Tor-hostile are automatically blacklisted.
|
||||
|
@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ observation. In the context of banking and finance, this in turn
|
|||
reduces your freedom of movement.
|
||||
</details>
|
||||
|
||||
The eye (👁) indicates that account access is resticted and exclusive to non-Tor users,
|
||||
The eye (👁) indicates that account access is restricted and exclusive to non-Tor users,
|
||||
who must expose their IP address to the FI and who must expose their FI to their ISP.
|
||||
|
||||
# Why FIs in CloudFlare's walled-garden are blacklisted
|
||||
|
@ -170,12 +174,12 @@ unacceptably high security risk of having a CloudFlare MitM, there are
|
|||
countless [ethical problems](rap_sheets/cloudflare.md) with being an
|
||||
enabler of CloudFlare.
|
||||
|
||||
The storm cloud (🌩) indicates that account access is resticted and exclusive per CloudFlare's will and customers who do get access are forced to share sensitive transaction data with CloudFlare, Inc. (a privacy abuser).
|
||||
The storm cloud (🌩) indicates that account access is restricted and exclusive per CloudFlare's will and customers who do get access are forced to share sensitive transaction data with CloudFlare, Inc. (a privacy abuser).
|
||||
|
||||
# Why CISPA supporters are graylisted
|
||||
|
||||
The [Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Intelligence_Sharing_and_Protection_Act)
|
||||
was a bill to bypass the 4th amendment to promote a system of unwarranted
|
||||
was a bill to bypass the 4^(th) amendment to promote a system of unwarranted
|
||||
mass surveillance through information sharing between the government and private sector.
|
||||
Congress blocked the bill, but it was later reincarnated as CISA and it passed.
|
||||
Unlike ALEC lobbying, CISPA was a one-off event far in the past, and over 800 companies supported it.
|
||||
|
|
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