I just want to point out that this seems very, very difficult to me, and I would not recommend trusting “being safe” unless you really have no other choice.
I know of multiple very smart people who have tried to stay anonymous, got caught, and bad things happened. (For instance, read many books on “top hackers”)
Far from me the idea that anyone do anything dangerous. But EA in itself doesn’t seem really controversial or dangerous to talk about. In fact, EA Dubai has a public Facebook group and UAE laws aren’t that different from Saudi laws. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1728710337347189/
On a meta level, it would be nice if there was some more general advice on this. Even though EA outreach to authoritarian countries is generally viewed as a bad idea (see here), we cannot help that at least some people in these countries will learn about EA and will want to communicate and contribute in some way.
I just want to point out that this seems very, very difficult to me, and I would not recommend trusting “being safe” unless you really have no other choice.
I know of multiple very smart people who have tried to stay anonymous, got caught, and bad things happened. (For instance, read many books on “top hackers”)
Far from me the idea that anyone do anything dangerous. But EA in itself doesn’t seem really controversial or dangerous to talk about. In fact, EA Dubai has a public Facebook group and UAE laws aren’t that different from Saudi laws. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1728710337347189/
And here is a EA Middle East group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1076904819058029/
On a meta level, it would be nice if there was some more general advice on this. Even though EA outreach to authoritarian countries is generally viewed as a bad idea (see here), we cannot help that at least some people in these countries will learn about EA and will want to communicate and contribute in some way.
I agree.