I support this suggestion very strongly. Currently, it really does seem like the service is affiliated with the EFF, which is misleading.
Keeping the current design has at least two drawbacks.
- First, it makes you seem shady. After realizing that you are probably not affiliated with the EFF, I became very suspicious of the service, especially since it is closed-source.
- Second, there might be legal ramifications of "pretending" to be affiliated with the EFF.
If the banner wasn't there, I would have most likely already downloaded and started using Redact for my personal research project. It looks like a great product!
We did, Im just not sure how to show our support for the EFF without it being misconstrued. A tiny link in the footer does very little to drive traffic to the EFF, which was the goal of the prominent position. Without donations EFF doesnt exist and thats bad news for all privacy startups.
Maybe put a banner at the bottom which says something like "Redact supports the EFF but is not affiliated with them. We encourage you to donate to open source privacy software at this link: <Link to EFF>"
Keeping the current design has at least two drawbacks.
- First, it makes you seem shady. After realizing that you are probably not affiliated with the EFF, I became very suspicious of the service, especially since it is closed-source.
- Second, there might be legal ramifications of "pretending" to be affiliated with the EFF.
If the banner wasn't there, I would have most likely already downloaded and started using Redact for my personal research project. It looks like a great product!