@KnittingDyke
Please be careful: you are verging on splaining here. I am already keenly aware of this.

Information sharing •and• information security are both crucial in this moment. All of us are busy forming networks of trust, and vetting new contacts is a part of our daily lives now. I trust people seeing this post to assess their risks, and to think about what they share.

Legal groups •need• testimony from people willing to give it. Vulnerable people •need• to protect their information, and be careful what they share and with whom. That means we have to be careful what we communicate. It does not mean I shouldn’t post.

I’ll vouch for the people collecting this info, but yes, those who don’t know me personally can and should insist on me setting up an anonymous initial contact where they can assess who is asking and what they share. (So far, people who’ve responded have not even divulged to me the contacts they’re bringing; they’ve only forwarded my initial contact on securely. That’s ideal.)