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AdBlock and Signal are for TERRORISTS - French government has gone too far (piped.video)

submitted 1 year ago by XpeeN@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Top comment on this video is the following:

Upon further reading and listening, I blame the source article and not Louis Rossmann.

These people had :

Returned from partisan fighting with the Kurds against ISIS

Had stuff to make explosives

Firearms and ammo

Were reportedly seen by surveillance to be practicing making explosives

And this article makes it seem like they were arrested for using encryption. They are turning a footnote into a title.

This is not a internet privacy scandal, this is a anti-far-left law enforcement overreaction scandal

[–] cyborg@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

Was just coming in to explain this. There's a ton of context that these articles/videos are leaving out.

However, it'll still be interesting to watch and see how much they are able to use the evidence of "this person uses Signal, Tor, etc." in court to prove their guilt. I'm not familiar with the French legal system, but I'm hoping that these security practices aren't going to be used as evidence of guilt. That would be a troubling sign.

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Edit: I misread. nvm.

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm just providing the comment for additional context.