Patrice Riemens on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:54:44 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: <nettime> riseup server seized |
> <https://help.riseup.net/en/seizure-2012-april> > > Server Seizure, April 2012 > > April 18th, 2012, Riseup had a server seized by the US Federal > Authorities. This is our press release. > (...) This is extremely worrying - though it has happened before, and there was never a 'closure', judicial, political, whatever. Re: This is plainly extra-judicial punishment and an attack on free speech and anonymity on the internet and serves as a chilling effect on others providers of anonymous remailers or other anonymous services. So: - "It's not a bug, it's a feature" (M$ Corporation) - "This is not a warning, this is a threat" (to be pronounced with appropriate 'thick' accent) - Pieter 'Pik' Botha, when foreign minister of Apartheid South Africa - 'They' will take Tor down, sooner or later - if given a chance. No Cheers, p+4D! # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org