The Doctor on Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:08:49 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: <nettime> riseup server seized |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/19/2012 11:04 PM, nettime's_roving_reporter wrote: > Server Seizure, April 2012 > > April 18th, 2012, Riseup had a server seized by the US Federal > Authorities. This is our press release. I have been waiting for something like this to happen. The nail that sticks up gets hammered down. > The FBI purportedly seized the server because it was hosting an > anonymous remailer called Mixmaster. Anonymous remailers are used > to send email anonymously, or pseudonymously. Like other > anonymizing services such as the Tor network, these remailers are > widely used to protect the identity of human rights activists who > place themselves and their families in grave danger by reporting > information about abuses. Remailers are also important for > corporate whistle blowers, democracy activists working under > repressive regimes, and others to communicate vital information > that would otherwise go un-reported. The amount of FUD going around about their remailer lately is astounding. It is handily refuted by the next paragraph (which I have snipped for brevity; suffice it to say that it is correct). This would be ideal for getting more people to set up Mixmaster remailers; take out one, set up two. - -- The Doctor [412/724/301/703] PGP: 0x807B17C1 / 7960 1CDC 85C9 0B63 8D9F DD89 3BD8 FF2B 807B 17C1 WWW: https://drwho.virtadpt.net/ My name is sendmail.cf. You killed my process. Prepare to vi. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+RxZEACgkQO9j/K4B7F8Ee2ACdGSXovBIGptbgWmzqHtFR5ySk q18AmgMd7A4+TQ3n7A9mysri8RjxWrAs =xuAe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- # 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