[governance] <nettime> riseup server seized

Roland Perry roland at internetpolicyagency.com
Fri Apr 20 08:00:10 EDT 2012


In message <4F913C1C.9050908 at digsys.bg>, at 13:36:12 on Fri, 20 Apr 
2012, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> writes
>On the other hand, about the only reason the police might want to seize 
>a server like this (assuming it is indeed true that messages leave no 
>traces in logs etc)

The police can't just assume there's no trace, they have to investigate. 
It's surprising how often it does transpire that something useful can be 
discovered (I have no idea of the details of these particular servers).

>is to learn about the technology being used, which might help them spy 
>on such servers more effectively.

They will no doubt learn something about that as a side effect. One of 
the reasons judges need to sign off search warrants is to ensure the 
police are not going on "fishing expeditions" though.

I find it a bit ironic when the police are turned away time and time 
again by people saying "I won't help you, go get a search warrant", and 
then cry foul when the police do exactly that.
-- 
Roland Perry

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