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German police raid Tor-linked group in bid to uncover Tor network users (cybernews.com)

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"Article 5 eV, a civil rights group helping to maintain the Tor network, has reported that German police raided the private address where the non-profit was registered.

The authorities came knocking at the Essen-based office on August 16th, 2024, the group said, with armed officers spending nearly two hours in the office. Article 5 eV facilitates Tor network by operating its exit nodes.

“There are obviously still people working in German law enforcement today, who think that harassing a node-operator NGO would somehow lead to the de-anonymization of individual Tor users. At least that is what they claim in the paperwork,” Gero Kühn, the leader of the group, said..."

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[-] ray1992xd@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Makes me feel we are two faced. On the one hand, we are inventing laws to protect privacy of eu citizens. And then stuff like this happens. On the other hand: Just fucked up that the people who use the platform for what is was intended for are now in jeopardy for people who want to look at underage kids, get their SO killed, look at kill cams or buy drugs.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

What’s a kill cam?

[-] ray1992xd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Kind of like the red room they tell you about on Youtube

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Are you being intentionally vague?

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I think they are referring to videos of people dying.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you for an actual response.

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