German police raid Tor-linked group in bid to uncover Tor network users - eviltoast

"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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    2 months ago

    GDPR explicitly exempts government entities. Still, way better than not having it IMO.

    Regulating governmental intrusions into privacy would take a completely separate and probably much larger bill.

    • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      Regulating governmental intrusions into privacy would take a completely separate and probably much larger bill.

      It would take a revolution honestly