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This is apparently with the approval of a judge (though that's not always meaningful), when targeting crimes that would lead to 10 years imprisonment at least.
by jgtrosh 3y ago
This is apparently with the approval of a judge (though that's not always meaningful), when targeting crimes that would lead to 10 years imprisonment at least.
- _wolfie_ 3y agoFor now.
- donkeyd 3y agoWire tapping has been approved this way for ages the 'for now' trope is getting old, because in some countries laws do work.
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- the_sleaze9 3y agoEdward Snowden is raising his hand, it seems he has something to add to the discussion
- dgan 3y agoWell in France it doesn't: it is enough to attend a green meeting to be labelled & registered by gendarmerie
- hejcloud 3y agoIn Germany they recently had a judge to allow for a swoop on annoying but harmless climate activists, including freezing their bank accounts and confiscating their homepage (in ridiculous ways, bc they only took the server and forgot assuming control over the domain). It was very obvious that the ruling was politically motivated and they treated the climate activists like terrorists. What's alarming is that our governments seem to get more and more repressive.
- dgan 3y agoThe easiest thing to be called nowadays is being a "terrorist", coming just after "nazi"