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This headline is misleading by omission, to (nearly) the point of being false. Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_December_2020_incident https://en.wikip
by mattfields 3y ago
This headline is misleading by omission, to (nearly) the point of being false.
Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_December_2020_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_December_2020_incident
tl;dr:
- The primary reason for their arrest wasn't the Linux/encryption tools.
- They were under investigation / suspicion after volunteering for a Kurdish militant group.
Secondarily to the above, the prosecution used their encryption/etc, (in a case of bad logic) as further post-hoc evidence or cause for suspicion.
In my opinion, omitting the primary causes here is intentionally muddying the issue, and making it sound like encryption itself was the cause.
*Caveats:*
- Yes, the prosecution clearly don't understand the technology, and obviously don't care to know.
- Yes, they are implying that use of encryption itself is due to "needing to hide something".
- Yes, they're implicating innocent (AKA "normal") use of encryption as something bad, and that's a problem.
- ranguna 3y ago> after volunteering for a Kurdish militant group. Source please.
- egberts1 3y agoExtracted from Wikipedia given in OP https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/ces-jeunes-partis-combattre-l-ei-en-syrie-qui-embarrassent-les-autorites-francaises-17-05-2019-2313158_23.php https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/ces-jeunes-partis-combattre-l... https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/010919/ces-revenants-du-rojava-qui-inquietent-les-services-de-renseignement https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/010919/ces-re...
- ranguna 3y agoThanks
- Zetobal 3y agoDoesn't watch the source nor reads the provided info in the video notes itself, wants proof for something that is derived from the original sources. Can't even fatom what you wanted to achieve with this comment.
- ranguna 3y agoThe provided video description and pinned comment where added after my comment. Please be more careful with your sarcasm. As for the Wikipedia source, if you read the full article (it's not too big, give it a try) it can be interpreted differently from "fighting for the same cause as the group" compared with "volunteering to join forces with the group" when put side by side with the OP's statement that I asked sources for. One thing is to do a one off action in association with a specific group, another is to fully volunteer towards the group. Hence why I wanted more sources to disambiguate the word "volunteer".
- shantnutiwari 3y ago> This headline is misleading by omission, to (nearly) the point of being false. Thank you for doing the research and not just upvoting due to click bait.
- ranguna 3y agoProbably thanks to this comment, the author of the video has changed the title, description and pinned a comment to clarify the charges. Great example of fixing your mistakes.