Windscribe VPN has alleged that local authorities in the Netherlands seized one of its servers without a warrant, sparking concerns about procedural overreach and potential implications for user privacy. The incident was publicly disclosed by the company on X (formerly Twitter) and has yet to be acknowledged or clarified by Dutch law enforcement agencies. According …
    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      25·
      8 hours ago

      Are you under the impression that European datacenters are not susceptible to unjust infringements of rights? Isn’t that the place that’s incessantly trying to destroy encryption?

      • Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        9·
        3 hours ago

        You realize they"trying to destroy" implies existence?

        It’s not " good vs bad" for me, it’s a “better vs worse”. And for them: yes, European date centers as few are preferable at this point in time from my current knowledge.

        Edit: Auto correct fuckup.

        • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
          10·
          8 hours ago

          You realize they"trying to destroy” implies existence?

          Huh?

          European date centers as few preferable at this point in time from my current knowledge.

          Hard disagree. I would absolutely take a dutch datacenter that allows E2EE vs. one anywhere else that does not.

          • Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            3 hours ago

            Haha that was an auto correct fuck up - I agree with you!

            It was supposed to be “are preferable” - that’s what I meant with the first sentence: There must still be effective encryption in the wild if some… elements fight so hard to kill it.