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.