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Holy moly, that's insane!
I do all of those things too because why wouldn't I?
Is there anything as to the outcome of the arrests? Also what was the reason in the first place for the police to be interested in these people?
@CynAq @bbbhltz @megane_kun Apparently, being a leftist in France + using encryption to protect privacy = Terrorist
If those translations from DeepL are sufficiently accurate, at the very least, the main defendant was arrested has been held for 16 months.
As for the rationale, I suppose it's their relationship with the ‘far-left’ that have caught the police attention. There was a link to the French Wikipedia article on the arrests and the entire incident. From there, I gleaned that the ‘far-left’ relationship is with the YPG.
According to the Wikipedia article, there's still ongoing cases against the defendants.
I hope someone else who've got a better grasp of both the French langauge and the Rovaja/YPG situation give their two cents since I've got no idea.
@megane_kun the article by La Quadrature du Net actually has an english version: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2023/06/05/criminalization-of-encryption-the-8-december-case/
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Thank you very much for that link! I didn't even realize there's an English version of the article. Again, thank you!