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<nettime> Two Servers Siezed in the UK |
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/315042.html Alternative Servers Attacked: "Not a Private Question: A Question of Privacy" 27-06-2005 20:32 Two alternative servers have been attacked by the police: The Italian independent non-profit server autistici and the server of Indymedia Bristol, a local alternative media project. On Monday, June 27th, Indymedia Bristol's server was seized by the police. Last week, police demanded access to the server to gain the IP details of a posting. The alternative media outlet is receiving advice from civil liberties organisations and the NUJ. Before being legally forced to hand over the server, Indymedia Bristol stated: "We do not intend to voluntarily hand over information to the police as they have requested". Italy-based server autistici found out that the authorities have copied the keys necessary for the decryption of their webmail a year ago [statement 1 | 2]. Since then, the authorities potentially had access to all the data on the disks. Autistici's provider did not inform them about this. Apparently, this is connected to the same investigation as the one that caused an international law enforcement operation in London last October: A few days before the European Social Forum, Indymedia servers in London were seized, prompting a wave of solidarity statements [report]. Note: Indymedia UK is preparing to provide grass-roots non-corporate coverage for the forthcoming G8 protests and events. Additional http mirrors would help with increased traffic and external disruptions. If you can offer a mirror, mail imc-uk-contact at indymedia.org. Donations can be sent here. -- encrypted mail preferred // gpg key id 0x250E12BF // http://deleteTheBorder.org http://radioActiveradio.org http://sandiego.indymedia.org http://organicCollective.org # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net