Comment on Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference

CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Personally I admire someone who is prepared to publicly take some personal risk in order to fight white supremacists.

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• kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is an event that takes privacy very seriously, where it’s not uncommon for speakers to present evidence of crimes, and where a large antifa-flag hangs over the entrance. I think they’ll be fine.

  The other two on stage where journalists, and while I’m not familiar with German law, that likely limits the police’s ability to try to get to Root through them.

  If reasonable precations were taken, there will not be any evidence directly tying the person on stage to the crime, and even if there was, them being in costume leaves a lot of room for reasonable doubt about who it actually was.

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• SaltySalamander@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I had the exact same thoughts when I first started seeing this story pop up on my news feeds. Like, this person will see the inside of a prison cell for this, especially given the type of content hosted and the current make-up of the Justice Dept. What they did was, quite literally, cyber-terrorism. Hope it was worth it, I guess, given that these sites are all back online now like it never happened.

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  • nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Depends. This happened at a German conference and I assume that this person is most likely German as well. Probably shouldn’t think about getting anywhere close to the US though.

    There’s still the possibility of facing prosecution in Germany. Not sure how probable that is though.

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  • clean_anion@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That data might be easily accessible, but that was a choice Root made. I think that it is a safe assumption that Root knew most vigilantes keep their identity secret and, assuming a German background, had read Section 202 of the StGB and other relevant laws and court rulings. As such, Root most likely did this despite knowing their identity is at risk. It is likely they did this publicly specifically to inspire others, though I haven’t looked at all the details and there might be a different reason.

    Nothing in this comment constitutes legal advice.

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