[Infowarrior] - Repression in Austria over PGP keys

[Richard Forno]

Repression in Austria over PGP keys
Tuesday, July 08 2008 @ 09:38 PM CDT

In the early hours of May 21st a police raid against over 20 animal  
protectionists took place throughout Austria. Ten people were  
arrested. Over twenty homes and offices, including the office of the  
VGT (Association against Animal Factories) were searched, mostly by  
special police squads, which in some cases entered premises by  
breaking down the door and threatening inhabitants at gun point.  
Computers, complete with donator data bases, papers, including the  
book keeping and other items of property were seized and apart from a  
few exceptions, nothing has yet been returned.

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It has been inferred by the prosecution that because some of the  
detainees use PGP to protect their data from unauthorised misuse that  
they belong to a criminal organization. It is as if one should be  
regarded as suspicious for locking one's door.

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