Re:Operating a Tor Relay
by dx034 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @06:35AM
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Not just in Germany. US providers can also be forced to hand over data to be used in cases against others. It's just usually not done with a raid since providers will turn over data when asked.
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Just for context: This is relativly new in Germany. In 2017 there was a change which has as consequences
- witnesses _have to_ appear in person if requested (by police or DA)
- witnesses _have to_ make statements regarding the case at hand
This is quite a nice tool if you lack moral. You might request the suspect to appear as a witness and try to leverage the new requirements to make the suspect reveal damaging information.
Maybe this was the reason that Germany was mentioned before.
>This is quite a nice tool if you lack moral. You might request the suspect to appear as a witness and try to leverage the new requirements to make the suspect reveal damaging information.
Germany doesn't have protections against self-incrimination? Or does this rely on the suspect being too cooperative for his own good?
Germany does have such protection. Parent was probably wildly speculating:
I think you meant to link to https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussageverweigerungsrecht . Auskunftsverweigerungsrecht, according to the article, is a right of witnesses.
We were talking about the rights of witnesses?
I was referring to this question by the grandparent which I read as being about a suspect's (not a witness's) rights:
> Germany doesn't have protections against self-incrimination?